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iPad text editing concept comes to life thanks to this jailbreak tweak

Jeff Benjamin ∙ May 4, 2012

When Cody posted about Daniel Hooper’s iPad keyboard demo, we had no idea that it would be as popular as it has turned out to be. Thousands of retweets later, the public has spoken out against how terrible the iPad's editing situation is. I think John Gruber summed it up best when he noted that the iPad was a great for typing, but poor for editing.

The iPad keyboard demo video was created with the hopes that Apple would respond and implement something similar in the upcoming version of iOS. There's even instructions included on the video for submitting a bug report to Apple.

Well, Apple may not listen, but someone else did. Indeed, the jailbreak community has responded in a big way. Introducing SwipeSelection — a usable realization of the original iPad concept video...

How text editing on the iPad should be

Cody Lee ∙ May 3, 2012

If you've ever spent any kind of time editing text on the iPad, you know that there has to be a better solution. Placing your cursor in a certain spot in a sentence or paragraph can be difficult. And between letters? Forget about it.

Luckily, YouTube user danielchasehooper has come up with the perfect way to fix this. In his new video entitled "iPad Keyboard Prototype," he demonstrates how Apple could make cursor placement much more precise...

Steve Jobs channels Franklin Delano Roosevelt in ‘1994’ sales video

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 2, 2012

From the depths of the Interwebs comes this little gem with young Steve Jobs playing Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The amusing and charming scene is actually part of a never-before-seen morale-boosting internal film entitled '1994', in a nod at the iconic television commercial that launched the Macintosh craze 28 years ago.

It depicts a World War II tale of good (Apple) vs. evil (IBM) and cost about $50,000 to make which, back in 1994, was a lot of money for a company video. Apple produced this footage to rally up troops at their international sales force meet up in Hawaii...

Dock your iPhone in style with the ODOC

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 31, 2016

Folks in the market for a high-quality iPhone dock might want to look into the ODOC Kickstarter project. The ODOC is an elegantly-designed dock for your iPhone or iPod touch that's packed full of features.

The accessory's main selling point is its patent-pending ball-bearing mechanism that can lock your device into five different viewing angles, allowing you to use it in different positions while it charges...

‘DisabledNC Switch’ disables Notification Center in full screen apps

Jeff Benjamin ∙ May 1, 2012

Don't you just hate it when you're in the middle of playing a game and you accidentally invoke Notification Center?

I've found that in particular, games that require a lot of random swipes suffer the most from this issue.

Thankfully, a new jailbreak tweak has been created to put an end to this nonsense, and it's appropriately titled DisableNC Switch...

‘AlwaysArrange’ now available on Cydia

Jeff Benjamin ∙ May 1, 2012

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Do you hate having to place your app icons into wiggle mode to be able to rearrange their position on the Home screen? If so, then AlwaysArrange is the tweak for you.

AlwaysArrange is a new jailbreak tweak that allows you to rearrange your App icons on the fly, without needing to place them into wiggle mode.

Check out our full walkthrough of AlwaysArrange, and head over to Cydia if you're interested. It's available for free on Cydia's ModMyi repo.

RIM unveils new BB10 operating system

Cody Lee ∙ May 1, 2012

It's pretty common knowledge that the smartphone space currently belongs to Android and iOS. The two platforms make up more than 70% of the market, which at one time belonged to the likes of Microsoft and RIM.

But neither company saw the iPhone coming, and both failed to respond quickly. Now they're fighting for the crucial "third platform" spot. Microsoft with its Windows Phone OS, and RIM with its new BB10...

‘Image Grabber’ allows you to save and share images from any website or PDF

Jeff Benjamin ∙ May 1, 2012

While mobile Safari is more than adequate for casual web surfing, it's also very limited when it comes to performing more advanced functions.

For instance, if you were interested in viewing the source code behind one of your favorite websites, it's impossible to do out of the box.

Even something as simple as viewing all of the images contained on a given page is out of reach. This is a function that's easily accomplished with stock versions of desktop browsers.

Thankfully we have jailbreaking, and with it the tools to accomplish such simple, yet otherwise impossible tasks. Take Image Grabber for example — a jailbreak tweak that allows you to view all of the images on a given web site or PDF, and save, copy, or share them...

When Siri gets racist

Sébastien Page ∙ May 1, 2012

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We’re giving away three ‘Lima’ beta invites

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 30, 2012

Last week we brought you an in-depth look at Lima — the web-based Cydia alternative for jailbroken iOS devices. Needless to say, we were thoroughly impressed by what we saw.

If you're anxious to get your hands on Lima, then here is your chance. As promised, we're giving away three Lima beta invitations.

Want one? Check inside for the details...

‘SiriStatus’ can help you troubleshoot Siri

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 30, 2012

SiriStatus is a recently released jailbreak tweak that reveals a hidden Siri status bar. This bar is located at the top of your screen, and is used for checking the current query status and manually entering in queries via the keyboard.

If you tend to find yourself experiencing problems with Siri, then SiriStatus can help you decipher what the problem may be.

Check out our video walkthrough straight ahead...

Tony Fadell spills the beans on iPhone prototypes [video]

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

Here's a nice little nugget that sheds more light on how Apple at one point had seriously considered giving the iPhone a physical keyboard, as we learned last week.

The Verge's sweet little teaser for their podcast series features former Apple engineer Tony Fadell (also known as the iPod Godfather) going into detail on different iPhone prototypes Apple originally tested...