Jorge Quinteros
Blogger, web enthusiast & avid photographer based in Brooklyn.

13th February 2010

A while back I wrote extensively about how I’ve guaranteed that any App I purchased from now on, I would automatically love because of having the opportunity to test drive them before committing to buying any.

I essentially downloaded paid Apps but without actually paying for them. The ones I really enjoyed, I must say I did purchase because I believe in developers being compensated for their work.

To do this, I used a website called Appulous. At first it was a brilliant site for downloading .ipa files but with all the traffic it got, it made the site slower and slower and now it’s practically useless.

To continue this form of file sharing, the staff at Hackulous have announced a replacement for Appulous and they call it AppTrackr. It has the exact functionality as its predecessor with the exception that it’s gorgeously redesigned, it has much better backend code and most new Apps are available faster.

8th February 2010

There’s still a few months to go before the iPad is released but if you’re eager for having that same look on your iPhone/iPod Touch, the folks at Redmond Pie have created a theme via Cydia that replicates the same iPad UI.

Aside from activating the Simple iPad Theme, it’s also recommending installing another hack called Shrink App, which will reduce the size of your icons. This helps to provide the more spaced out layout as seen on the iPad.

The options to reduce the size of icons with Shrink App is available in Settings once installed. I’ve set mine to 80%.

18th November 2009

I use Twitter everyday even if my participation includes just being vigilant on what others have to say without me saying a word all day. Quite frankly checking in has become as standard as having a bowl of cereal in the morning but when you come across a new way to enjoy that same routine, you suddenly gain a greater enthusiasm for wanting to continue a process that you suddenly enjoy even more.

As much as I consider myself a faithful Tweetie user, qTweeter - an application available only through the Cydia Store is this ingenious one of a kind status update application that lets you tweet and update your Facebook status like never before.

It is straight to the point, super fast, ultra cool and darn effective. You launch qTweeter by simply sliding your finger down from the status area and can start tweeting right away. Once done, you simply press the update button to update your Facebook status or Twitter or even both. qTweeter saves you the hassle of updating your Facebook status and Twitter separately by doing both for you instantly.

The prime feature of the application is that there’s no need to quit the one you may be using in order to activate qTweeter. Talk about streamlined productivity.

12th November 2009

One of the perks of Jailbreaking your iPhone is the ability to explore all those “what if” questions we have in thinking what it would be like if Apple implemented even more neat features to the device.

Imagine being completely immersed reading an article on your feed reader of choice and you suddenly receive a text that you want to reply to but have to endure the process of quitting the application to respond to that urgent SMS. Tough luck because you have no other choice.

As an avid texture, there’s nothing more I would appreciate for a way to avoid that hassle and just quickly reply to a text within the application itself so as to maintain that “flow” that often ruins the iPhone experience.

For all you Jailbreakers, there’s a solution for that and it’s called QuickReply SMS via Cydia which I highly recommend.

Once you receive SMS, You will see the Message box with 3 buttons including Close, View and Reply, If you choose View it will close the current app and launch the default Messages app, If you choose Reply then it pops the Keyboard and text box just like what your default Messages app shows when you reply, only difference is that will be in transparent form. Once you hit the Send button, It will close.