users to use the volume button or the accelerometer to scroll.
The jailbreak tweak is developed by Pedro Franceschi.
PhyScroll allows you to use your iPhone /iPod touch/iPad’s accelerometer or volume buttons to scroll in iOS!
It works with any application! Download it, select the desired activation method going to Activator preferences (Settings -> Activator), open an app and activate PhyScroll. Then you just need to tilt the device/press the (more…)

One of the desktop Safari features that we miss in Mobile Safari for iPhone , iPad and iPod touch, is the back and forward navigation history, which allows you to jump directly to a URL from the list.
Currently in Mobile Safari, you can only go to the previous or the next webpage using the navigation buttons at the bottom. So if you want to go few webpages back, you need to keep tapping on the back button.
Thankfully jailbreak tweak aptly called (more…)

A fortnight after it first arrived, the Quick Snap – Camera Plus application, which allowed iPhone  users to activate the camera shutter by pressing the volume buttons has been removed from the App Store.
review staff as it clearly violated Apple ’s policy of disallowing app developers to remap the hardware buttons on its devices. Apple has had a history of yanking apps that have managed to do this in the past.
It is highly unlikely that the (more…)

Your application cannot be added to the App Store because it uses iPhone volume buttons in a non-standard way, potentially resulting in user confusion. Changing the behavior of iPhone external hardware buttons is a violation of the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement. Applications must adhere to the iPhone Human Interface Guidelines as outlined in the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement section 3.3.7.
to enable the feature.
FastSnap (more…)

The developers of the accessory have now announced that mass production of the iControlPad is currently underway and it should come to the markets pretty soon. There will be two versions of the accessory on offer. The basic version will contain a sleeve that fits in the iPhone and shall come equipped with a D-Pad, ABXY action buttons as well the basic function keys – Start and Select. An advanced version of the iControlPad will also contain an internal (more…)

available on the Cydia store, which brings a simpler music control alternative on
. It is not exactly an
but a system tweak that will let you change tracks or play music with the volume and power buttons while your iPhone is locked.
With GlovePod installed, you can use your Volume Down button to go to the previous track and use the Volume Up button to play the next track. Pause or play the music by holding the power button down.
With the app (more…)

At today’s Apple event, the company devoted a generous amount of time to various charts and numbers declaring that the iPhone and the iPod Touch offer much more in terms of gaming than the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS.

iPhone and iPod Touch games have a lot going for them. The titles are cheaper, they offer tilt functionality, and the graphics are better than what the Nintendo DS can display. All that aside, it’s tough to (more…)

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The real NFL season is about to kick off, and EA has seized the opportunity to finally slide in the release of its much-anticipated port of Madden to the iPhone /iPod Touch format. It represents the meeting of the mobile entertainment industry’s unstoppable force, Apple ‘s black slab of wonder, with the gaming industry’s immovable object. Available at $7.99 through the kickoff of the Steelers-Titans (more…)