Tag Archives: Texting

When Apple announced plans to create their own messenger app, I got really excited. Then we learned the details and my excitement quickly dissipated. This was not going to be as groundbreaking as I and many others had hoped. And now, having had the chance to use it alongside WhatsApp, …

Textie is the new texting app from Loren Brichter (of Tweetie fame) and the developers of Borange (US-only), and although it tastes best if you’re in the United States of America, I will try my best as a Canadian user, to talk about why it might be worth the free …

[v1.5 -- Jailbreak only] QuickReply from Ghaurav Khanna is just that: a quick and simple solution for those times that you receive an important text in the middle of something equally important (say, a round of Tilt to Live). Instead of the useless default SMS pop-up, QuickReply shows you something …

[Jailbreak required] Tlert, like Elert, is a notification app for messages on the iPhone. With Tlert installed your text messages will no longer pop up in a big, obtrusive box, but rather as a cuddly little bubble (in the colour of your choice) on the top-left hand of the screen. …

I’ve found another jailbreak gem! As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I’m relatively new to the iPhone jailbreaking world, and am constantly hearing about or finding new jailbreak apps that are just amazing. This time, it’s a little app called Tlert. Tlert ties in with the existing Messages app …

I’m not jailbroken any more but when I was there was only one jailbreak app on my iPhone: qSMS. This lovely little SMS app replacement was updated a little while ago with some awesome new features — chief among them for me: -a call button in each threaded message section …