Wouldn't it be nice to have notifications whenever new Cydia updates are released? It's already been done once with Aptdate, but that's now been one-upped courtesy of Ryan Petrich's latest creation entitled Curiosa.
Like Aptdate, Curiosa provides you with banner notifications for new Cydia updates, but this tweak includes quite a few additional options as you'll notice from our video walkthrough...
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Ever since the passing of Steve Jobs, more and more vintage and/or rare videos have began to trickle out. In this video, circa 1980, Steve Jobs addresses the audience about a number of interesting subjects.
Topics range from a photo shoot with Scientific America, the amplification of human abilities, and much more. It's a very interesting video, and a look back at the one of the greatest entrepreneurial minds of our generation.
SwipeCam is an upcoming jailbreak tweak that allows you to use your Lock screen camera toggle as a gateway to more options.
SwipeCam only works with the old Lock screen camera interface, so that means devices below iOS 5.1.
Once the tweak is installed, simply enabled it, invoke your Lock screen camera shortcut, and swipe on the camera icon to reveal the additional toggles...
Want an easy way to track when your text messages were sent or received? SMS Timestamps is a jailbreak tweak that may be up to the task.
With SMS Timestamps installed, you can force a timestamp to created with every new message, or you can set specified timestamp intervals of 1, 5 or 10 minutes.
It's nowhere near a groundbreaking idea, but if you've been looking for a standalone timestamp solution, then SMS Timestamps does the job adequately...
AppMosaic is an upcoming jailbreak app that brings App Store App discovery to your iDevice by means of Cydia.
I believe this is probably the first app of its kind on Cydia, and for that, AppMosaic gets major props for originality.
Upon opening the app, you're presented with a two sided column that composes a full mosaic of app icons. The left side of the column is dedicated to the top 200 paid apps, and the right side is for the top 200 free apps.
Check out our full video walkthrough to see how AppMosaic can help you discover hidden gems on the App Store...
If you're looking for a tweak that's practical for every day use, then you might as well move along now. iLettars is anything but practical, and on top of that it's pretty expensive at $1.59.
On the other hand, for those of you looking to show off some funky animations to your friends, and don't mind dropping the cost of a cheap drink at Starbucks to do so, feel free to continue...
Wouldn't it be cool if the iPhone immediately enabled the media controls on the Lock screen upon the detection of headphones? Indeed, it would.
HeadphoneLauncher borrows this idea and takes it one step further; not only will it bring up the Lock screen media controls, but it will also bring up an application launcher that you can use to launch your favorite apps.
Check out our video walkthrough of HeadphoneLauncher inside...
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Finger tracking jailbreak tweak TouchPosé+ has been officially released on Cydia's BigBoss repo for the price of $1.00.
As we revealed in our initial preview, TouchPosé+ is just like the original TouchPosé, except this time you have custom color options, and custom images.
If you decide to give it a try, let us know what you think about it in the comments.
Video ringtones have always been more of a novelty than anything else, and Vuziq doesn't change that. What Vuziq does well is make it extremely easy to assign a video ringtone to your iPhone.
That ease of use makes this novelty worth giving a shot. Take a look at the full step-by-step video walkthrough straight ahead...
Brightslide is a jailbreak tweak that lets your quickly adjust screen brightness and invoke the iPhone's LED flash using a simple Activator action.
It's a good tool for those who find themselves often adjusting screen brightness, or for those who rely on using the LED flash as a flashlight.
View our full video walkthrough for Brightslide inside...
A Chinese toddler has been pulled from a 40-foot well after his rescuers used an iPhone to help discover where he was located, according to reports.
Some things you really couldn't make up because, well, nobody would believe you. We're going to put this firmly into that bracket and just hope you don't think we're pulling a belated April Fool's joke!
According to reports across various news outlets, a 2-year-old Chinese boy was unlucky enough to fall down a well. Not just any well. A well that was a good 40-feet deep and barely wide enough to get down in the first place.
Cue a rescue operation that included, believe it or not, an iPhone. Yep, those little bundles of tech joy really do have an app for everything. Maybe that's why they're selling so well...
Not only is Ryan Petrich a top tier iPhone developer, but he's got a sense of humor as well.
His latest tweak, entitled UpsideDown, is proof of that. Just as its name states, UpsideDown will make most of the apps on the iPhone orient themselves upside down, making for a great prank idea for your friends and family...