Apple has released the next iteration of their Mobile software, iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch yesterday at the WWDC conference. The new version comes with more than 200 new features, including a new notification system, Newsstand, which is an iBook like but for magazines and Newspaper subscription, Twitter integration, Safari Reader and Reading List, Reminders, Camera and Image editing Capabilities, Mail updates, iOS-wide built-in dictionary, PC-free for syncing, updating wirelessly, Delta OTA software updates, and iMessage.
MuscleNerd one of key members of the Dev Team has confirmed via his twitter the possibility of jailbreak future on iOS 5, and no matter the fact that it will be a tethered solution at least initially, but the Jailbreak community will love to have their hands on it.
Developer Peter Hajas has done amazing notification tweak for iOS devicesMobileNotifier available in Cydia . The new tweak has soon evolved into a viable notification alternative.
Recently, out of nowhere, Peter blogged about his departure from MobileNotifier, He said he was taking a break from MobileNotifier effective immediately and couldn’t mention why he was leaving:
I’m taking a break from MobileNotifier and Widge for a while. I have other opportunities and priorities currently. I won’t be able to do much (if any) work on the projects, and I won’t have time to respond to many Tweets or emails. The project is in capable hands, with Kyle Adams, Tim Novinger and others (like Marc Easen) keeping things going. This is definitely not goodbye.
I can’t say why, but it’s worth it. Trust me. If you look around hard enough, you’ll probably figure it out.
I hope you guys understand, and I look forward to bringing you more awesome, great, free open source software in the future. Stay tuned for some amazing things!
If you absolutely must get in touch with me, send me an email. Until then, stay hungry and stay foolish.
Now, the interesting part of Peter’s post was the cryptic line about why he can’t say why he’s stopping work on MobileNotifier, but if we look around we’ll figure it out. Now, here’s the fun part.
Steve Jobs’ speech at Standford, where he refers to the farewell message in the last edition of Whole Earth Catalogue, that read:
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
By watching the historic video above, around 13:50, this apparently leaves us to think that he was hired by Apple actually.
Later, the guys at RedmondPie was able to dig up an old deleted tweet by Hajas, that stated he was “off to work in CA at a ‘fruit’ companyâ€.
@brittaahh I’m glad you like it! I’ll see what I can do 🙂 I will be back for a few weeks, then I’m off to work in CA at a “fruit†company.
More evidence kept rolling up as finally, Peter’s Facebook had been updated to show his current employment status as an “intern†with Apple Inc. as noticed byCrunchGear
Peter’s hard work does pay off and got him noticed by Apple, well done.
[Thanksiphoneincanada]
TCP Optimizer is a new and free Cydia tweak that modifies your iDevice’s settings to increase streaming speeds and improve its overall internet connection, including Wi-Fi.
How To install TCP Optimizer:
You must have a jailbroken iDevice
Add http://cydia.pushfix.info/ repository to Cydia.
Search for and install ‘TCP Optimizer‘. No Restart needed.
This actually will:
Increase theTCP Receive Buffer from 131072 to 292000,
Disable TCP delayed ACK’s
Double the number of possible un-ACK packets from 8 to 16 packages
Increase the size of un-ACK packets
TCP Optimizer is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, running iOS 3.1.2 or above; however, Its not recommended to be used on second generation Apple TVs.
A new Cydia tweak RecognizeMe, allows you to use facial recognition to unlock your iPhone. The tweak is now available in Cydia Store for download for $6.99 via the BigBoss repository.
RecognizeMe does a pretty good job at facial recognition, it sits on the iPhone passcode screen, so it serves as an alternate to, rather than a replacement for the passcode. Check this video out:
