iOS 7, which launched alongside both the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s, brought with it some great new features. As far as the flagship handset was concerned, the introduction of slow-mo video capture was considered among the highlights, but even though Apple clearly worked hard to improve the stock Camera utility, there's still plenty of room for improvement. quickCam, a tweak just released in Cydia, is perhaps the most enhancing feature we've seen, allowing you to preview and take snaps and videos without having leave the current app.
Early last month, jailbreak developer Evan Swick took the wraps of OS Experience, an intriguing tweak that purported to offer true, windowed multitasking on iPad akin to OS X. Now, said tweak has just been made available to the general public, and below, we've all the necessary details.
The introduction of iOS 7 brought, among other changes, a greatly revamped user interface, but despite a fairly positive critical reception, jailbreakers appear to have jumped at the opportunity to make some alterations of their own. Since Evasi0n7 landed, we've featured dozens of great themes here, but today's, which completely transforms your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch home screen icons in giving them an elegant diamond-shaped finish, is easily among the most intriguing.
Gestures make the world of touch-based devices just that little bit nicer. In fact, gestures not only promote better functionality and generally enable us to get done things quicker, but also, they're pretty cool with it too. On no occasion has the cool factor of gestures been better exemplified than with SmartTap, a new tweak authored by seasoned developer Elias Limneos that allows you to perform gestures even when your display is turned off and in sleep mode.
As a company, Facebook has been open-sourcing a number of development libraries that will greatly improve other third-party apps going forward. Now, thanks to the jailbreak world, those who have liberated their iOS devices from Apple's walled garden can benefit from Facebook's mobile power by revealing a number of hidden settings within the native iOS app.
As I have mentioned on a number of occasions now, the jailbreak community cannot seem to get enough of lock screen-based tweaks, but while Cydia developers have been showcasing their creativity in bringing all-new features to the front gate of iOS, Stride 2 is a vast improvement on an old favorite, Stride for iOS. Simply put, this tweak takes the mundaneness out of unlocking your device by enabling you to set your very own, custom pattern, and developer Adam Bell has certainly put work in to ensure his two-year-old invention is in-keeping with the recent changes to the Apple software.
Since the release of the Evasi0n jailbreak for iOS 7, the number of tweaks - particularly those aimed at revamping the lock screen - has sky-rocketed, and while some lock screen enhancers have sought ways to increase general functionality, others have served only to look pretty. Timely, a new entry to the BigBoss repo, certainly swings toward the vanity side of the scale, offering a completely different perspective on the clock feature.
If you hate the iOS 7 power-off screen then you're going to love BetterPowerDown. When Apple finally released iOS 7 to the public last year, it's fair to say that it wasn't met with complete acceptance. Some of the design changes that Jony Ive brought to the iPhone and iPad had some people not just shaking their heads, but also longing for the more familiar look and feel of the versions of iOS that they were so used to.
Earlier on this month, A3Tweaks finally took the wraps off Auxo 2, the second-coming of the revolutionary multitasking tweak. After a bunch of teasers, it has been well worth the wait, and in a swift update, Auxo 2 has just been bumped to version 1.1 with support for the larger display of the iPad.
The iOS Messages app may have benefited greatly from the introduction of iMessage, but in terms of features, hasn't quite evolved as much as some users - this one included - might have liked. As soon as the Evasi0n jailbreak was released a few months back, many iOS device users flocked to the message-enhancing utilities available via Cydia, including the very popular BiteSMS, and if you're looking for an easy way to create and deal with messages without having to continually consult the native stock app, then you may wish to check out a nifty new tweak by the name of auki.
