iPhone users cannot really deny the fact that its SMS app is not as good as with other smartphones. So, the jailbreak developers came up with a solution on enhancing SMS with the release of BiteSMS. And now, another messaging app was launched for an option of the jailbreak community to switch over from the previous BiteSMS that costs $9.99.

SMS+ was the latest addition to messaging app for iPhones. Now available through Cydia, SMS+ cost only $1.99. This iPhone-only messaging app is loaded of great features like the following:

• Quick reply (can also be configured with Activator) – allows you to quickly reply to an incoming SMS without leaving the application
• Text to speech – you can also use your iPhone to “speak” the text message being received
• Status bar notifications – can also mark as read later option
• Does not add another icon in your springboard – it only integrates with the iOS SMS app
• Timestamps for every message
• Mark all as read
• Pull to sort (Sorting by Date or Sender)

Although SMS+ don’t have all the features that BiteSMS had, the price difference is absolutely tempting for you to save more. The developer of SMS+, Filippo Biga, had already brought the jailbreak community with previous tweaks like CameraLock and Springtomize.

“SMS+ is the best solution to improve your SMS experience on iOS. It integrates perfectly in the native SMS application, adding to it those functionalities you won’t ever be able to stay without after having tried them.”

Try it for yourself and give us a comment what you think about SMS+.

Do you think all the great applications are from iOS? Not all. In fact, there are a lot of excellent apps in Android and recently one is being imported to iOS. Dolphin Browser was the best browser available in the Android OS but is now making its way in the App Store which is perfect for smartphones with smaller screens like the iPhone 4. The developer’s claim for the reason to be on top was the deep gesture integration that reduces the need to include a number of on-screen buttons.

While there are already browsers available in the App Store aside from the default Safari, Dolphin is aiming to be on top by offering it for FREE. Since the iOS 5 is coming in the next few weeks, it is expected to modify the mobile Safari which may include features from other browsers that is lacking with it.

I recently tried Dolphin in my iPhone 4 and was definitely not upset about it. In fact, I now use it for good. It provides tabbed browsing and smart address bar which will give you a list of your most visited websites just like browsing in a computer. Bookmarking is also present to provide your favorites to be on list.

More features are stated by its developers for everyone who doubts about Dolphin. Here is the list:

“✓ Gestures
You can simplify the way you navigate the mobile web without going through complicated clicks. On the bottom menu bar, you can find the gesture button (finger shape), which enables the gesture mode. In gesture mode, you can draw a sign or add a new gesture. For example, in any web site, if you input “v” gesture in the gesture mode, you can go to the bottom of the web site.

✓ Webzine
Bring out the beauty of the web and with Dolphin Webzine users can experience the web like never before.

✓ Tabbed browsing
Real tabbed browsing. Feel like you are on a desktop. Add tabs within Dolphin just like you would on a desktop.

✓ Sidebar
We implemented two side bars for you to access Bookmark and Tool Bar without going through complicated clicks; you can access Tool Bar simply by swiping from the right edge of iPhone screen to left. You can access Bookmark simply by swiping from the left edge of iPhone screen to right.

✓ Speed Dial
Put favorite sites on Speed Dial. Stop looking around in your bookmarks. Forget about typing out long URL. Just put your favorite sites on Speed Dial.

✓ Smart Address Bar
Smart and effortless browsing by auto-completing URL and context menus When you type the first few characters of a URL, Dolphin auto-complete the URL by displaying all results from both bookmarked items and your browsing history.

✓ Bookmark Folder
We implemented Folder in Bookmark. Now you can organize your bookmarks into different folders, as you currently are doing with your desktop web browsers!

✓ Desktop Mode
Switch between desktop view and mobile view according to your needs Need to view the full site of facebook sometimes on mobile? Dolphin helps you do that.”

As we all know, Apple is good in hiring brilliant employees to work for them, especially coming from the jailbreak community. Peter Hajas, the developer of a very popular jailbreak tweak called MobileNotifier, was hired by Apple earlier last May probably to work for push notifications on the coming iOS 5. After a month, George Hotz, the first person to unlock the original iPhone way back in the year 2007 was hired by Facebook presumably to work on social networking site’s mobile efforts.

Now, Nicholas Allegra, better known as Comex, has announced in his Twitter account that he will be working in Apple as an intern in the coming week. It’s just very funny how a company which he used to love hacking its devices has hired him. Comex’s most popular jailbreak which was released last July known as JailbreakME 3.0 hits more than 2 million devices jailbroken in just 2 weeks. Probably this caught the attention of Apple which made them released ahead of time an iOS update to iOS 4.3.4 and later on to 4.3.5.

He didn’t talk what he will be working in Apple but we will not be surprised that he will be helping Apple to prevent hackers making use of the exploits he used in JailbreakME and Spirit. This also marks that he will be working with security vulnerabilities which may give hackers a hard time jailbreaking the next iOS versions.

A quick view of Comex; Forbes uncovered him as Nicholas Allegra, a 19-year student of Brown University who lives with his parents from Chappaqua, New York. He began programming at the age of 9 by reading online tutorials using Visual Basic which made him ahead of his peers in his Computer Science classes in high school.

He was truly a brilliant teenager who has now a bright future with Apple. In fact, Charlie Miller, a former network exploitation analyst of NSA said about Comex:

“I didn’t think anyone would be able to do what he’s done for years.”

“Now it’s been done by some kid we had never even heard of. He’s totally blown me away.”

SBSettings is one of the best reasons why a person would want to jailbreak their iPhone (or other Apple devices). This is because with SBSettings, you can take control of your iPhone with just a few taps of your fingers. What else you can do about SBSettings? Shortcut toggle switches to turn ON and OFF your WiFi, Bluetooth, Data, 3G or Airplane Mode; you can do a lot more with some features that are not usually used by the iPhone users. I assumed you have SBSettings in your iPhone so you can try the features I am going to discuss.

First of all, you can hide icons in your springboard by the use of SBSettings. For example you have an adult content app or a violent game which should not be exposed to children who may want to borrow your iPhone, this feature will easily lets you hide that app. To hide apps using SBSettings, launch SBSettings by swiping your status bar from left to right and tap “more”. A menu will be presented and you can see “Hide Icons”. After tapping the “Hide Icons” menu, you will be brought to the list of apps installed in your iPhone. Turn OFF the apps you want to hide and it will immediately take effect.

Next thing I recently tried is the “Fast Note” feature of SBSettings. This allows users who are in a hurry to jot things up to input important information rather than opening your Notes in the default iPhone utilities which saved you more time. Just make sure to enable Fast Note in SBSettings by setting it “ON” in “Set Toggles”.

The last thing I want to share is that SBSettings has a default battery percentage feature wherein you can see the actual percentage your battery have. I know some of you may find this ridiculous that just now I knew this is available in SBSettings, but the reason I am sharing this feature is because more people didn’t know this feature is built-in with SBSettings. To turn ON your numberic battery, navigate from SBSettings to more, and clicking on “System Options”. You can then see the toggle switch to turn ON and OFF your battery percentage.

There are more features in SBSettings that will help you enjoy your iPhone and I want to live it up to you to discover.

Many people are confused about how jailbreaking differs from unlocking, especially the new users of iPhones. While many of the jailbreaking community knew the difference, this article is highly dedicated to people who have doubts on how jailbreaking differs from unlocking.

What is jailbreaking?

Jailbreaking is the process which modifies your iOS firmware which then allows unsigned code to run and gain access to files in your iPhone which was previously prevented by Apple. After the jailbreak is successful in your iPhone (also for other iDevices), an unofficial application installer called “Cydia” will now be added in your springboard which will allow users to install cracked apps from the App Store and third-party applications which are not available in the official App Store.

To install cracked App Store apps for free, you need to download first Installous through Cydia. I do not recommend this but it’s worth telling it to everyone. After all, your iPhone is yours. Cydia also provides non-App Store apps that enhance your iPhone called “tweaks” like customization of the themes, lockscreen, ringtones and many more.

Once should not be afraid in jailbreaking their iPhone since the process can be easily reversed by restoring in iTunes in case things may not work as you expected. But trust me, once you have tried jailbreaking your iPhone, you’ll always want to have it jailbroken.

What is iPhone unlocking?

iPhone unlocking is the modification of your device’s modem which allows you to use any carrier SIM cards. The most common method of unlocking is through the use of software but is only limited to some basebands. Some software also requires you to jailbreak first before you can unlock like the UltraSn0w which was developed by the Dev Team.

Gevey SIM is also another process of unlocking your iPhone. You can read more about the details in my previous post.