February 9, 2012
One of the coolest things about iOS 5 is the Notification Center. It is kind of ripped off Android’s notification system, but that does not make it any less awesome. Still, like all things iPhone, it is limited. I brought this up last week in a piece about expanding the functionality of Siri, and it holds true here. Apple locks down Notification Center, leaving some functionality that it is clearly capable of untapped.
February 2, 2012
One of the most compelling reasons to own an iPhone 4S is the voice assistant known as Siri. Siri does some awesome stuff, but what if you could make Siri even more awesome with a simple tweak? From the beginning, people have messed with Siri using proxies, but for the average user, that is too much work. Thankfully, there is Assistant Extensions for owners of jailbroken iPhones.
January 3, 2012
If you own a jailbroken device running iOS 5 and you feel like you are missing all the fun with Siri, fear not, because the iPhone hacking community has launched a Siri port that works on all jailbroken iOS 5 devices. Best of all, this port is actually legal. There have been other ports, but they all violated Apple’s terms of service. Instead of using workarounds to get Siri’s files, Spire downloads Siri directly from Apple.
January 3, 2012
Sometimes I feel like I live in the midst of one huge iOS vs. Android conflict. There aren’t many issues (tech-related ones, anyway) that can generate so much passion and hatred in some of my friends. Sometimes it seems as if life itself depends on whether you choose to use an iPhone or an Android device. Personally, I think there are pros and cons in each.
December 29, 2011
hronic Dev Team and the iPhone Dev Team have finally released an untethered software jailbreak for all Apple devices running the A4 chip and below. Unfortunately the two current A5 devices, the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, are not currently compatible with this release at this time but the jailbreak will work on the iPhone 4 and 3Gs, iPod Touch 3G and 4G and the original iPad.
November 16, 2011
The jailbreak community is on fire now. iOS 5.0.1 was just released, and they have already dug in and hacked it. A lot of users were reluctant to upgrade to 5.0.1 for fear of losing their jailbreaks, but it looks like that won’t be an issue for the time being. Before you get too excited, this jailbreak will not work with the iPad 2 or the iPhone 4S. Everyone who owns those devices are still stuck with being jailbreak-free.
September 23, 2011
Some users pack their iPhones full of so many applications that finding and opening them can become quite a process. Have you ever wished for an easier way to open the applications you use a lot, without having to remember the folder you placed them in? No? Well me neither, but that was before I discovered AppDialer, and I realized how much of a convenience an application like this is.
August 31, 2011
I think we can all agree that the Google Maps application on the iPhone is a little weak. It lacks a lot of basic functionality and one of the features that comes standard on most navigation units which is a speedometer. Fortunately, this isn’t a lost cause, because through the magic of jailbreaking, you can use your iPhone to tell you how fast you are going, in the maps app, and out of it.
August 18, 2011
While iOS can be customized, some elements of the UI come with minimal customization options, one example being the iOS lockscreen. The only official personalization you can do to it is change the background image. If you have a jailbroken iOS device and you want to customize your lockscreen, there are countless ways to do it. This is one of them.
July 27, 2011
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m perfectly happy with my iPhone’s keyboard but I have yet to see someone attempt to make a good version of the Swype keyboard – until now. As long as your iPhone is jailbroken you will now be able to install the iSwipe keyboard and Swype away.
