iPhone SBSettings - Easy to Use Device Management

SBSettings is a great new app that allows you to quickly toggle Wifi, Data, SSH, hide apps and fix permissions and other services that are normally controlled by Settings and BossTools.

Simply access the new SBSettings by installing it on your jailbroken iPhone 3G or iPhone/Ipod Touch via Cydia. Once that’s out of the way, to launch the app swipe your finger across or down, even double tap the status bar when your phone is locked or you are on the springboard and the new drop down menu will appear.

Reminds me of the G1 task manager. Easy device management. This app is free and very useful. Enjoy.

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Google Earth Available via AppStore

If Streetview coming in firmware 2.2 isn’t enough for you and you need something Google-made to play with grab a copy of Google Earth from the AppStore. Google sure has been busy lately.

Google Earth is a nice little bit of technology allowing you to view the world via a combination of satellite and aerial images. This port by google to the iPhone has been done quite well and it’s an entertaining little app.

Just search for a location or place on the Earth or click locate me and Google Earth takes you to the corresponding part of the world showing you pictures or 3d rendering of the area. Controls are pretty simple to use. Pinch and pull to zoom, move around with the flick of the finger, etc. It is all fairly intuitive.

A really neat feature is the ability to look at places in 3d by tilting your iPhone to vertical. Check out what Mount Everest from the comfort of your home!

What are those blue dots all over the place? When you click a blue dot you get a popup with info for that dot. It could be a place to eat or information about the location etc. For example one of the little blue dots on Mount Everest gives you a picture of that location.

This app is pretty fun to play with on the iPhone and I’m enjoying going around at looking at different places around the world. I might even find something interesting in my area that I wasn’t already aware of by clicking these blue dots.

You can also use it to search for various things in your area like places to eat or shop and Google Earth will look them up for you which is a lot more interesting than looking them up via Maps.app or phone directories — basically Google Earth on the iPhone is a combination area viewer and directory all in one super tool.

It’s a free download and you can grab it here free. Enjoy.

(via ModMyi.com)

A $99 iPhone 3G?

Image via CrunchBase

According to an article on AppleInsider.com Apple’s profits could give the company enough room to make a price cut to make strides in market share.

Analyst Charlie Wolf says that Apple’s doubled revenue gives them “considerable flexibility” to institute price cuts on iPhones if economic concerns or a simple desire to expand sales emerged.

About two million of 6.9 million iPhones are counted as worldwide inventory and hint at a possible decline in iPhone sales in the fall. Wolf explains that iPhone sales are likely to keep increasing thereby making a price cut more feasible.

he continues by saying that Apple’s own breathing room is important as well. If Apple TV sales aren’t included, Needham Research estimates an average selling price of just about $666 for each iPhone, which is about 50% gross over the actual cost of producing & selling one. This would leave Apple with significant room to cut prices without affecting AT&T subsidies & could result in a $99 iPhone 3G while still carrying a 42.3% margin.

They estimate should Apple do this they could potentially “double or triple” projected sales for iPhone, which could be 15.7 million of them in 2009.

“In short, the iPhone… could figuratively take over the smartphone market leaving only niche players like BlackBerry”, Wolf argues.

iLocalis - Never Lose Your iPhone 3G Again!

Just released via the MMi Cydia source iLocalis the ultimate in iPhone tracking, remote control, and more.

What’s that image above? That is from my account on the iLocalis website and it is where my iPhone was located 22 mins ago. With iLocalis you can set how often you want your iPhone 3G to send its current location to the iLocalis server and your iPhone will be tracked.

What can this be used for?

• Never lose you iPhone. If it is missing just log onto the iLocalis site and you’ll know where it was located last. These things are expensive and losing them sucks. Problem solved.
• Retrieve a stolen iPhone. If your iPhone is stolen you can log into the site and check out where it’s at. Extra features built into iLocalis allow you to send text messages or make calls on your iPhone when you don’t even have it with you. If you iPhone is stolen log in and send yourself a text message. If the thief changed the sim card you’ll have their phone number!
• Allow your family and friends to know where you are. iLocalis will send a message to your friends when you are near by. You can also set it up to allow your friends to locate you. If your friend also has iLocalis you can send messages to each other for free. No txt messaging charges.

  

• Need family or someone else to know where you are? You can share a map of your location data with whomever you choose with a temporary URL that will expire when you set it to expire.
• iLocalis can also be used for a business that needs location services for their employees. Employees carrying iPhones with iLocalis can be tracked via the web site easily.

This app really works! Although there are a few bugs with cookies expiring and having to log back into the app occasionally on the iPhone it appears to send your location the the iLocalis web servers the whole time. I turned it on and went for a little drive and the app did a great job tracking where I went. I also tested the send text message feature. I sent a text message via my phone from the iLocalis website and it worked just like it is supposed to.

Need your iPhone’s location to be tracked? Want to increase your chances of recovery if your iPhone is stolen? iLocalis is for you so grab it from Cydia already! Once installed on the iPhone just hop on over to the iLocalis site and you can see what’s going on! Unfortunately at some point (10 days) the free trial will end and you’ll have to donate to keep the features going. The good news is that at a minimum donation price of $2.50 for an entire year subscription it’s really not unreasonable at all.

(via ModMyi.com)

LockScreen Tricks with LockDockBar and QuickUnlock

Both released tonight via the MMi Cydia repo LockDockBar and QuickUnlock provide some extra features and functionality to your iPhone’s lockscreen.

LockDockBar

This utility puts your Phone, Mail, SMS, and Calendar apps on your lock screen above slide to unlock for quick and easy access. Just a quick install from Cydia and you can access all four of the applications mentioned above with a quick finger tap from the lockscreen. No slide to unlocked needed.

QuickUnlock

QuickUnlock provides more options for locking/unlocking your iPhone. If your phone is locked simply hit the home button three times to unlock temporarily. After you hit the home button three times you’ll be able to browse around your home screen for 10 seconds. If you do not choose an app or hit the home button again during those ten seconds your phone will re-lock automatically.

(via ModMyi.com)

Google Earth Now Availabe for iPhone with Location and 3D View

Google Earth integrates with the iPhone’s GPS to provide you your current location, but you can also explore different areas on earth and use the built in accelerometer to tilt and view some locations in 3D. The application is a free download from the App Store