If you loaded up Cydia today to peruse the latest selection of jailbreak tweaks and apps available to download, you might have rubbed your eyes a bit to make sure you weren't seeing things.
Yep, Cydia got a special new feature, and no doubt for a limited time only. It's called the QuickBar. Yes, that QuickBar.
It looks like Twitter's panned QuickBar made the move from Twitter's official iPhone app to Cydia.
Don't believe us? Check it out for yourself, or take a look at the proof inside...
For those who didn't know or can't remember back that far, Microsoft was once a major player in the mobile platform game. It was one of the first mobile operating systems to feature a touch screen (although it required a stylus). The Palm Treo and multiple Windows Mobile handsets actually ruled the smartphone market for quite some time.
Then came innovations from companies like BlackBerry and Apple, and Windows Mobile's aging design just couldn't keep up. Last year, after almost a decade, Microsoft unveiled a completely new mobile OS to the world.
Although their initial launch was hindered by bad memories of the old, buggy Windows Mobile software, things are certainly looking brighter for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7....
Can you feel it in the air? I surely can. I get the same feeling before virtually every big jailbreak solution.
There's an eerie quiet among the folks taking the lead in the jailbreaking community, demos have been demonstrated, and tweets have been tweeted.
Now all we can do is wait, and wait patiently. Although we're expecting it literally any hour or day now, it's always a nice surprise when it finally arrives...
To tide us over, MuscleNerd dropped a few hints about the imminence of the Dev Team's new version of RedSn0w and PwnageTool; each will support 4.3.1...
I can't think of a consumer electronics device I've ever seen garner as many rumors and as much speculation as Apple's iPhone 5. The storied device was expected to hit the shelves sometime this summer like previous models, but it is now rumored to be pushed back until late fall or early 2012.
The rumors aren't just limited to the release date of the iPhone 5, but they also expand into hardware predictions, and now, more recently, camera specs. At first the question was whether or not they'd bump the 5 MP camera up to an 8 or 10MP. Now it seems like the question could be if they move the camera up a whole dimension...
It hasn't even been announced yet, but there are already 9 solid reasons you shouldn't buy the iPhone 5. Apple's mysterious device is sure to have plenty of appealing features, but this infographic details 9 reasons the iPhone 5 won't be the best it can be.
Stay tuned for the full image after the break...
Home grown Steven Spielbergs have known about Vimeo's existence for quite some time. In fact, Vimeo has been a hot bed for independent and amateur directors since 2004. Different than YouTube, Vimeo has an exclusive dedication to user-made video and does not allow commercial content.
As of March last year, Vimeo had over 3 million members and was averaging more than 16,000 uploads daily. They are looking to expand on that success. Last week, the official Vimeo iPhone app launched in the App Store for free, and it's got some some big features...
Remember when the official Twitter app added the Dick.. er.. Quick Bar in a recent update? The Quick Bar was Twitter's attempt at "sharing information" with users. It was also a clever revenue option for displaying promoted tweets.
Twitter has finally killed the Quick Bar. After a brief and painful run, the Quick Bar has been removed from the official Twitter app in a new update.
It appears that Adobe has been working on porting a full-featured version of their extremely popular photo editing software over to Apple's iOS. Obviously the iPad is their device of choice due to it's 10" display and advanced multitouch capabilities.
Despite Apple's disagreement with Adobe on their Flash platform, I'm sure they would be happy to welcome an iPad Photoshop application of this caliber. Adobe took the opportunity at their annual Photoshop World event to preview what they have in the pipeline for tablet devices.
PhotoShop World 2011 attendees were treated to a demo of a version of Photoshop running on an Apple iPad with a pretty slick interface. The software seemed to be lightyears ahead of Adobe's current iPad offering, Photoshop Express.
Check out the video below of the event to see a live demo of Adobe's tablet concept. It supports layers and allows you to mix colors together like a painter on a palette. It really gives you a good idea of what to expect from future tablet-oriented software.
Would you use Photoshop or any other app to do heavy editing on your iPad?
Mac OS X Software company Digiarty is well known for its MacX software lineup. Their software has a reputation for being extremely easy to use for the not-so-tech-savvy. Well, it appears they are trying to make that same name for themselves in the iPhone transfer app industry.
We've seen several iPhone transfer software titles in the last few years. i-Funbox is a popular one, so is iPhone Explorer. Heck, a lot of folks even use the SSH method to transfer files back and forth to their iPhone. What does Digiarty's MacX iPhone Mounter have that the others don't?
Doodle Jump has been one of the most popular iOS games ever since its launch, and it has received several updates throughout the year. The latest update brings one of the most highly awaited features: online multiplayer.
Similar to other multiplayer games available in the App Store, you can play against another friend via Game Center or randomly be matched up against another player...
In iOS 4.3, Apple has supposedly limited the speed of web apps added to the iPhone's home screen. Develepors and users have been reporting that web-based applications launched from an independent springboard icon are loading more than 2x slower than sites opened in Mobile Safari.
Meaning that, web apps/favorite sites launched from an icon shortcut aren't given any access to the Nitro Javascript engine that's baked into iOS 4.3. If Apple has intentionally hampered the performance of web apps in 4.3, such a move could been seen as a subliminal push to get people downloading more App Store apps.
If you've noticed lagging performance with your favorite web apps in iOS 4.3, there's an easy way to take advantage of Mobile Safari's full resources...
There are always plenty of Apple rumors out there, and sometimes it can be difficult to distinguish between which rumors are credible, and the stories that are made up for shock effect.
While the below infographic is meant to be comical, it actually does a great job at laying out the Apple rumor publishing process. If you aren't familiar with how Apple rumors form, this image will give you a good idea of the process.
Stay tuned for the infographic after the break...