Download:

Thanks to studguy1 for the crack.

• After downloading the deb above rename it to xt.deb
• Copy it to var/mobile on your iphone and install using ifile or do the following
• Open MobileTerminal
• Type in su (press return)
• Type in alpine (press return)
• Type in dpkg -i xt.deb (press return)
• Respring or Reboot and enjoy

For details

Description:
AndroidLock XT is an enhanced version of AndroidLock with the following features:
- Customizable appearance
- Enable/Disable switch
- Tap/Slide to unlock (AndroidLock is minimized)
- Compatible with LockCalendar, LockInfo and Cydgets
- Max attempts limit
- Emergency call
- Uses Mobilesubstrate (Does NOT use Rock Extensions)

Apple updated its Web site with new pictures of the iPad Friday, and one screenshot in particular garnered attention from readers due to its inclusion of a mysterious icon. Included on the home screen Web page, the picture shows an icon on the far right of the device in landscape mode, and the application is not shown in any other screenshots.

Though the text is too small to read clearly, the icon appears to show the logo for the publication National Geographic. It’s likely that the icon is for a digital version of the magazine, to be sold through Apple’s iBookstore.

[Via appleinsider.com]

The introduction of the iPad Friday morning sold an estimated 50,000 units in two hours, and also bumped Apple’s “hobby,” the Apple TV, from the front page of its online store. Also, a mysterious icon included in iPad promotional pictures gains attention, and Apple has expanded its site to explain features of the coming hardware in greater detail.

iPad sales estimated at 25,000 per hour

After it went on sale at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Friday, the iPad is estimated to have sold 51,000 in its first two hours. As discovered by Philip Elmer-DeWitt at Fortune Brainstorm Tech, users at the Investor Village AAPL Sanity Board took their order numbers and attempted to crack the code to figure out total sales.

Victor Castroll, analyst with Valcent Financial Group and member of the AAPL Sanity Board, has been monitoring the spreadsheet and came up with the calculation of 51,000 units in the first two hours.

[Via appleinsider.com]

Apple has posted a new page detailing how 3G service for the new iPad will work

Take a network with you wherever you go.
iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G offers superfast data speeds up to 7.2 Mbps over 3G cellular networks around the world. It’s perfect when you’re out and about with no access to a Wi-Fi network, because you can still get a fast connection for surfing the web, sending and receiving email, or getting directions. Since iPad seamlessly switches between 3G and even faster Wi-Fi, you always get the best connection available. And with AT&T data plans, you’ll have access to over 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, including Starbucks, Barnes and Noble, and more.

AT&T 3G Data Plans for iPad
Data per month Price per month
250MB $14.99
Unlimited $29.99

No-contract 3G service
In the United States, 3G service is available through a breakthrough deal with AT&T. You choose the amount of data per month you want to buy — 250MB or unlimited. If you choose the 250MB plan, you’ll receive onscreen messages as you get close to your monthly data limit so you can decide whether to turn off 3G or upgrade to the unlimited plan. Best of all, there’s no contract. So if you have a business trip or vacation approaching, just sign up for the month you’ll be traveling and cancel when you get back. You don’t need to visit a store to get 3G service. You can sign up, check your data usage, manage your account, or cancel your service — all from your iPad.

Sign up on your iPad
You can sign up for 3G data service with AT&T at any time — right on your iPad. There’s no need to visit a store or call customer service. Just tap Settings and choose Cellular Data. Then type in your user information, select a plan, and enter your credit card information.

Monitor your data usage
You can check your data usage in Settings on your iPad anytime. And iPad will even let you know when you’re running out. You’ll get three alerts as you near your 250MB limit — at 20 percent, 10 percent, and zero. With each alert, you can choose to add more data or wait and do it later. Tap Now and iPad opens the Cellular Data Plan window so you can update your data plan.

Manage your data plan
iPad makes it easy to choose the data plan that works best for you. When you need more data, you can add another 250MB or upgrade to the Unlimited Data plan. Because you sign up for a data plan in monthly increments, you can cancel your plan at any time and then sign up again whenever you need 3G service.

[Via iclarified.com]

Apple has started accepting iPad pre-orders on both the Wi-Fi and 3G version of the device.
The iPad is a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. iPad’s responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch™ display lets users physically interact with applications and content. iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds— thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad, and will run almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App Store.

iPad will be available in Wi-Fi models on April 3 in the US for a suggested retail price of $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB. The Wi-Fi + 3G models will be available in late April for a suggested retail price of $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829 for 64GB.

iPad will be available in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models in late April in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. International pricing will be announced in April. iPad will ship in additional countries later this year.

*Update: Here are the shipping dates as currently listed:
iPad (Wifi) – DELIVERS ON 4/3
iPad (3G) – Late April
iPad Keyboard Dock – Apr 20
iPad Case – BY APRIL 3RD
iPad Dock – BY APRIL 3RD
iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter – BY APRIL 3RD

*The iPad Camera Connection Kit is not yet available for order.

Buy It

[Via iclarified.com]

Download:

A File Manager and Viewer. iFile is a file manager runnning under user root. It allows fast navigation through the iPhone file system. You can directly view files of various types, e.g. movies, sound, text, HTML, Microsoft types, PDF, various compressed formats. For PDF files direct jumping to pages is possible. ZIP packing and compressed file unpacking is also supported. Files can be sent as email attachments. Text files and property lists can be edited. Folders and files can be bookmarked. In addition, files can be uploaded and downloaded from iFile’s built-in web server.

-More Info Click HERE

You can install this through TheiPhoneSpotRepo or download the deb file above and install manually.

To install easily add this source to cydia: theiphonespotrepo.net/apt

Apple will be allowing customers to pre-order the iPad starting at 8:30am Eastern Time on Friday, March 12th.

This information comes via TUAW who contacted Apple PR and received the following quote…

“Customers can pre-order online at apple.com at 5:30am Pacific time on Friday, March 12.”

Get your credit cards ready!

[Via iclarified.com]

Apple has been making last-minute changes to its App Store and iBookstore leading up to the April 3 launch of the iPad, according to a new report.

Citing data from San Francisco mobile media research firm Busted Loop, Forbes reported Thursday that Apple has designated 20 categories for books on its iBookstore, which will be available for download on the iPad. That number has been whittled down from about 35 categories that were listed in February.

The categories include “Fiction & Literature,” “Comics & Graphic Novels,” “Reference,” “Romance,” and “Cookbooks.” The top-level categories include more than 150 sub-categories, such as “Manga” under the comics section.

Apple has also reportedly gone through and deemed some applications as compatible with the iPad as developers update their existing software on the App Store. Developers have been given the option to test iPad compatibility when they update their applications, and so far only 16,700 of the more than 140,000 applications on the App Store have been deemed compatible.

Given the fact that the Wi-Fi-only iPad lacks a GPS receiver, Apple has also flagged certain applications as “iPad Wi-Fi” and “iPad 3G.” About 40 of the 16,700 certified applications are iPad 3G-only, the report said.

The report also made note of the “explicit” category that Apple temporarily enabled for the App Store. The tag was quickly removed, and one source with the company said that though the company is considering an option in the future, “It’s not going to happen anytime soon.”

Busted Loop found that the “Explicit” category was renamed to “Test” after it gained attention on the Internet.

As the App Store has swelled with software, Apple has worked to make combing through the tens of thousands of options simpler and easier. Last September, the Cupertino, Calif., company introduced a “Genius” system that recommends new applications to users based on the software they already have installed.

Last summer, the company also allowed developers to add keywords to appellations, to make searching within the App Store easier and more accurate. Developers can enter up to 255 characters, separated by commas, which are used in searching the store for the iPhone and iPod touch.

[Via appleinsider.com]

A new report from reputable sources says that Apple will finally deliver a multi-tasking manager for the iPhone in OS 4.0.

According to AppleInsider, “people with a proven track record in predicting Apple’s technological advances” say that the company has developed a “full-on solution” to multitasking for the iPhone OS.

From a user-facing perspective, Apple plans to deliver a multi-tasking manager that leverages interface technology already bundled with its Mac OS X operating system, according to those same people. It was requested that specifics be withheld at this time, as the iPhone Software 4.0 remains under development and reportedly has a quite ‘way to go’ before it’s ready for prime time.

Technically the iPhone OS already preforms multi-tasking; however, only official iPhone apps are allowed to run in the background. Enabling App Store applications to operate in the background would require a new graphical interface for switching and a way for apps to communicate with each other or prioritize resource allocation.

Installing numerous background apps will eat up battery life and degrade performance, tarnishing the overall iPhone experience. Of course additional system RAM and faster processors could help the situation.

Other solutions have been suggested such as saving the state of the foreground app before parking it, or scaling down the execution of a background app to reduce resource use.

*Update: a reference to a ‘Multitasking Dialog Box’ has been found in the latest iPhone SDK Beta.

[Via iclarified.com]

New day, new app in Cydia: SecureContacts. This app will allow you to export all your contacts to a secure server and export them at any time as a CSV file.

During the export process, you can also add a password that will protect your file. You can download the file in .csv form from their servers at any time and this app might be useful if you need to restore your iPhone on another computer and you don’t have your contacts synced with Adress Book.

Remember that you can manually backup your entire iPhone ( including contacts ), and you don’t need to use a server, and upload sensitive data to an unknown location.

You can find SecureContacts for free in Cydia via BigBoss repo.

[Via funkyspacemonkey.com]