‘SpeakEvents’ makes boring push notifications come alive with voice

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 27, 2012

SpeakEvents is a jailbreak tweak that audibly speaks the contents of new messages, tweets, emails, etc.

I like to look at it as the opposite of Siri; actually it’s the perfect complement to Siri, because instead of you talking to the iPhone, it’s talking to you.

I know this sounds like a potential recipe for disaster, but SpeakEvents has the ability to go into quiet mode during designated times, and you can make it work on a per-app basis.

Check out further video coverage of SpeakEvents straight ahead… Read More

 

‘Notificator’ allows you to customize iOS system events with banners and sounds

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 27, 2012

Wouldn’t it be neat to receive a banner notification once that huge app finishes downloading? What about a less intrusive banner notification when your device is running low on battery life?

Notificator is an upcoming jailbreak tweak that can do that and more. In total there are eight system events that can be customized with both banners and sound to keep you abreast of what’s happening on your device.

Take a look at our full video preview inside… Read More

 

How to enable fast Notification Center background blurring

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 27, 2012

Looking for an instantaneous method for blurring the background after invoking Notification Center?

If so, then perhaps Ryan Petrich’s longwinded FastBlurredNotificationCenter will suit your needs.

This is a free jailbreak tweak available on Petrich’s beta repo, which causes an instant blur effect for Notification Center.

Inside we have a brief video of it in action, along with the link you need to score a free copy for yourself… Read More

 

Upcoming jailbreak tweak ‘Deck’ adds a hotbar to your SpringBoard

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 27, 2012

Deck is an upcoming jailbreak tweak from SBCoders that is currently in beta testing. It promises to lend added functionality to your SpringBoard by adding an App switcher-esque side bar that’s accessible by swiping.

Inside the “hotbar” you’ll gain access to a multitude of customizable functions, and shortcuts. It looks like a great compliment to the currently existing App switcher.

SBCoders has released a teaser video that shows Deck in action, check inside to have a look… Read More

 

‘MusicGestures’ adds customized gestures to the stock Music app

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 26, 2012

MusicGestures is a jailbreak tweak that lends the ability to control the stock Music app with gestures instead of button presses. There are a total of 6 actions (7 if you count disabled as an action) that you can assign to any number of gestures.

The gestures can be used to skip, play, pause, and gather info on both the album cover view, and the individual track view.

It’s not the deepest tweak in the shed, but the simplicity of MusicGestures makes it worth a look… Read More

 

‘LowPowerBanner’ removes obtrusive low battery alerts in favor of banner notifications

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 24, 2012

I can’t be the only one that thinks it’s weird that Apple’s still using those focus stealing low battery alerts, can I? I mean, doesn’t it seem like Apple would have preferred to use iOS 5′s new banner notifications instead?

Well, apparently I’m not the only one who feels that way, because a new tweak has been released in Cydia named LowPowerBanner, and it does just that… Read More

 

Pro tip: how to quickly open your last email draft in iOS

By Cody Lee on Feb 23, 2012

Even though iOS 5 has seemingly been turned inside out over the last 6 months, there are still a few easter eggs hidden in the software.

Earlier this month we told you about the invisible buttons on the iPad’s split keyboard, and now we’ve come across another little-known feature… Read More

 

How to add world clocks to Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 23, 2012

If you’re a big traveller, then would it not be convenient to have world clock access in Notification Center?

With a new jailbreak tweak aptly entitled WorldClockCenter, now you can.

WorldClockCenter takes all of the world clocks you have configured inside the stock Clock app, and places them in Notification Center, along with a few extra configurable options. Check out our brief video walkthrough inside… Read More

 

‘WeeToolbox’ adds 5 free functions to Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 23, 2012

Perhaps it’s just me, but it seems like awesome free jailbreak tweaks are more of the exception than the norm these days. For that reason, it’s always refreshing to see a good tweak that’s free, as is the case with WeeToolbox.

WeeToolbox adds five different functions — Tweet, Dial, Flashlight, Pastie, and Camera — to Notification Center, and it’s completely free… Read More

 

‘LSCameraExtender’ adds mute functionality to your Lock Screen and more

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 23, 2012

Is your iPhone envious of your iPad’s ability to turn its mute switch into a rotation lock, and vice versa?

If so, introduce your iPhone to LSCameraExtender — a jailbreak tweak that can add hardware rotation lock functionality and more… Read More

 

‘WeeRoll’ makes its way to the Cydia store

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 21, 2012

WeeRoll, the Notification Center animation tweak that we covered last week, has been released on the Cydia Store.

WeeRoll adds over a dozen Animations to Notification Center, it’s like a juiced up version of a similar tweak called Flowtation, and gleans inspiration from Barrel.

It can now be downloaded for $0.99 on the ModMyi repo, and works with jailbroken iOS 5 devices. Let us know if you decide to give it a spin.

 

PushTone: Change push notification alerts sounds on a per-app basis

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 21, 2012

PushTone is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to customize audible push notifications on an app to app basis.

That means that you can change something like the standard Tweetbot notification into a duck quack, or any of the other alerts and ringtones available in the ringtone library.

If you’ve been looking for a convenient method for customizing your alerts down to the app level, then look no further than PushTone… Read More

 

CocoaNuts releases iOS 5 betas for Celeste, YourTube, and Mark Read

By Cody Lee on Feb 20, 2012

Fans of the popular Celeste Bluetooth file-sharing app will be happy to hear that the folks over at CocoaNuts have just released a number of updates for their Cydia packages — Celeste included.

As noted by RedmondPie, CocoaNuts announced via its Twitter account this morning that it has released “beta” updates for Celeste, YourTube, and Mark Read, making them all compatible with iOS 5… Read More

 

FastClear: Clear notifications with a single tap

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 19, 2012

Does tapping twice to clear Notification Center notifications get on your nerves? Well, if you haven’t used one of the many already available tweaks to eliminate the issue, perhaps FastClear is what you need?

FastClear is a simple tweak that makes the “clear” dialogue display on Notification Center instead of the “x”. This enables you to clear all of your notifications with a single tap instead of two… Read More

 

How to enable Notification Center on the Lock screen for free – Updated

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 19, 2012

There are already multiple ways to enable iOS 5′s Notification Center on your iOS device’s Lock screen; IntelliScreenX and Bulletin come to mind.

But what if you wanted a free way to enable Lock screen Notification Center? Then you’d want to try Notiflock… Read More

 

Yet another way to search Google directly from Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 17, 2012

The oddly named OpenURL NCWidget is yet another way to go about performing Google searches from Notification Center.

As you may already be aware of, there are already a couple of tweaks in the Cydia store to make searching from Notification Center a reality, but this one adds a few new features not found elsewhere… Read More

 

Rumor: Pre-GM version of iOS 5.1 leaked

By Cody Lee on Feb 16, 2012

Apple has been seeding beta versions of iOS 5.1 to developers for almost three months now. And the most recent version, beta 3, was released more than a month ago. Apple is expected to unveil the new software alongside its iPad 3 next month.

That being said, the folks over at BlogdoiPhone are claiming that they’ve managed to acquire a Pre-GM version of iOS 5.1. And among the new features they’ve discovered, is a new Lock Screen camera icon (pictured above)… Read More

 

OS X Mountain Lion borrows heavily from iOS

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 16, 2012

Today Apple took the wraps off of OS X Mountain Lion (I know, we should have saw that one coming) and continuing with the movement started with its predecessor, OS X Lion, it borrows heavily from iOS.

In fact, you could say that OS X Lion’s iOS implants were rather mild compared to what Mountain Lion plans to offer. Apple is obviously serious about completely combining the best elements of iOS directly into its desktop operating system, and no where is this more evident than with Mountain Lion.

Like times past, Apple has released a video teaser outlining various components of their upcoming OS X update. You’re already aware of one of them — iMessage — but what are the others? Read More

 

‘WeeRoll’ will add over a dozen animations to Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 15, 2012

WeeRoll is an unreleased jailbreak tweak that lends the ability to add over a dozen animations to iOS 5′s Notification Center.

It’s very similar to the Flowtation tweak we covered a while back, except that there’s a lot more animation options bundled with WeeRoll.

I asked the developer why his tweak had so many animations, and he replied: “That’s just how WeeRoll”. Okay, I admit that was bad, really bad.

To make up for it, enjoy this special video preview of WeeRoll in action… Read More

 

AirBlue Sharing: a new jailbreak app that lets you share files over Bluetooth

By Cody Lee on Feb 12, 2012

The ability to transfer files from iOS to other devices via Bluetooth is a glaring omission from Apple’s mobile products. The jailbreak community has made up for that a bit, with utilities like Celeste. But options are still limited.

That’s why we were excited to see AirBlue Sharing pop up in Cydia over the weekend. The full-featured app allows you to share files from your iOS 5 device, with almost any other Bluetooth-enabled device, with just a few taps… Read More

 
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