Reading small text is difficult. Reading small text on a 3.5" screen is insane. Sure, Safari allows for pinch to zoom, but what if you just want to magnify your text old-school style? Sadly, there's no default provision to do so.
As always, that's where the jailbreak community comes in. This latest tweak — Magnifier for Safari — makes it really simple to dynamically boost the size of your text. Check inside for a brief demonstration of this text-size boosting tweak...
These days, iPad cases are a dime a dozen. You can get them in all sorts of colors, styles, and materials; if you've seen one, you've seen them all.
But not so fast; a small company out of Brooklyn, New York is out to change this perception of the average ho-hum iPad case.
Introducing the iPad Book Jacket, a hand-made, customizable iPad case from the folks at Caseable. Visually, it's fully customizable, meaning you can put that "cute thing your cat did" on the cover if you're feeling particularly ridiculous...
The concept of attaching a file to a file to an email is practically as old as email itself. With the iPhone, you can attach photos and videos to your email, but that's pretty much where the fun ends.
This works fine for stock iOS installations where access to the native file system is restricted. For jailbroken iPhones, however, it's a definite limitation; hence the need for a jailbreak tweak like AnyAttach.
AnyAttach is a tweak that allows you to attach any file present on iOS's file system, directly to your outgoing email...
If there's one thing I dislike about the iPhone's alarm clock, it's the inability to completely disable the alarm from the lock screen.
Sure, you can snooze it, but a few minutes later, there it goes blaring again.
With SnoozeOrStop, you can completely stop the alarm clock right from the convenience of your lock screen. Take a peek inside for the full video walkthrough...
Desperate for an awesome new way to launch your favorite iOS apps? If so, you're certainly going to want to check out this new jailbreak tweak called Android Recent Apps.
Android Recent Apps is an Activator invoked launcher for jailbroken iPhones, and it gives you quick access to the last 12 apps that were used...
In the jailbreak store known as Cydia, apps and tweaks are distributed by means of independent repositories. These 'repos' serve as distribution channels for offering Cydia packages to customers from different companies and developers.
While larger repos, like BigBoss, index hundreds and hundreds of Cydia packages for users to install, many smaller repos can tend to clutter up the Cydia experience. If you're interested in creating an independent repo of your favorite tweaks, or hosting your own packages in Cydia, there's an easy way to create your very own Cydia repo right on your iPhone...
It has nothing to do with the movie.
Now that that's out of the way, let me tell you about Friday13, a recently released jailbreak tweak for the iPhone.
Friday13 is a way to alter the iCal icon on your iPhone's Home screen, nothing more, nothing less. You'll find various color combinations, custom date listings, etc.
If you're growing weary of that boring old red and white iCal icon on your Home screen, then the following video walkthrough is catered towards you...
Want to keep nosey people out of your call history? Then this simple, yet effective jailbreak tweak entitled HiddenCalllog, might be just what the doctor ordered.
HiddenCalllog makes it easy to quickly disguise yourself as one who has absolutely no friends that care to call you, ever.
Great for keeping nosey folks out of your call log, perhaps not so great in various other situations...
As most of you guys and gals are well aware of, I'm the type of person that loves keeping things stock, or at least stock looking.
My car is stock, my iMac is stock, my iOS devices are jailbroken, but they look close to stock.
For that reason, it's probably no surprise that I continue to use the built in Safari browser for all of my web needs, despite the fact that it's severely lacking when compared to third party options.
That's where handy tweaks like BackForwardList for Safari come in. It allows me to keep the stock browser, while giving it a nice usability boost. See inside for the video evidence...
So as usual, I'm a little behind on this last month's What's On My iDevice, but hopefully the wait was worth it.
You guys and gals know how I like to switch it up, and the August edition is no exception. Instead of focusing on jailbreak apps or tweaks, I give you a rundown of 5 essential App Store Apps that should be on every iPhone owner's Home screen.
Inside, you'll find an app that's great for security, the absolute best iPhone Twitter client, a wonderfully designed "diary" app, and one of my absolute favorite iOS games of all time...
Does your desk resemble a bird's nest due to the mess of wires? If so, you might want to look into fixing that.
Fortunately, AViiQ is making the fix an easy one. Introducing the AViiQ Portable Charging Station: a portable cable management solution for your iOS devices.
For those of you with a few unwieldy USB cables littering your desk, this could be the solution that leads you back to organization. Check inside for the full video walkthrough & giveaway...
Robots might be set to take over the world, but if they're anything at all like LG's new robotic vacuum, we'll be able to control them using our iPhones.
The Roboking VR680VMNC, or "Rob" as his friends call him, is a robotic vacuum that packs three cameras and connects to your home's WiFi network, enabling iPhone users to control the device from the comfort of their handsets.
The on-board cameras stream video back to the iPhone app, too, turning the Roboking into an exceptionally mobile security camera...