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MobileNotifier is a fantastic notfication tweak available in Cydia, from developer Peter Hajas. We first reviewed MobileNotifier back in February, and it has soon evolved into a viable notification alternative (that is until iOS 5 is revealed!). Recently, Peter blogged about his departure from MobileNotifier, shocking most people including yours truly. He said he couldn't...

We broke the news about the 'connection' between the departure of Peter Hajas from his MobileNotifier project and his possible move to Apple. To celebrate before his leave Peter and his team have released MobileNotifier Beta5, the final release. Here is what's new: - MobileReply. Reply to text messages while within other applications! It works...

Update 3: Click here for an updated story that confirms Peter's employment with Apple. Update 2: It appears Peter Hajas has been confirmed to be working for Apple. One of his tweets from a few weeks ago, via Redmond Pie: @brittaahh I’m glad you like it. I’ll see what I can do I will be...

The popular and elegant Cydia tweak for Push Notifications, known as MobileNotifier has exceeded 230,000 downloads, as announced by developer Peter Hajas on his blog. This is an indication that iOS users are in high demand of a new revamp for unobtrusive Push Notifications as the existing system has been well in place since iPhone...

Third party developers in Cydia tend to get overlooked sometimes with their innovative tweaks and apps. The latest upcoming app is called RecognizeMe, and it brings facial recognition to the iPhone 4. By utilizing the front-facing camera, it will scan your face to unlock your passcode. RecognizeMe is the first Facial Recognition security for the...

Canadian developer Ryan Petrich (he released Untrackerd) has released a new tweak available in Cydia called Rich Text for Mail. This tweak allows for rich text in Mail, something that is currently unavailable in iOS (maybe we'll see something for iOS 5?). The tweak is $4.99, and will bring a new dimension to your emails...

A new tool has been released by the folks at Planet iPhones, and it's called Cydia Search. This will allow you to search for new Cydia packages on the web easily and quickly. Typically searching for packages on Cydia can be slow, and this new search makes it easy. Cydia Search is updated every hour...

The makers of Icy have a new project in the mix. It's called Lima/fr0st, and will allow the installation of jailbreak apps/tweaks via Mobile Safari. The problem with Cydia is that it's slow, and always 'Reloading Data' (even though it was sped up recently). Lima plans to bypass Cydia and take full advantage of Mobile...

If you've had difficulty downloading tweaks and apps from Cydia, it was because they were affected by the massive failure of Amazon's Cloud Web Service. Saurik (aka Jay Freeman) sent out a tweet today announcing everything should be back up and running after more than three days of downtime. After 86 hours offline, Cydia is...

SBSettings, the quintessential tweak that's a must-have for any jailbroken iPhone user, has just received a substantial v3.3 update thanks to BigBoss. What is SBSettings? It's the fastest way to toggle settings on your iPhone. Slide your finger along the top of your iPhone, and you'll quickly be able to toggle WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, change...

Recently ModMyi reported Toyota started an ad campaign in Cydia to target jailbroken iPhone users. A custom theme advertising the Scion brand was free for everyone to download. It was a giant step forward for the jailbroken community as Toyota was the first corporation to invest in this market. People were excited about this--except for...

Earlier we wrote about Jay Freeman, aka 'Saurik' updating Cydia to a newer and faster version. Saurik released Cydia 1.1 today and announced it on twitter: Cydia 1.1: faster, slimmer, and more stable; including an improved search algorithm and "resume where you left off". Available in Cydia now! How to upgrade/install Cydia 1.1 on your...