SnowCover, the gesture-based music controller that sits on your lockscreen, has been updated to version 4.0 and making it compatible with the latest iOS firmwares. This means you’re now free to swipe on the album art in iOS 4.2.1 to change tracks, bring up music controls, or adjust the volume.
The themes now reside within the Settings.app (you’ll put them in /Library/SC4Themes) and the whole extension feels a lot faster and more stable (although take that with a grain of salt — I’ve only had it for a few days).
The whole extension is also now being offered for free on Cydia (as opposed to the $0.99 it cost last year), so you really have no reason not to try this one out. I think it looks a little cleaner than Apple’s album artwork implementation, and I really like swiping to skip tracks.
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