For most jailbreakers Cydia is an app that they use as much as they use the App Store on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. As much as we love Cydia it is an unfortunate fact that the store has not changed much since it was launched and just like iOS it has stayed the same from many years. As we are seeing new concepts telling us how iOS 7 will be like a designer has shared how a redesigned Cydia UI could look like. The UI he has made seems like a marriage between the App Store app and Tweetbot – which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The design user Newar shared on Dribble is worth having a look at and we wouldn’t mind if it becomes a reality.

If someone from Cydia is listening we would love to have a Cydia redesign along with the release of iOS 7. Let us know of you thoughts about this design in the comments section below. [via]

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iPhone has become an essential part of life for millions of people and many people become extremely annoyed when they forget their beloved Apple smartphone at home or when they run out of battery while they are away from home. Sure you can carry a wire with you all the time and use it to charge or sync your iPhone if you are also carrying your laptop or you are at your office where computer is available. For people who carry backpacks or ladies who have purse carrying a wire with them is no big deal but for those who don’t have either this is not a perfect solution.

To help people with that problem a new device called the ChargeCard for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S is released. ChargeCard first came under spotlight when it successfully raised $161K of its $50K goal through a campaign it ran on Kickstarter.

ChargeCard for iPhone as its name suggests is a credit card sized device that enables users to charge and sync their iPhone by connecting it with a USB port. The ChargeCard features a thoughtful design that not only makes it easier for users to carry around but also usable for everyone.

ChargeCard aims to have a sweet spot in your wallet and for that it has worked pretty hard to keep itself thin. Of course ChargeCard isn’t exactly as thin as a credit card but its slimness does qualifies it to be a part of your wallet or pocket. ChargeCard for iPhone is 0.1-inches thick and that according to the makers of ChargeCard makes it the slimmest USB charger in the world.

ChargeCard for iPhone comes in two models. One model features a connector for the iPhone models that have a 30 pin connector, which includes the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. Then there’s a model that has a connector for the new lightning port of the iPhone 5. The iPhone 4/4S model is up for sale right now and the iPhone 5 model will be shipped in the month of May.

How ChargeCard for iPhone works is pretty simple. It features a flexible strip in the middle that sports the USB connector, which goes into the USB port of a computer. Once that port is connected to a power source users can connect the 30 pin connector to their iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S at which point the device will start getting charged and users will see iTunes popping up on their screen asking if they want to sync the device.

ChargeCard simply replicates the function of a USB cable that comes with the iPhone however it does that with style and way more portability than you can get from a simple cable.

ChargeCard for iPhone is a must have accessory for all iPhone users and is highly recommended for those who travel a lot and have a laptop with them all the time.

You can get a ChargeCard for your iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S for $25 here. The iPhone 5 model will also be released next month and will sell for $25 too, pre-order here.

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If you recently heard of the Mailbox app for iPhone and iPod touch but are annoyed of the fact that you will have to bare a reservation system for a few hours or days in order to be able to use the app itself then we have got a good news for you. The developers of the app recently announced that they are dropping the reservation system so users who are new to the app can download it and use it right away without waiting in line for the turn. This has been made possible after 10 weeks of “around-the-clock hard work”. The company says that the Mailbox app service was scaled to deliver 100 million emails a day – an impressive number which according to their statement is still growing.

Mailbox app removed the reservation system because the company now believes that it can handle the new users who sign up for the app while keeping the service up and running for millions already using it.

Along with the removal of the reservation system Mailbox app also received an update in the App Store that brought several improvements to the app. The Mailbox app update brought smarter snoozes, faster swipes, UI improvements as well as bug fixes.

Here’s the change log for version 1.2.0

• Smarter snoozes (adjust based on time of day and week)
• Faster swipes (swipe as many items at one time as you want)
• UI improvements (e.g. double-tap a name bubble to see email address)
• Bug fixes (including swipe-to-open bug) and performance improvements

Mailbox app for iPhone and iPod touch is available in the App Store for free from the link below.

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Official Facebook app for iOS received a major update recently that brings several new features to both iPhone and iPad versions of the widely used app. For the iPhone the update brings the Chat Heads feature Facebook announced for Android a few days ago. Users can also send stickers and explore new Facebook feeds on their timeline including the Games feeds, Music feeds and Photos feeds.

On the iPad the Facebook app update version 6.0 also brings the Chat Heads feature along with a brighter and more beautiful way of viewing stories. This includes the recent changes Facebook made to its website and the update brings the iPad app interface closer to the experience found on the desktop and web version. 

While the update has been released the Chat Heads and the new Stickers feature will be rolled out to all the users in the next few weeks according to the change log of the Facebook app.

You can download the update from the App Store or you can grab the app for free if you don’t have it already from the link below.

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T-Mobile customers recently got an option to purchase Apple iPhones on their favorite network for the very first time since the launch of the original iPhone back in 2007. Now all three models of iPhone, which includes iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 are available at an affordable price for the customers of this network.

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ActiveDock tweak adds a visual hack to iOS that brings the iconic bouncing animation of OS X to iOS’s dock. It emphasizes mainly on increasing the iOS dock interface. It might not very surprising that the ActiveDock tweak has made the iOS dock look very much similar to its desktop counterpart as it is made by Surenix and Flippo Bigarella, who are well known members of the jailbreak developers community and have given us tweaks like Springtomize 2, CleverPin, PasswordPilot, Ayecon and more.

You might feel little astonished on the matter of fact that ActiveDock can undertake a lot of details in it. You will observe details like light indicators that will guide you specific app your dock is operating, and the blurred reflections imitates the OS X to a tee.

The tweak is so subtle and polished that it gets merged with iOS with best of perfection and after a few hours of installing it you won’t even remember that its not the part of iOS by default. Another significant thing is that you do not need WinterBoard while dealing with ActiveDock.

With ActiveDock’s pretty outlook, it also has amazing functionality. Checking into Settings app, you will see a kill switch and the bounce settings meant for dock apps. Whenever an app is launched from dock, it appears with a bounce because of bounce settings.   You can also set frequency for the bounce with interval settings like never, constant, 30 seconds, a minute, 1,5 minutes and the lists goes on.

ActiveDock tweak is available for $1.99 on Cydia’s BigBoss repo.

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Most iOS users get put off with unwanted ads that come from many apps while web browsing. You cannot quite block ads in iOS using Safari, but you can from many apps by turning off Wi-Fi or by using AirPlane Mode. This trick may work on the free apps and games display. In Wi-Fi iPads and iPod touch you can to stop ad server communication by disabling Wi-Fi.

While turning off the Wi-Fi funtion works on non-cellular devices, the cellular models of iPad and the iPhone can still be connected to the internet using the cellular network and still service ads. While working on cellular iPads and iPhones, you can use AirPlane mode for blocking ads. All you need is to slide Airplane Mode ‘ON’ in Settings. 

How this trick is effective is because your ads come from remote servers so by turning the internet connection off you are preventing the ad code on the app to communicate with the server in order to display advertisements.

Mostly these ads come with apps and games, but what if these come with playability of app lite versions and free games, and it would be worst if the ads start interfering with gameplay. Web browsing needs to have an internet access to do anything, and AirPlane mode trick might not work in that case. Also this trick won’t work if your app requires internet to function. In that case if you really want to get rid of ads then you can either buy the premium version of download the in-app purchase for removing ads – both of which are subjective to availability.

Not only on the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch but this trick works on most devices and users of free apps can use their favorite apps without distraction if they can afford to turn off the internet.

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iOS 7 is considered to be the most important iOS update yet as it is expected that Apple will finally bring some drastic UI changes to the popular mobile platform to better compete with the likes of Android and others. Apple usually introduces a new version of iOS at WWDC which usually takes place in the month of June every year. As June is approaching it is reported that Apple is currently running behind the schedule. This news comes from well known iOS Apple bloggers Rene Ritchie of iMore and John Gruber of Daring Fireball.

Both of them report that Apple is making system-wide UI changes to iOS, which is delaying the process and the OS is running behind the planned schedule. John Gruber at his Daring Fireball website says that iOS 7 is so behind that Apple has pulled engineers from its OS X division working on the OS X 10.9 so they could also work on iOS 7 to speed up the process.

The UI changes are so big that Apple engineers who have the unannounced version on their iPhones have some sort of polarizing filters on their iPhone screens in order to decrease the viewing angles so that it could be made difficult for observers to notice anything.

On the UI changes iMore’s Rene Ritchie says that the interface changes Jony Ive has madae to the platform is making many people happy however those who like rich-texture will be sad after seeing the changes that have been made to iOS’s overall looks.

This report has its significance and sort of confirms what was widely believed i.e Apple will finally change the overall looks of iOS which has stayed this way since the introduction of the original iPhone.

Depicting possible changes Apple could introduce in iOS 7 designer Mohammad Kerudi created the following mock up.

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Apple iOS’s biggest competitor is Google’s Android and same is true vice versa but despite the fierce rivalry between the two platforms Google offers most of its popular online services to Apple mobile users and even has released dedicated applications for the platform. Now in an ironic turn of events Google has taken top two spots in the non-games category of Apple’s iOS App Store. These apps include Youtube and Google Maps. Interestingly both of these apps were part of iOS until iOS 6 when Apple pulled them from every iOS device shipped afterwards or running iOS 6 due to the end of an agreement between the two giants. 

Apple tried to replace Google Maps with its own Maps service dubbed as Apple Maps on its iOS powered devices but that service hasn’t been able to become a hit among map users due to inaccuracies and lack of features when compared to Google’s solution.

More ironically Google which holds top two positions in Apple’s App Store recently lost the top most downloaded app title to Facebook on its own Google Play store for Android powered devices.

Other Google made apps on iOS are popular too with Gmail, Google Search and other apps constantly coming in top rankings of the store. On the other hand Apple’s own iOS applications most of which are paid haven’t been able to secure the top rankings when it comes to download rankings for much longer. [via/source]

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Twitterific client for iOS has received a major update in the App Store recently that brings many cool features to the popular Twitter client. The most notable of the new features added is the Push notifications feature, which is currently in beta and is rolling out to groups of 1,000 users in the coming weeks. It is safe to assume that first 1,000 spots have already been filled but don’t worry as Twitterific is bringing this feature to more users eventually.

Apart from push notifications feature Twitterific client for iOS now also includes ability to show users banners on profile pages. Another new features included to the app enables users to share discussions via email or Storify service from within the app.

The Twitterific version 5.2 also adds a number of improvements to the application including UI twaeks, Droplr thumbnails in timeline, addition of 200 tweets in timeline making the total capacity of showing 400 tweets to 600, new compose shortcut and more. You can find the detailed improvements and bug fixes in the bullet points below.

Twitterific app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is available for $2.99 from the link below. The update is available for free.

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IMPROVEMENTS

• Added Droplr thumbnails to the timeline
• Text size of muffled items scales according to theme settings
• The timeline can now display up to 600 tweets (was 400)
• Additional actions, like muffling, are available when avatars are hidden
• New compose shortcut: type “@” after username to prevent autocomplete
• Load more button now animates while loading new tweets in the timeline
• Improved behavior when restoring selected timeline with multiple accounts
• Improved formatting when emailing a tweet or group of tweets
• Improved performance when rotating display on iPhone/iPod
• Improved display performance when muffling many items
• Multiple in-app notifications no longer overlap
• Various changes to make VoiceOver less verbose
• Various other UI tweaks

BUG FIXES

• Mobilizer view can now display before page finishes loading
• Fixed problems where some web pages would display “Loading…” indefinitely
• Timeline syncing no longer causes the timeline to jump around while scrolling
• Fixed issues that caused the timeline to automatically scroll to the top
• Avatar button no longer flashes when dismissing a photo or modal view
• Fixed crashes that occurred when muffling a tweet that was already muffled
• Text entered on the compose screen no longer overlaps the reply reference text
• Fixed a crash that could occur when reaching the end of the timeline
• Replying to a retweet now puts usernames in the proper order
• Removed Img.ur thumbnails because they don’t always match the linked image
• Various other crash fixes

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