While Apple's solution to manage iOS devices, "iTunes" is a great piece of utility. Many users simply hate to use it specially with the whole "Sync" methodology, this is the reason we have quite some free iTunes alternatives out there.
If you are looking for something which offers both ease-of-use and raw power to control and command your iDevice, free Windows and MAC utility "iFunBox" is for you.
Equipped with features like total control of iPhone/iPad file-system, single click .IPA file installs (AppFastIn) with app backup support, ability to make use of iPhone storage as a regular removable disk for general storage, Access App sandbox without Jailbreak, picture and wallpaper manipulation with previews and ability to export music and movies from iPhone/iPod. While the 91 iPhone PC Suite does have more features, this is very simple and portable to use, just like the Cyder desktop application for Cydia application.
Free iTunes AppStore utility "My Contacts Backup" can not only "Backup and restore" your Apple iPhone contacts but also allows you to wipe the address book clean in a single shot.
Few days ago I was socked to know that somebody has managed to hack into my "Find My iPhone" Apple account and remotely locked my phone using a new passcode (since I was not using one), sadly the old hacks to reset the forgotten iPhone passcode did not work as Apple patched the security hole in newer iOS 5 builds.
We have shared a tip on how to recover deleted sms messages on Nokia phones, but if you are using an Apple iPhone here is something for you to recover deleted text messages from your phone.
If you have a jailbroken phone Cydia application Undelete SMS will help you recover deleted messages.
Developer's Description :
“Undelete SMS analyzes remnant deleted data that has not yet been overwritten by new data. While Undelete SMS can often produce useful results from an actively used phone (or backup from an actively used phone), it will not work on a freshly restored device.”
The next major update to Apple's mobile operating "iOS 5" got finally unveiled at WWDC 2011, the iOS 5 beta release includes 200+ new features including a brand new Notification Center, iMessage - a new messaging service, photos and videos between all iOS devices, Newsstand, new PC Free feature to activate and set up iOS device right out of the box and get software updates over the air with no computer required and much more.
Apple recently acquired Nuance Tech, a company associated with speech recognition technology. Apple fans have now started conceptualizing how Apple might end up using this new technology on future iOS5 devices, concept video after the jump.
iPhone Dev Team pushed out updated version of Ultrasn0w incrementing the version to 1.2.2 allowing software carrier unlock for iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G running iOS 4.3.2.
Winterboard is the most popular theming base platform used by iOS theme creators, but does has limitations of it's own which does not allow users to create or use advanced features like gadgets and apps. A new advanced theming platform "DreamBoard" is now available to address that issue letting users take control of SpringBoard allowing them to place anything from widgets to apps where ever they want, offering an all new level of customization and advanced themeing capabilities without much efforts.
Dreamboard makes it easy to switch between any theme in just a few seconds. Simply launch, choose and apply! And, Dreamboard eliminates the long wait of having to restart Springboard everytime you make a change. No more resprings! Dreamboard includes a complementary copy of Android (HTC theme).