Archives for August 2009

WeatherIcon Update – Compatible with Battery Control

Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

WeatherIcon Yesterday, there was an update to the WeatherIcon mod… a mod that displays the current temperature and weather conditions on your Weather icon or Statusbar. The update, “Fixed incompatibility with Battery Control when both the battery and percentage are hidden.”

Battery Control is an application that provides additional Statusbar battery options. I personally don’t think I experienced this bug but, if you did, now there is a fix for it! [Read more…]

TomTom Car Kit Demo Video

TomTom About a week ago, TomTom’s App Store application was approved and became available in the App Store. In the review, I also mentioned that TomTom would be releasing a Car Kit for the iPhone. The car kit is still not available on the website but, they did release a demo video for the kit. Check it out below.

“The TomTom car kit that offers secure docking, enhanced GPS performance, clear voice instructions and hands-free calling, while charging your iPhone at the same time.” [Read more…]

Friday Night Movie Night: Camera Genius

Available In: App Store       Price: $0.99  

YouTubeThis application is the top paid app in the app store right now for $0.99 so I thought I’d show it to you. This video is from appstoremod.com where there are more videos like this. I think this kid is hilarious. Check him out.

PrivaCy – Keep App Store Apps From Tracking Your Personal Information

Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

PrivaCy Saurik recently released an application in Cydia called PrivaCy. PrivaCy is an application that allows you to “selectively opt-out of sending anonymous usage statistics” to certain providers such as; Flurry, Medialets, Mobclix and Pinch Media. According to a recent post by the Dev-Team, there is some concern over App Store applications that track the user’s information including; usage and geo location. You can read Saurik’s full description of the application below. [Read more…]

Friday Night Movie Night: HTC Hero’s Sense UI Theme

youtubeOk, I saw this theme/mod a while back on deviantart.com and wanted to write an article about it but at the time it was a pretty drawn out process (and still is). Well, here’s a video to see what it looks like. The guy kinda explains it like the software is actually running on the iPhone, but it’s not. It’s just a theme made to look like the HTC. Here’s a link to the guide.

Photogene On Sale $0.99 – Photo Editing App

Available In: App Store       Price: $0.99  

Photogene Photogene is a very sweet photo editing application. I have actually been using BarginBin to keep an eye out for when this app would go on sale and today it did… I was totally pumped! Photogene, normally $2.99, is on sale for the week-end only for $0.99. Honestly, the app is worth the $2.99 price tag but how much cooler is it to get it for $0.99! Photogene has basically every editing tool you could ask for all within an amazing user interface. Seriously a must-have! Check out the full list of features below and some screenshots.

Photogene [Read more…]

WinterBoard Update

Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

WinterBoard Today, WinterBoard was updated to version 0.9.2993-1. The new version of the application does not contain any visual changes but, it does fix a few things. Check out the change log below. [Read more…]

SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 Now in App Store

Available In: App Store       Price: $29.99  

SlingPlayer Mobile Version 1.1 of SlingPlayer Mobile was just approved by Apple and is now available in the App Store. the update does contain some new features (see list below) but still does not allow the app to work on 3G. The developers have submitted a version of the app that does allow it to work on 3G however, they have not heard back from Apple on that version of the app yet. See THIS post for a full review of the SlingPlayer Mobile application. [Read more…]

Akanaz GlassOrb – WinterBoard Theme

Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

Akanaz GlassOrb img_0071 Akanaz GlassOrb is a WinterBoard theme that contains 84 icons, a dock, wallpaper, statusbar, lock wallpaper, sliders, lock screen battery and other UI mods. The theme is not packaged for the 3.x firmware so in order for it to display correctly you will need to ssh into the Library/Themes/Akanaz GlassOrb/Icons folder and change the Text.png to Messages.png. You will also need to change the Ipod.png to iPod.png. After that, it should display correctly. You can get Akanaz GlassOrb via the modmyi source.

How to Install

1. Your device must be jailbroken. (how?)
2. Make sure you have WinterBoard installed via Cydia.
2. Make sure you have the modmyi source installed in Cydia.
3. Search for Akanaz GlassOrb in Cydia, run the install.
4. Open WinterBoard and activate the Akanaz GlassOrb Theme. [Read more…]

Frogger On Sale – $0.99

Available In: App Store       Price: $0.99  

Frogger Frogger, the classic arcade game, is currently on sale from $5.99 to $0.99. The app will be one sale from August 20th(today) until August 22nd. So, you might want to get it while it’s cheap!

Frogger [Read more…]

BillMinder 2.0 – Coming Soon

Available In: App Store       Price: $0.99  

Billminder BillMinder a, feature-packed, personal bill assistant, is being updated to version 2.0. The update includes a nice user interface update as well as some cool new features that are yet to be disclosed. I had a chance to check out version 2.0 of the app and was impressed with the functionality of the app… I think I have finally found the bill organizing app I have been looking for! The app is currently $0.99 and the upgrade to version 2.0 will be free for those who have already purchased the application. It has already been submitted to the App Store so we should see the update in the next week or so. Below is a feature list, preview view and screenshots. [Read more…]

Armoured Shift – Space Shooter

Available In: App Store       Price: Coming Soon  

Armoured Shift Armoured Shift is a “shoot’em’up” game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game is said to have a 60 frames per second gameplay, in-game achievements and a 10,000 player on-line leaderboard. It looks well designed and seems to have decent controls. The app is scheduled to be released sometime in September and it will be in the $0.99 – $1.99 price range. Check out the screenshots and preview videos below. You can also check out their website for more info. [Read more…]

Dabedoo – WinterBoard Theme

Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

Dabedoo dabedoo5 Dabedoo is a winterboard theme that contains 42 icons, a wallpaper, dock, statusbar, lock screen background and lock screen battery. The theme works well in conjunction with the WeatherIcon mod (as long as you use the transparent weathericon background). You can get Dabedoo via the MacCiti source.

How to Install

1. Your device must be jailbroken. (how?)
2. Make sure you have WinterBoard installed via Cydia.
2. Make sure you have the MacCiti source installed in Cydia.
3. Search for Dabedoo in Cydia, run the install.
4. Open WinterBoard and activate the Dabedoo class=”thickbox” Theme. [Read more…]

Price Reduced – Sims 3, Need for Speed Undercover and Wolfenstein RPG

Available In: App Store       Price: See Below  

Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, the developers of some of the post popular iPhone and iPod Touch applications, has just reduced the price of three of their top games; The Sims 3, Need for Speed Undercover and Wolfenstein RPG. It is not unusual for EA to reduce the price of an app. It seems that after an app has been released for a while, they are nice enough to drop the price. Good for those of you who are patient! The price of these three games have been reduced by $2.00 or more (see below). [Read more…]

Video Demos of Facebook 3.0

Available In: App Store       Price: Free  

Facebook While we wait for version 3.0 of the Facebook application to be approved by Apple, the developer has been kind enough to give us a few preview/demo videos. Below are three videos from the developer that show specific features of the app and a nice overview video of the app (not from the developer). [Read more…]