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Looking for yet another alternative to the stock App Switcher? I know, there's no shortage of alternate app switchers, but there's always room for one more, right?
Well, on second thought, maybe not. Simplexity is a recently released jailbreak tweak on Cydia that wholeheartedly lives up to its name. While it's simple in some aspects, it can make what should otherwise be a no-brainer function overly complex...
Have you ever wondered what files a specific jailbreak tweak places on your device? Have you ever wondered where the files are stored?
If so, you could always fire up iFile or use an FTP utility to go digging around in your file system. Or, you could just head to Cydia and utilize a provision that's available for every package you have installed on your device...
Let's just chalk TerminalActivator into the "I do it just because I can" category.
TerminalActivator, as its name might suggest, allows you to execute Activator actions via a terminal emulator.
It works well, but the developer is obviously targeting a very small audience. Full video demonstration inside...
Jepit is a jailbreak tweak that attempts to add new app switching animations to your iDevice.
Along with animations, Jepit also includes the ability to change the speed of said animations.
Sadly, its lack of polish hinders what could otherwise be an eye catching tweak. Take a look as we go one-on-one with Jepit inside...
Last month, we told you about the danger of jailbreaking becoming a "legal violation" again this year. Two years ago, the US government ruled that the act of jailbreaking was legal. But that ruling could expire this year if it isn't renewed.
Leading the fight to keep jailbreaking legal is the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). And Gizmodo recently had a chance to sit down and talk with one of the foundation's staff lawyers, Mitch Stolz, about the whole matter...
According to research firm NPD Group, Apple has passed up Samsung and LG to become the #1 selling US handset brand in the fourth quarter of 2011. Between the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, the iPhone accounted for 43% of the US smartphone market, even though Android's market share increased to 48%.
Combined, iOS and Android devices accounted for over 90% of US sales, leaving Blackberry, Windows Phone and other mobile OSs under 10%.
The NPD went on to say that 57% of first time US smartphone buyers go with an Android device, while only 34% of first time buyers purchased iPhones...
Apple has received a lot of criticism for leaving LTE out of its two latest iOS devices. After all, Android manufacturers have been implementing the 4G technology in handsets and tablets for over a year now.
But as Tim Cook noted last Summer, LTE chipsets have been too big and too battery-intensive thus far for Apple to justify using them in its devices. And it looks like HTC had to find that out the hard way...
Have you ever shot a video on your iPhone then uploaded it to your computer just so you could grab a few screenshots from the video? Well, it's now safe to say there's an app for that, and it is called QuickPix.
QuickPix allows you to snap photos while capturing video. The photos are sent directly to your camera roll for easy access. But that's not all...
iPhone photography, dubbed 'iPhoneography', seems to be the new hip thing among iPhone users.
It's much easier to carry your iPhone around to take photos than an expensive DSLR, and with popular apps like Camera+, Instagram, and Camera Bag, you can take equally stunning shots.
Interestingly, a UK college wants to teach its students this new method...
When Steve Jobs unveiled the first Apple Store back in 2001, critics laughed at him. Many believed that Jobs' plan to open retail stores on prime real estate to spotlight Apple's products would send the company into bankruptcy.
But as we all know, things didn't quite play out that way. As with a majority of its other endeavors, Apple's retail chain is the best, and most lucrative in the business. And thanks to the recent iPhone 4S launch, the best just got better...
When Apple announced that its new Siri assistant would only be available on the iPhone 4S last October, it caused quite a commotion in the iOS community. It meant that millions of iOS users, even those who recently purchased new devices, would have to go without the feature.
We've heard a couple of theories on why Apple chose to make Siri 4S-only, including the need for a solid selling point for its new handset, and the fact that it's still in beta. But according to a recent CNET report, it's all about the processor...
iPhone and iPad apps have always been considered to be much more polished than Android apps by most users. Apple's strict style guide and closed App Store create a similar feel among apps, while Google's Android Market is open for all.
In a new report from crash report analytics company Crittercism, the company says that iOS apps crash more than Android apps, despite what you might think. In their report, Crittercism found that iOS apps tend to crash three times more than Android apps. But why?