Although we haven't seen a large number of impressive and innovative tweaks landing in the Cydia store for a while, something tells us that the jailbreak development scene is about to receive a new lease of life in the coming weeks and months. The PhotoFilter package that will be available from the BigBoss repository may not offer anything we haven't seen before in third-party apps, but it is definitely a worthwhile purchase for those who are into photography, filters, and love producing aesthetically pleasing images.
The jailbreak community has to be commended for exercising an unprecedented level of patience while the relevant individuals and development teams have been working hard on finding the necessary components to release an iOS 6 untethered jailbreak. Over the last week we have witness the formation of the Evad3rs jailbreak team, and announcements that we can pretty much expect the jailbreak to drop almost instantly when Apple releases iOS 6.1 to the public. But today brings even more good news.
New photos coming out of France appear to show two speaker enclosures which, it is claimed, belong to the upcoming iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 smartphones from Apple.
Before a new version of iOS is released by Apple to the public, it goes through several betas, in which developers get the chance to download, assess, and note of any significant bugs or issues. This system attempts to ensure the end-user release is as smooth as possible, and while many of you will have been using iOS 6.x, work has been going on behind the scenes to prepare iOS 6.1. Today, a new Beta 5 build is now ready for download for developers only.
While Apple provides a native weather app on all of its iOS devices (except the iPad), it's fair to say that it's not particularly riveting. It does what it says on the tin - offers current and 5-day weather for just about any area of the world, but it’s up to third-parties to add a little finesse and grandeur to proceedings. While plenty of small app houses have done just that, today’s aesthetically-pleasing offering arrives courtesy of a rather unlikely source. AOL, famed former owner of Bebo, has been busy preparing its SKYE Weather+Photo app for those running on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, and unlike the aforementioned investment, it really isn't bad. In fact, it's rather good.
Smartphones can, and for many people do help maintain a level of organization. Finish, an app built by Basil Ltd., is one of the most feature-rich and functionally-sound we've stumbled across to date, and with more than enough features to suit everybody's needs, its the kind of app you'll wonder how you coped without. Check out the details and download link after the jump!
We've been bamboozled by the number of rumors pertaining to the next-generation iPhone, unofficially dubbed the 'iPhone 5S', and iLounge has added even more to the mixer with an update on Friday. The iPhone 5S is almost certain to feature a faster processor, something the Cupertino company has done ever since the first model, but even more interesting, is the possibility of a 13-megapixel camera sensor supplied by Sony.
Over the last few years, there have been rumors of a cheaper, lower-end iPhone to complement the standard model, in order to appeal to lower-budget consumers. These rumors have intensified over the last few months, leading the analysts at the firm Detwiler Fenton to predict that Apple may ditch the A6 processor, used in the iPhone 5, for a third-party chip such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon, used on other lower-end phones.
By means of a press release, Twitter has officially announced Vine, an alternative way for its user base to share video clips through tweets. Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo gave us a glimpse of the services via his Twitter feed only yesterday, and now it would seem it's ready for the official roll-out. Currently, its app is only available for those on iPhone and iPod touch, but will be heading to the Google Play Store, as well as the stores of other platforms in the near future. More details after the break!
There's been a lot of talk over the last few months about the future of jailbreaking and whether or not we will continue to see jailbreaks actively worked on by the dev-teams as Apple make internal security changes to iOS. There's no denying that the mood within the jailbreak community has been extremely sombre of late as users live without that elusive device liberation on iOS 6 and newer devices, but it looks like things are about to take a turn for the positive.
