SwipeCam: swipe the camera icon to reveal Lock screen toggles

SwipeCam is an upcoming jailbreak tweak that allows you to use your Lock screen camera toggle as a gateway to more options.

SwipeCam only works with the old Lock screen camera interface, so that means devices below iOS 5.1.

Once the tweak is installed, simply enabled it, invoke your Lock screen camera shortcut, and swipe on the camera icon to reveal the additional toggles…

The tweak has yet to be released on Cydia, but as of this writing there were only two toggles available for use — Airplane Mode and WiFi.

At the tweak’s reported $1.49 asking price, I have to admit that it’s pretty steep considering the amount of options you get.

SwipeCam should be available for download tomorrow on Cydia. Be sure to share your thoughts about the tweak below.

Rockstar’s Max Payne to land on iOS April 12th

Attention iOS gamers, Rockstar — the makers of hit titles like Grand Theft Auto – has just announced that it will be bringing its popular third person shooter Max Payne to iOS this month.

The Payne franchise has had quite a run in the PC/console gaming realm, selling more than 7.5 million copies. And Rockstar is hoping that its popularity will transfer over into the iOS platform…
The premise of Max Payne is pretty easy to follow. The main character is essentially a rogue DEA (drug enforcement administration) agent who turns into a one-man-army vigilante after his wife and daughter are murdered by junkies high on a new drug.

According to the developers, the game has been completely optimized for iOS devices and will feature HD graphics, high-resolution textures, and user-customizable controls. It will support the iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S, the iPod touch 4, and all three iPads.

Rockstar hasn’t announced prices yet, but judging by the company’s previous releases, we wouldn’t be surprised to see it priced at $4.99 when it hits the App Store next Thursday.

Are you excited to see Max Payne come to iOS?

Jobs’ biographer says the CEO’s disdain for Android was real

Yesterday, Google’s Larry Page sparked some controversy with some comments he made regarding Steve Jobs. In an interview with Businessweek, the CEO suggested that Jobs’ disdain for Android was more for show than anything else.

But Walter Isaacson, author of the Apple founder’s popular biography, tells a different story. Isaacson gave a lecture at the Royal Institution in the UK last night, and had no problem clearing the air about Jobs’ feelings on Google’s mobile OS…
The biographer said that Jobs felt like this was “history repeating itself,” and compared his feelings on Android to those he felt when he accused Microsoft of ripping off Apple’s Lisa GUI back in the early 1980s.

MacWorld UK, who was at the lecture, passes along some of Isaacson’s comments:

“He did the integrated system again, iPod, iPad, and it worked, “but what happens? Google rips it off.” Isaacson continued: “It’s almost copied verbatim by Android. And then they license it around promiscuously. And then Android starts surpassing Apple in market share, and this totally infuriated him. It wasn’t a matter of money. He said: ‘You can’t pay me off, I’m here to destroy’.”

Considering the onslaught of lawsuits we’ve seen Apple file against Android manufacturers over the past few years, this theory makes much more sense than Larry Page’s take on how Jobs felt about the Google’s operating system.

It’s also probably safe to say that Isaacson knew Jobs much better than Google’s CEO, as he spent an enormous amount of time with him while researching for his book

AppMosaic: an upcoming App Store discovery tool from Cydia

AppMosaic is an upcoming jailbreak app that brings App Store App discovery to your iDevice by means of Cydia.

I believe this is probably the first app of its kind on Cydia, and for that, AppMosaic gets major props for originality.

Upon opening the app, you’re presented with a two sided column that composes a full mosaic of app icons. The left side of the column is dedicated to the top 200 paid apps, and the right side is for the top 200 free apps.

Check out our full video walkthrough to see how AppMosaic can help you discover hidden gems on the App Store…

Tapping on one of the app icons featured on the mosaic will provide you with a few brief details about the app via a panel at the bottom of the screen. Tapping this panel will whisk you away to the App in question via the App Store app.

As it stands, AppMosaic is an interesting (if not ironic) jailbreak app that provides discovery for App Store apps that you may have overlooked. AppMosaic will be a free download, and should be available via Cydia in the near future.

Let us know what you think about AppMosaic in the comments below.