About Megha Bassi

Megha Bassi has a strong fascination for all things Apple. Not only does she religiously follow Mac and iPhone news, but also loves writing about everything pertaining to it, be it publishing useful tutorials or app reviews.
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PhoneItiPad Enables You to Make Calls and SMS from iPad 3G [Jailbreak]

The developers at iPhoneIslam have been able to create a jailbreak tweak which transforms the iPad into an iPhone. The 3G iPad now allows incoming and outgoing phone calls and SMS thanks to their new Cydia application called PhoneItiPad. If the name iPhoneIslam sounds familiar to you it might be because these are the same [...]

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Review: UISettings Widget for iOS 5 Notification Center

UISettings has been upgraded to work as a widget in iOS 5 notification center. Created by a 14 year old student, UISettings might be the first jailbreak tweak for iOS 5 released only a day after a tethered jailbreak solution for iOS 5 beta became available. Installing UISettings requires a jailbroken iOS device running iOS [...]

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iOS 5 Features: Now you can Delete Individual Calls from iPhone

Apple has finally brought us the ability to delete individual calls from iPhone Recents call history in iOS 5. We have always wanted this feature on the iPhone since its release and in fact it is one of the many other reasons people jailbroken their iPhones.

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Review: The Heist for iPhone is a Puzzle Lover’s Delight

The Heist is a new game with puzzles to crack and a plot to enjoy. It’s not an everyday sight where a new iPhone game suddenly races up the popularity chart and when that happens we are obviously excited to get our readers a hand-on review.

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WWDC 2011: What is Apple’s iCloud and Why You’ll love it

Along with iOS 5 Apple also unveiled the iCloud service today. This will be replacing the previously existing MobileMe Service. Some of the new features introduced in iOS 5 work in conjunction with iCloud and will really give Apple a great edge over the other cellphone manufacturers in the future when both of them go [...]

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WWDC 2011: iOS 5 Announced, Top 10 Features Demoed

WWDC 2011 brings us massive updates to both Mac OS X and iOS. After announcing the Mac OS X Lion, Apple demoed iOS 5. In fact Apple is giving away ten great new reasons for people to switch to iOS devices at the time of publishing this post. Let’s take a look at what’s new [...]

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UnFolder: Free Cydia Tweak to Delete Entire Folder at Once

UnFolder is a brand new free Cydia tweak for iOS devices, that does exactly what its name suggests. It will pour out all the applications inside it and then delete the folder. You are of course not going to use this every day, but you might find it very handy the day you sit down [...]

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Apple Releases 2011 WWDC App for iPhone and iPad

Apple has just rolled out the official WWDC App for the 2011 event. The pre WWDC gifts first started rolling out earlier this week as Apple made the iWork Application suite universal. While the WWDC is free to download for all iPhone and iPad users, it is actually meant for the WWDC attendees so that [...]

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Download Torrents on iPhone with iTransmission [Jailbreak]

iTransmission is a free utility for jailbroken iOS devices that will let you download torrents directly onto your iOS device without using a computer. However, the ability to download torrents on the iPhone is not exactly something new. Back in the days of iOS 2.x, we had a nifty little jailbreak utility called Torrentula which [...]

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Review: Lockdown Pro Password Protects Your iPhone Apps and Folders

Some of us are very paranoid about the data on our iPhone and iPod Touch. Sometimes there are valid reasons to be that way specially when your friends are always asking to take a look at your shiny new iOS device. We recently reviewed FolderLock for iPhone. However we soon figured, as did a few [...]

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Apple Brings iWork Applications to iPhone and iPod Touch

Just a week before the WWDC, the pre WWDC gifts have started landing. Apple has just made the iWork suite of applications – Pages, Numbers and Keynote universal. They now work with the iPhone and iPod Touch too in addition to the iPad which was the first device to get iWork. Apple’s iWork applications can [...]

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UnityRemote Turns iPhone or iPod Touch into a Universal Remote

Say goodbye to the clutter of remote controls on your living room table. Gear4′s latest innovation UnityRemote will turn your existing iOS devices like your iPhone into a universal remote control. This is a common problem at most houses. There are different remotes for the TV, Blu-Ray or DVD Player, Home Theater and so on. [...]

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Apple Releases iOS 4.3.3 and iOS 4.2.8 to Fix Location Tracking

If you have been following iPhone news lately, you should already be familiar with the whole fuss about iPhone location tracking. The iPhone has been maintaining a log file containing various locations the phone has been to. This file was also copied to the Mac or PC with which the user synced his iPhone. As [...]

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App Store Updates: Better Ranking and No Reviews for Promo Code Downloads

When you have more than a hundred thousand products in your store, you are bound to notice the need for a better organization and ranking. It seems Apple has been silently making some changes under the hood of its App Store. Firstly, as noticed by some, the ranking of Apps is gradually improving and probably [...]

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