In the last six years, Apple has managed to go from being entirely new to the smartphone scene to regularly producing one of the industry’s most sought-after devices in the form of the iPhone. Regardless of personal device preference, the iPhone brand is immediately recognizable and known all over the world as a beacon of quality. Although consumers from around the globe are familiar with the iPhone as we know it, a former Apple advertising executive has revealed that it could of been an entirely different story if the company had chosen one of the other product names in the running.
Up until yesterday, everything was perfectly fine in the world of iOS based web browsing. Users who prefer to shy away from the native Safari browser in favor of Google's sleek mobile Chrome offering were extremely happy, that is until the company decided to push out an update via the App Store that brought more than what users bargained for. The latest Chrome update introduced some long-press based gestures as well as new sharing features and the obligatory bug and security fixes. However, what the release notes neglected to mention was that jailbroken users would pay the price for "security" amendments.
Photos, and more specifically, the sharing of photos, has always been extremely popular with iPhone and iOS users in general. Capturing, viewing and sharing images with friends and family has always been extremely easy with Apple devices, which is something that was been made even easier with the introduction of Photo Stream in iOS 5 and Shared Photo Streams in iOS 6. One of the latest packages to land in Cydia comes with the sole intention of providing users with a little additional control over how Photo Stream works on a jailbroken device.
When it comes to purchasing a case for our treasured gadgets, we all tend to have different tastes. Some like to go as cheap as possible, others look for practicality, while others like to find something a tad more luxurious. If you’re of the notion that your smartphone deserves a taste of the finer things in life, you may want to consider the CalypsoCase Rainbow for iPhone 5 from CalypsoCrystal.
If you're the kind of individual who finds themselves spending far too much time searching for new ways to manipulate your images, you may want to check out PhotoMagic for iPhone. The brainchild of Softease Tech, it delivers on all fronts, and considers the less experienced wannabe photographer with a very user-friendly interface.
If you have deep pockets, or more likely just a large handbag, it might often be difficult to hear notifications from your phone, leading you to return home with multiple unanswered notifications of text messages, important emails or Facebook notifications. A new Kickstarter project, known as the EMBRACE+, is an electronic bracelet that will light up whenever a notification from your phone is displayed.
Most of people nowadays carry smartphones around with them wherever they go, and while this is useful for a multitude of reasons, it means if that so-called Kodak moment arises, it will not be missed. As time goes on, smartphone cameras have gotten much better, and through the last couple of revisions of iOS, Apple has experimented with ways to make it easier for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users to quickly take a shot with minimal fuss. iOS brought he camera button to the lock screen, which has since evolved into an icon/slider, but if that still isn't quick enough for you, jailbreak developer flux has come through with a nifty tweak called QuickShoot which allows you to take a shot almost instantaneously by tapping that Camera app icon.
I was playing my favorite iOS game earlier today (Disc Drivin', for those interested), and, mid-shot, I was rudely interrupted by that very obtrusive, rarely useful popup notification telling me I had 20% battery left. Lo and behold, I messed up my shot, and like many jailbreakers, took to Cydia to find a solution. There are many tweaks offering to change the way popup notifications look and behave, but I was in the hunt for something battery-specific, and found solace in the form of LowPowerBanner.
iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users invariably go through the jailbreak process on their devices for a variety of different reasons. Some want to alter the aesthetics of the operation system. Some want to introduce additional gestures to navigate through the operating system. Some just want to see what's available on Cydia and enjoy the freedom to choose how their device operates. It's unlikely that a large portion of those who have jailbreaked have done so purely to flick between home pages at the tap of an icon, but for those interested in that sort of functionality then the new PageJumps package should scratch that itch.
AirPlay, as anybody using it will probably vouch, isn't a perfectly refined product, but it is something most iOS and OS X users are grateful to have as a streaming option. Unfortunately, like so many of Apple's software offerings, it has its fair share of limitations, many of which could be perceived as somewhat unnecessary. As the jailbreak scene does so often, a method to circumvent one of these restrictions has been created, and will turn your jailbroken iOS device into an AirPlay audio receiver.
