And the onslaught of jailbreak utilities continues, with this new release from iSam. The package will allow you to automatically insert your email address into a text field upon double tapping the "@" key.
While you could accomplish this with an app like Xpandr, Double At is much more simple. This utility is for power users who are constantly sending out their email address from their iDevice...
We've seen a flurry of jailbreak tweaks surface over the last few days, and it doesn't look like it's slowing down. Multiple packages turned up in Cydia today, but the one we're going to cover in this post is IconCommands.
The utility allows you to set customized actions for when you tap on an app icon. For example, you can set applications to launch on a single tap, hide once double tapped, and delete after 3 taps. I know it sounds similar to Apptivator, but it's actually very different...
I love jailbreak utilities that add contact photos to stock iOS apps. It makes your contacts seem more like real people, rather than pieces of data.
Cydia provides a couple of options to pull this off. SMSEnhancer adds contact photos to the Messages app, and IPicMyContacts does the same for your contact list. And then there's Copic, which actually does what the other two tweaks do, and more....
As Apple's next media event draws near, rumors are flying left and right about when the event will take place, what will be announced, etc. When it gets this close to showtime, the rumor mill goes into full throttle. Various news sites and tech pundits share their knowledge of Apple's secret plans through unknown, "reliable sources" that always seem to be "familiar with the matter."
You probably already know this, but Apple is going to release a new iPhone soon. Some even think that Apple will release two iPhones soon. Most think that Apple's next announcement will be iPhone-centric, and the event is definitely going to take place before the holidays.
But honestly, that's all anyone knows right now. Still, let's try to clear up some of the confusion...
As an iDB writer, I spend a lot of time downloading and installing Cydia packages on my iPhone. The problem is that I don't want my device locking in the middle of my work, and toggling off the autolock feature is a 5 step process.
Naturally, I turned to Cydia for a utility to solve my problem. There were a couple of good options available, but I really liked SleepDepriver. Unlike the other jailbreak tweaks, SleepDepriver disables your screen from dimming...
Out of all the media types that have come and gone, vinyl is the only one that I've truly missed.
Now, in the days of MP3s and digital content, who would ever want to hear the crackle of the needle or have to flip an oversized disc every 6 or so songs? Well, it's not as small a group as you would think, and vinyl records are starting to make a comeback.
Thanks to a new app by developer Color Monkey, we can have all the perks and fun of playing a record without any of the work.
VinylLove is a fun app to play your music. It transforms your iPod library into a collection of vinyls...
iCloud for Windows Beta 4 was released alongside iOS 5 Beta 5 and iTunes 10.5 Beta 5 last week. Here’s a quick look at some of the features.
The installation process is pretty straight forward and standard for Apple. I installed iCloud on two of my PCs running Windows 7. One thing I found awkward about this process was that one of my computers needed restarting before using iCloud, while the other was set to go right away...
The autocorrect feature in iOS is pretty annoying. Where is it the most annoying? The Safari search bar. Everyone knows the search field is much better at predicting what you're typing than Apple's autocorrect.
And for that reason, Filippo Bigarella created NoSearchCorrect. This simple utility disables the frustrating feature when performing searches in mobile Safari...
Jailbreaking your iDevice gives you the ability to customize it beyond your wildest dreams. Not only are there themes and icon packages that can change the look and feel of iOS, there are also tweaks available.
And if you really have an appetite for customizing, this next utility might just make your day. Now you can personalize something I'm willing to bet you would have never thought of, your screenshots...
If you're always paranoid about the amount of battery life remaining on your iPhone, or you'd rather see the battery life percentage on your lockscreen, then you need LSBattery.
LSBattery is a new jailbreak tweak that replaces your lockscreen and slider text with the iPhone battery percentage...
What do you do if you have $75 billion dollars in the bank, and your company is growing so fast that you can't find a big enough area to house your operations?
That's easy, you design and construct a seemingly stadium-sized building out of pure glass to send a message that your company is innovative and that money isn't an object. And that's exactly what Apple's doing...
Here's something you don't hear every day. Multiple news outlets are reporting that two men were picked up in a German airport after an x-ray machine picked up a knife in one of their bags.
The weapon alone isn't that interesting, but what they found after searching through the rest of the luggage is certainly intriguing. German officials think they may have been one of the first ones to lay eyes on the iPhone 5...