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Start 'em young with a jailbroken iPhone toy

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 3rd, 2011)

Ask any parent, and they will tell you that you need to start your kids young and surround them with toys to stimulate their development. There is no better toy for the next generation saurik or geohot than the not-so-creatively named "Smart Phone" toy fresh out of China. Why is this phone so ...

Bodega 1.3 available, a fun alternative to the Mac App Store

by Steven Sande (Dec 30th, 2010)

With most Mac users happily anticipating the availability of the Mac App Store on January 6, many seem to forget that there has been an App Store for Mac for quite some time -- Bodega. Bodega is an app discovery and download gateway from Freshcode. The app can be downloaded by anyone for free, and ...

360 MacDev: Jay "saurik" Freeman on the jailbreak store for Mac apps

by Steven Sande (Dec 10th, 2010)

When it comes to jailbreaking, there's probably no name as familiar to the development community than that of Jay "saurik" Freeman. Jay is the brain behind the Cydia App Store, and this morning he gave the attendees of 360|MacDev an overview of his upcoming jailbreak store for Mac OS X, cycript, and ...

AirVideoEnabler ready for jailbroken iPhones/iPads, streams video to Apple TV

by Mike Schramm (Nov 26th, 2010)

Apple's much-awaited AirPlay service disappointed a lot of users when it shipped without API access for third-party apps -- you can only send video from iOS devices out to the Apple TV from Apple-blessed apps like Video and YouTube. But that hasn't stopped hackers from trying to figure out how to ...

iPhone 4 Mobile Spy lets you keep an eye on employee iPhone usage

by Steven Sande (Nov 9th, 2010)

For corporations who want to make sure that employees are following Acceptable Use Policies or parents who want to make sure that their kids aren't texting while driving, there's now a solution. Florida-based Retina-X Studios has announced Mobile Spy for iPhone 4, a combination of an iPhone app and ...

Hack to defeat Middle East FaceTime block

by Dave Caolo (Oct 28th, 2010)

After a sudden disappearance, it has been confirmed that many Middle Eastern carriers do not support FaceTime. Now, the team at iPhoneislam.com has offered a hack to get the service working. To make it work, you'll need a jailbroken iPhone 4 and the Cydia app. Once you've added ...

SwirlySMS brings free SMS app to iPad 3G

by Erica Sadun (Oct 14th, 2010)

Released today, "SwirlySMS free for iPad 3G" offers a free SMS solution that allows you to send and receive messages from your iPad 3G. This is a jailbreak-only solution. Available from the Cydia store, the new app uses your iPad's SIM to introduce native texting without having to hack your way into ...

Alliance of the jailbreakers: Cydia acquires Rock

by Steven Sande (Sep 11th, 2010)

It's official: the two largest jailbreak app stores for the iOS platform, Cydia and Rock, are getting together. ModMyi is reporting that Jay Freeman (AKA Saurik) and Mario Ciabarra (AKA psuskeels) have been working through an acquisition of Rock Your Phone, Inc. by SaurikIT, LLC for several ...

Expose on jailbroken iPhones with Multiflow

by Dave Caolo (Aug 23rd, 2010)

This app requires a jailbroken iPhone, but it's pretty neat. Multiflow brings Expose-like functionality to iOS 4.0.1. Installation should be familiar to anyone with a jailbroken iPhone. Enter Cydia and search for "Multiflow." It is a paid app, so bring your US$4.99. Once installed, you'll ...

iCade-like "Freekade" iPad arcade cabinet up for auction

by Keith M (Aug 18th, 2010)

Last April -- as is their recent tradition -- ThinkGeek put on its show of April Fool's Day items. Most of these fake items are of the "OMG I need to have that!" variety, like the Tauntaun sleeping bag from a past year. This past April's list included the "iCade" iPad gaming cabinet, which would ...

hacksugar: Move past FieldTest with Signal

by Erica Sadun (Aug 3rd, 2010)

Missing FieldTest? It was a "secret" iPhone application that used to report all kinds of basic signal and connectivity details for your phone. You could access it by typing a special sequence (*3001#12345#*) into the Phone app. Field Test would list your local cell towers, their ids, relative ...

Found footage: the REAL iPhone 4 jailbreak, courtesy of Saurik

by Steven Sande (Jul 23rd, 2010)

So, you have an iPhone 4, but you're missing all of that Cydia love? Well, in a recent interview with Make It Work, Jay Freeman (known to the jailbreak world as Saurik) talked about the iPhone 4 jailbreak. But wait, there's more -- he also showed the Cydia store on his iPhone 4, which is the ...

How to play SNES on your iPad

by Mike Schramm (Jul 13th, 2010)

Unfortunately, as we posted the other day, Nintendo isn't likely to actually allow any Super Nintendo games on your iPad anytime soon. That doesn't technically mean you can't do it, though; if you're willing to jailbreak your iPad and install snes4iPhone, you can experience all of the magical and ...

hacksugar: Mirror your jailbroken iPad display with DisplayOut

by Erica Sadun (May 21st, 2010)

Ryan Petrich's latest utility for jailbroken iPads just hit the Cydia store. DisplayOut for iPad sells for US$1.99. It allows you to mirror the iPad's screen out to an external display via an attached VGA or component/composite cable. Similar to earlier iPhone solutions like TV Out and ...

iPad running SNES, controlled with a Wiimote

by Sang Tang (May 6th, 2010)

I can't think of many things that top playing Super Mario Kart and being behind someone while in possession of the red turtle shell. Oh wait, I can: it's playing Super Mario Kart on your iPad and using your WiiMote to shoot the red turtle shell at those in front of you. Provided you have a ...