Music Widget: an upcoming Dashboard X music interface

by Jeff Benjamin on May 23, 2012

One of the wonderful things about the Dashboard X widget interface is its out of the box compatibility with Notification Center add-ons. Cjori — the developer of the popular widget interface — could have easily used that as an excuse to not design widgets exclusively made with Dashboard X in mind, but as a benefit to us, he and others have decided not to do so.

As a result, we have exclusively designed items like Dashtweet, Clock Widget, and now Music Widget — a widget designed specifically for showcasing now playing music on the iOS Home screen. Read More

 

This new tweak gives you a dedicated page for widgets

by Jeff Benjamin on May 14, 2012

HomeSpringPage is a new jailbreak tweak that will allow you to add an empty first page to your Home screen. This is great, because it allows you to have dedicated real estate for adding Dashboard X widgets.

If you’re a Dashboard X user, HomeSpringPage is a natural fit to accomodate your needs for space. Take a look at our full video walkthrough inside for the proof… Read More

 

Clock Widget for Dashboard X brings an Android inspired clock to iOS

by Jeff Benjamin on May 10, 2012

Clock Widget is a simple Android inspired widget that’s great to use if you like to hide the clock in your status bar like yours truly.

I see this as being more or less of a way to show off the potential of Dashboard X, as it was created by the developer of Dashboard X himself.

Check out our video walkthrough for more info… Read More

 

Dashtweet now available on Cydia

by Jeff Benjamin on May 10, 2012

Although it was the first widget exclusively developed for Dashboard X that I was able to test, Dashtweet is actually the second Dashboard X widget to appear on Cydia after Clock Widget.

Dashboard X is a new widget platform that allows you to add widgets directly to your iOS device’s Home screen. This allows you to customize your iPhone similar to the way that Android devices allow to toy with various widgets.

Dashtweet, as its name suggests, is a Twitter widget that allows you to tweet directly from your Home screen. You can now get it for free from Cydia’s BigBoss repo. Be sure to check out our full walkthrough of Dashtweet as well.

 

Dashboard X now available on Cydia

by Sebastien on May 9, 2012

Dashboard X, the long awaited jailbreak tweak that allows you to add widgets to your Home screen is now available for download on Cydia, via the ModMyi repo for $1.99.

This tweak allows you to take existing widgets created for Notification Center and position them anywhere on your iPhone or iPad Home screen. On top of that, new widgets are being developed, such as Dashtweet, a Dashboard X widget that allows you to send tweets from anywhere on your Home screen. Read More

 

Dashtweet: the first dedicated Dashboard X widget

by Jeff Benjamin on May 8, 2012

Dashboard X — the new upcoming widgeting system for iOS — has its first official widget in the works, and it’s based on Twitter.

Dashtweet is the name of the new widget, and it allows you to send tweets from anywhere on your Home screen.

This is likely the first of many official widgets designed specifically with Dashboard X in mind. Check out our video coverage of Dashtweet in action… Read More

 

Add widgets to your Home screen with this new jailbreak tweak

by Jeff Benjamin on May 6, 2012

Although I’ve never really understood the excitement behind the widgets, it’s one of those things that my Android toting friends love to brag about.

What if I told you that there was an easy way to add widgets to the Home screen of an iOS device? What if I told you that there are a plethora of interesting widgets already available?

Both of the above statements are now true, courtesy of a new jailbreak tweak called Dashboard X. Dashboard X is the result of months of hard work by developer, Ori Kadosh. This tweak allows you to take existing widgets created for Notification Center and position them anywhere on your iPhone or iPad Home screen.

Take a look at inside for our hands-on experience with Dashboard X…

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Use ‘ClipboardEdit’ to edit your clipboard from Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Mar 29, 2012

Sometimes original ideas are hard to come by, whether you’re a jailbreak developer, or an App Store developer.

For that reason I see tons of duplicate apps and tweaks that essentially replicate what has already been available.

With that in mind, even if I don’t totally understand the purpose of a specific tweak, I still appreciate one that tries to do something different and original.

This is exactly how I feel about ClipboardEdit. It’s a tweak that’s certainly original, but I’m not exactly sure how I would use it, or why it would be even be needed… Read More

 

‘AppUpdateNotifier’ keeps you informed about App Store updates

by Jeff Benjamin on Mar 26, 2012

First there was CydiaBulletin, and then there was the dead on arrival Aptdate. These jailbreak tweaks were conceptualized and/or created to provide notifications whenever an app or tweak had a pending updated waiting in Cydia.

Due to traffic concerns, it’s unlikely that either of these tweaks will ever see the light of day. That’s unfortunate, but it’s the reality of the situation unless the developers can come up with a way that won’t put too much stress on the repo servers.

But what about the App Store? This sort of functionality would be useful for pending App Store updates as well, would it not? Thankfully, someone was listening.

Check out our video walkthrough of AppUpdateNotifier, a jailbreak tweak that provides banner notifications when updates are waiting in the App Store… Read More

 

‘NCSettings’ adds SBSettings inspired toggles to Notification Center

by Jeff Benjamin on Mar 26, 2012

NCSettings is a free jailbreak tweak that adds an SBSettings inspired set of toggles to iOS 5′s Notification Center.

While the description of the tweak may sound run of the mill, it’s a beautiful looking widget that has a nifty trick up its sleeve.

Check out our full video walkthrough of NCSettings inside… Read More

 
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