Friday13: Customize Your Calendar App Icon

It has nothing to do with the movie.

Now that that’s out of the way, let me tell you about Friday13, a recently released jailbreak tweak for the iPhone.

Friday13 is a way to alter the iCal icon on your iPhone’s Home screen, nothing more, nothing less. You’ll find various color combinations, custom date listings, etc.

If you’re growing weary of that boring old red and white iCal icon on your Home screen, then the following video walkthrough is catered towards you.
My main issue with Friday13 is that it requires a respring to see your changes. There’s really no way to preview your changes, so it can be time consuming to find just the right combination that works for you.

The good news is, there is a respring button conveniently located at the bottom of Friday13′s settings panel, so for those of you who don’t have SBSettings, or another easy way to respring, this is good workaround.

Are your interested in configuring your iCal icon? If so, and you’re jailbroken, head over to Cydia’s BigBoss repo and download Friday13 for free.

Sky News for iPad – Another News App Hides Behind the Paywall

BSkyB’s Sky News iPad app has been so well received by both users and industry pundits alike that the company has now taken the decision to put the app’s content behind a paywall, removing the free content that has been available since the app’s release.

The move had been planned, according to Pocket-Lint, and now the app’s 500,000 users will have to pay £4.99 a month to continue using the app, unless they happen to be a Sky Television subscriber, in which case the app will continue to be free…
In a blog post yesterday, the head of digital media at Sky News, Andrew Hawken, justified the decision to put the iPad app behind a paywall, saying that his team has “created a truly premium product.”

“Our dedicated team of iPad journalists at Sky News are quite rightly proud of what they’ve achieved so far with the app. I believe we’ve created a truly premium product that consumers genuinely value, and this week we are making some changes to how users can access it. For the 10.2 million Sky TV subscribers, it will continue to be available free of charge driving even more value into a Sky subscription. All Sky subscribers need to do differently is enter their unique Sky ID the first time they visit the app.”

I wouldn’t really want to try and argue with that. Anyone who has used the app will have to admit that it has taken news to a whole new, interactive level. The team behind the app have somehow managed to take an often mundane subject and turn it into a beautiful, video-laden resource that is a pleasure to use.

If I weren’t a Sky TV subscriber that’s continuing to get the app for free, would I pay £4.99 for it if I had to? Probably, yes. Many may not like Sky News as a source of reporting, but it serves a purpose, and that app is just so well done, I’d pay to play with that regardless of the content!

What about you? Are you going to stump up the cash, or are you going to look elsewhere for your news?

GameLoft and EA Labor Day Sale: Lots of iPhone and iPad Games for Dirt Cheap

Like they do for every major holiday, the folks at GameLoft and EA are having a massive sale on a selection of iPhone and iPad games selling for $0.99-$1.99 each in the App Store.

It’s a great deal that you can’t miss, especially if you’re on a tight budget, or even if you’re just a deal hunter. Check out the list of games on sale below…
GameLoft games on sale at $0.99:
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®: Shadow Vanguard – iPhone / iPad
Shadow Guardian – iPhone / iPad
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within – iPhone / iPad
Zombie Infection – iPhone / iPad
James Cameron’s Avatar – iPhone / iPad
Rogue Planet – iPhone
Action Pack – iPhone
Sports Pack – iPhone

EA games for iPhone on sale at $0.99:
BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY™ 2
Dead Space™
Dragon’s Lair II
FIFA 10 by EA SPORTS™
FIFA 11 by EA SPORTS™
Fight Night Champion by EA SPORTS™
NBA JAM by EA SPORTS™
NCAA® Football by EA SPORTS™
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit
SHIFT 2 Unleashed
Need for Speed™ Undercover
Real Racing
RISK
SCRABBLE
The Sims 3
The Sims 3 Ambitions
The Sims 3 World Adventures
TETRIS®
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 12
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON

EA games for iPad on sale at $1.99:
BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY™ 2
BATTLESHIP
COMMAND & CONQUER™ RED ALERT™
Clue: Secrets & Spies
Coconut Dodge
Dead Space™
Draw Jump
FIFA 11 by EA SPORTS™
Flight Control
THE GAME OF LIFE™
Max and the Magic Marker
Mirror’s Edge™
MONOPOLY
MONOPOLY HERE & NOW: World Edition
NBA JAM by EA SPORTS™
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit
SHIFT 2 Unleashed
PICTUREKA!
Real Racing
Reckless Racing
RISK™
SCRABBLE
SimCity™ Deluxe
SNOOD
TETRIS®
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR™ 12
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Ultimate Mortal Kombat™ 3
YAHTZEE™

Which ones are you going to buy?

Foxconn Expected to Manufacture 20 Million iPad 2s in 3rd Quarter

Foxconn, the manufacturer of all Apple products, is expected to manufacture 20 million iPad 2s in Q3.

This report, which originally surfaced from DigiTimes, comes after Foxconn released their financial earnings for the first half of the year. Their earnings were a whopping NT$27.38 billion, or about $945.93 million in US dollars…
The iPad 2 is currently a hot item, and the upcoming holiday shopping season should give sales a boost. Apple is making a lof of money from iPad sales alone. If this all plays out correctly, Apple could be making $9 Billion dollars in one quarter alone.

What do you think? Pretty crazy sales, huh?