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Penguin Panic 2.5

Sahil — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:33:12 +0000

Penguin Panic 2.5 consists of some strong and needed updates. The icon was changed once more. The main character that you control, “the penguin”, has now added a hat and a scarf to it’s attire. Also a small bar was added at the bottom of the start menu that includes: “Main Menu”, “Credits”, “Info”, and “Settings”. “Settings” makes me excited for the next version of Penguin Panic. You can’t do anything in the settings right now but, in a future release you will be able to change the “Penguin Color”, “Background theme”, “Difficulty”, and some other things that are not mentioned. The last major update is the graphics in the actual game play. The background consists of a mountain view with some trees. It doesn’t look bland anymore. The only problem I had was once when I was playing, the penguin just disappeared! You can get Penguin Panic from the BigBoss source.

Tetris! 2.5

Sahil — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:10:32 +0000

Tetris 2.5 brings some great updates and finally makes me excited for further development of this application. The first update is that there is a new icon again. Also a small bar was added at the bottom of the start menu that includes: “Main Menu”, “Credits”, “Info”, and “Settings”. The coolest thing is “Settings”. Right now, you can’t do anything in setting but in a future release you will be able to change the “Background theme”, “Difficulty”, and some other things that are not mentioned. The last thing changed was the look of the actually game play. The background is a bit darker, and the blocks look brighter. This is a GREAT update, hope to see more. You can get Tetris 2.5 from the BigBoss source.

tt-clock 1.0

Sahil — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:21:29 +0000

tt-clock is a 4-way digital clock that talks made by Jake Wolpert. When you start the application, you have to tap the screen once more in order to get to the clock. The clock is set in military time and there is no way to change that. Your iPhone/iPod Touch can be in landscape mode and upside down, or portrait mode and upside down. Either way, the digital clock will change according to the direction and it changes color according to the direction as well! Another thing I found was if you lay your device flat it will sometime go black and if you flip it over, the application will crash. If you tap the digital clock, you will hear a robotic voice telling you the time. The voice does not tell you the exact time but it uses approximations like “quarter-to”. You can get tt-clock from the BigBoss source. Check out the screen shots below and an example of the audio.

Here is an example of the audio – tt-clock audio

Lock 1.0

Sahil — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:25:01 +0000

Lock was made by XianLi in order to allow people with a broken sleep/power button to lock their iPhone and/or iPod Touch. The application is very simple. Click on the Lock icon, a loading screen will appear and voilà your iPhone/iPod is locked. You can still use Lock to lock your device even if the top power button is not broken. You can get Lock from the iClarified source. Check out the screen shots below!

Shutdown 1.0

Sahil — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:06:42 +0000

Shutdown was made by XianLi and Dave Henriksen. It was designed in order to allow people with broken sleep/power buttons to shut off their iPhone and iPod Touch. Once you tap on the application, a loading screen will appear and in under a second your device will be off. The loading screen graphic is very stylish. Shutdown is permanently staying on my iPod Touch, because using Shutdown to turn off your iPod Touch is a lot faster then doing it manually. You can get Shutdown from the iClarified source. Check out the screen shot below!!

JFWChanger 1.0

Sahil — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:56:56 +0000

JFWChanger was created by Khaos139 and it is an application that changes the iPhone and/or iPod Touch firmware version number and the base number. When you open the application you can either choose from “Preset Firmwares” which are officially released firmware or you can make up your own firmware by tapping on “Make Custom Firmware”. Once you have selected a firmware, you can go into your stock Settings and your version number should be changed to the one you selected. When I changed the firmware, it would not work for me but, it has work for others. There are two main reasons for this application. First it allows some application that won’t run a certain firmware to run, it basically tricks the application. The second reason is to further customize your device. You can get JFWChanger from the BigBoss source. Check out the screen shots below!!

Note: This only changes the firmware number; not your actual firmware.

Tetris! 2.0

Sahil — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:55:48 +0000

Tetris! 2.0 brings the same small changes that Penguin Panic 2.0 brought. The icon has been changed to few Tetris blocks stacked on top of each other. The “done” button on the intro keyboard is larger and the “play again” button which appears on the game over tab is also larger. The ability to submit your score has been removed with the update as well. You can now get Tetris! 2.0 from the BigBoss source.

Penguin Panic 2.0

Sahil — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:44:52 +0000

Penguin Panic 2.0 brings just small updates from the last version. The icon shows the full body of a penguin rather then just a head shot like in the previous version. The “done” button on the intro keyboard is larger and the “play again” button which appears once you lose is also larger. You also are no longer able to Submit your score when the game is over. The most important update that version 2.0 brings is that, you have to tilt your iPhone/iPod in order to start the game. I liked this feature because the game won’t start until you are ready. You can now get Penguin Panic from the BigBoss source.

Go-USA 1.0

Sahil — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:57:13 +0000

Go-USA is a quiz game, by Jake Wolpert, on information about the States in The United States. The first option you have is “study”. In “study” you can either study the states through the U.S map or study the states through a simple list. When you tap on a state, you will be given all the basic information on the state like “state flower” and “how big it is”. The real hard/fun part comes in the “quizzes” section. The categories you can choose from are “Flags!”, “States!”, “Capitols!”, and “Large Cities!”. All the quizzes are exactly the same, the only difference is obviously the question. An example is, in “Flags!,” you will be shown a state flag and your job is to find the state that the flag corresponds with. For every question you get right you gain 5 points and for every question wrong you lose 1 point. After you are finished with ten questions, you will be given a rating of “Great” or “Bad”. A cool feature to mention is that in order to exit out of any “study” or “quiz” just shake the iPhone/iPod. You can get Go-USA from the BigBoss source. Check out the screen shots below!!

Custom Digg Theme

Sahil — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:56:44 +0000

Digg is a theme inspired by Digg.com made by the famous Louie Mantia. Digg is by far my favorite theme of all the themes I have ever used or ever seen. It is just so clean and beautiful . It only comes with stock application icons but, I made a package with more custom icons in it. If you can not find the specific custom icon you are looking for, you can just rename one of the other icons I have provided. You can get the Digg theme from the AppTapp source. Check out the screenshots below!

::::INSTALLATION NOTE:
1. Install Digg Theme

2. Get the custom icon pack HERE

3. Download and Unzip the package.

4. Then SSH into your iPhone and place icons in: /private/var/mobile/Library/SummerBoard/Themes/Louie Mantia – Digg

Note: You will have to rename some of the icons to fit the applications you want to use them for.

::::CREDIT:
Louie Mantia’s Site: http://louiemantia.com
Custom Icons: http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16785861