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Do you really like the way the iOS dock causes a reflection of the application icons? Have you ever wanted that feature all throughout iOS? A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed ReflectAll by iOS developer Philippe brings the dock-like application reflections all throughout SpringBoard including the home screen and within folders.

The appearance change is as major or as minor as you would like it to be. The tweak comes with no options ...

Today we’re having a look at the Otterbox Reflex Series for the iPad 2. While the Reflex is a little bit cheaper than the Defender Series, Otterbox’s most expensive case line, It comes with some nifty features that make it a complete, well rounded case.

When buying an iPad case, like any case for any electronics. There are a few things to consider. Things such as looks, ability to protect, functionality, size, are all things to consider, and everybody will have their own opinion. If you are looking for a minimalistic case, then Otterbox is not the place to go. We’ve already reviewed ...

With all the new technologies available in this day and age, it’s becoming more difficult to find quality, hand made goods these days. Piel Frama is a manufacturer of high quality leather cases. They are based in Spain and have been making hand made cases for mobile phones since 1984 – before Europe even had mobile phones! They were kind enough to send us a couple of different cases to review. One for the iPhone 4/4S and one for the iPad 2/new iPad.

Today we’re taking a look at their Pull series of cases for the iPhone 4/4S. The case they sent us is their cowskin-ostrich case. There are a couple different ...

Of all the Notification Center widgets being released into Cydia since iOS 5’s launch, this new one, dubbed SimpleWiFi for Notification Center by iOS developer Pascal, allows you to see some critical Wi-Fi information right from Notification Center including the name of your Internet access point (SSID) and your local IP address. The widget is also very small, taking up just a small amount of space and keeping your Notification Center looking as spiffy ...

A lot of themes and tweaks change the appearance many different features of iOS, but a new jailbreak tweak dubbed VolumeColor by iOS developers PrimeCode and CoolStar allows you to go a step further and change the color of your Volume HUD (heads up display) from a list of pre-defined colors. The appearance of the Volume HUD when the color is changed is illustrated by the screenshot examples above.

The preferences pane, pictured below, ...

Apple’s multitasking includes some pretty nice animations for when you switch between one application and another. Unforunately, they don’t give you any options for how the animation should look. At least on Mac OS X, Apple gives you the ability to change the animations for how windows should be minimized. Well now, a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed VertaSwitch by iOS developer PrimeCode gives you the ability to have a different multitasking ...

Apple’s placement of the application icon labels seemed pretty decent to me, however it seems there are some people that just want the application icon labels on the top of the application icons rather than under the application icons. If you think you are one of these people, then a new jailbreak tweak has hit the Cydia store dubbed TopLabels by iOS developer PrimeCode to move your application icon label toward the top of the application icon ...

If you find text editing from iOS cumbersome, then you’re not alone. It’s even worse on the iPad because of the large screen requiring you to reach out further. A new jailbreak tweak dubbed SwipeSelection by iOS developer Kyle Howells aims for the stars to make text editing more intuitive by introducing swipe gestures to the realm of selecting text and moving the cursor around instead of having to tap or hold down to select text and move the cursor around. ...

Do you call people on a daily basis with your iPhone? How long does it take you to get the Phone application open and finally call someone? Saurik lists up to seven different steps for getting a phone call started on an iPhone. In the end it feels cumbersome, and in Saurik’s words, “Frowny pants.” With one of Saurik’s own jailbreak tweaks, dubbed CyDialer, you can make this process much easier (three steps) by having contacts conveniently placed on your lock screen ...