iPhone games: have an iPhone and need an adventure?

Here is how to get it. “His Adventure for iPhone” is another interesting game for your iPhone and it will certainly make you smile if you like this kind of games. In this game your task is to move a character (him) through a labyrinth of funny looking hand drawn levels. You will have to guide a platform as your player is always walking in a sort of lemming style. For us, the most interesting part was the game design: it looks like some kid had quickly drawn a game with a pencil on a piece of paper and then it all started to move. It is basically a classical platform game and if you like platforms this is really a cool game to get and enjoy. But beware: you can easily get trapped for hours in this little magical world if you are not cautious enough!

Jailbreak tweak: how to turn on LED flash or start the Camera on the lockscreen

We are pretty sure that Apple didn’t imagine using the LED flash on iPhone as a great auxiliary flashlight, but users and especially those jailbreak iPhone users have unexpected and innovative ideas and requirements. Bit if you want to use the flash as a flashlight you have to make a few steps every time you want to turn it on. And here is a tweak which enables yo uto do it quickly and efficiently. Flash Cam is a jailbreak tweak you can find in Cydia store if you add the Big Boss repo to you list of sources. After you install the tweak you’ll get two options on your iPhone’s lockscreen. One of those will enable you to start up your camera app and the other is for turning your LED flashlight on. SO instead of searching for the proper key in the dark alley, just fire up your iPhone 4 flashlight and you will quickly solve your problem. Nice, isn’t it?

Patch up existing SSL vulnerabilities on your iPhone or iPad

Here is another useful tweak for your jailbroken iPhone or iPad. As always jailbreak app developers are working around the clock to provide jailbreakers with useful and important Cydia apps and tweaks. This time developer known under his nickname jan0 has released an security patch for a known security hole in the SSL layer for iOS. The tweak is called iSSLFix and it patches issues with iOS firmware bellow iOS 4.3.5.

Apple develops new gizmos for iPhone

Chinese government takes action against fake stores

Local government agencies in China have taken a swift action against copycat Apple stores which have sprung up in the Kunming region and other parts of China. And Reuters has just recently followed up on this story with a news on swift action in suppressing more than 20 illegal retail stores selling Apple products throughout the country. It isn’t clear were these stores the same as the most famous among them which have completely imitated Apple Store appearances including such details as store employee outfit, but it is clear that they were selling Apple products without any official approval.

Jailbreak guide: Jailbreak your iPhone on iOS 5 b5 with RedSn0w

If you have already upgraded to iOS 5 despite all warnings from Apple and more experienced users, and your device isn’t blocked by Apple ( we wrote about this issue recently) you can now jailbreak your device as Dev Tream hs just upgraded RedSn0w for this. We can’t explain why or how but it seems that these days RedSn0w is being upgraded as fast as Apple releases iOS 5 beta versions. Congrats to Dev Team!

Jailbreak tweak: how to add compass to your iOS maps

We wrote recently about an iOS map tweak which adds an speedometer to your maps app. And while this is not as precise as a real speedometer it can greatly improve your iOS map capabilities. Now the creator of Speed for Maps, jailbreak app developer Evan Colleman has released another map related tweak: Compass for Maps. Like Speedometer for Maps this is another simple tweak in your toolbox. When you install the tweak, a small compass will appear on your map showing you the exact direction you are moving to.

Apple scores against Samsung

Apple’s legal actions have gained a big success at least temporarily and now Samsung cant sell their Galaxy Tab 10.1 in almost entire European Union with exception of Netherlands where the court process is still not over. To remind you, the action taken by Apple is based on the external design of the device, not on hardware running it. Apple claims that Samsung has stolen the appearance of Apple’s unique products in order to profit on Apple’s successful image. As a consequence, Samsung must block it’s tablet sales and stop all related advertisings, only 10 days after it’s latest tablet Galaxy Tab 10.1 appeared on the European market. Steve Jobs and his team have earlier filled complaints to ITC (International Trade Commission) and they have also sued Samsung on various patent infringements. All this was followed with a strong PR campaign against Samsung where they have strongly criticized Samsung and called them copyist.

Apple Stores preparing for riots

London is lately engulfed in a wave of violent riots after a police action which resulted with a death of a young gang member. Already there has been a lot of damage to property and there were many people injured including some members of the UK police force. Apple stores which are full of expensive devices could be considered as an excellent target for thieves and because of that Apple has started preparing itself for possible problems while the riots go on. For example Apple Store in Liverpool has moved all the merchandise from the store and this was quickly followed by some other Apple Stores in UK.

Jailbreak developers have discovered hidden Speech into text option in the iOS 5b

Apple has implemented a lot of effort to hide the Speech into text feature in latest iOS 5 b4 but as good as their engineers are, our jailbreak developers are even better! An online blog has posted images of standard iOS keyboard on which an key with a microphone sign is clearly visible. According to this, Speech into text will be very easy for use.