Tag: texting

📅 February 19, 2014

biteSMS Out Of Beta. Brings Support For iOS 7 and iPhone 5s

biteSMS 8.0 is finally out of beta and released with iOS 7 and iPhone 5s support.

bitesms-8.0-cydia-1-FSMdotCOMJust a quick heads-up: biteSMS 8.0 is finally out of beta and released with iOS 7 and iPhone 5s support. If you’re not familiar with the app, biteSMS is a fantastic replacement for the default messages.app for iOS.  It features many extra featurings including Quick Reply, Quick Compose, Scheduled Messages, Auto-Forward, Passcode Lock, Privacy, Contact Pics, Easy Pick Smileys, Templates, Signatures, Delayed Sending, Themes and much more..

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📅 January 26, 2014

How To Add Messaging Statistics To The Default Messages.app in iOS 7 [video]

SMS Stats 2 tweaks the messages app to include useful statistics in an accessible way.

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If you ever want to check how many text messages or iMessage you are sending and receiving, you should know that SMS Stats was updated with iOS 7 and arm64 devices support. If you’re not familiar with this tweak, SMS Stats 2 tweaks the messages app to include useful statistics in an accessible way.

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📅 January 11, 2014

BiteSMS: THE Premier Messages Replacement App for iOS

biteSMS is THE premier message replacement app for iOS

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Over the many months you didn’t have a jailbreak on 7.x, if you are anything like us, you were absentmindedly performing gestures on your screen to preform the various functions embedded in your muscle memory from the jailbreak. Some of these tweaks are just hard to live without, and were the first things we installed when the jailbreak finally dropped. One of these must have tweaks ( actually, biteSMS is a full blown app ), and one of the reasons to jailbreak your iPhone, is biteSMS.

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📅 April 30, 2013

BiteSMS 7.6 Beta 2 Adds Quick Compose NC Widget

Today the BiteSMS team has released two new betas for v7.6 and they’ve also introduced the Quck Compose Widget.

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Yesterday, BiteSMS has released a major update to the popular 3rd party messaging app, which included huge speed and stability improvements. Today the team has released two new betas for v7.6 and they’ve also introduced the Quck Compose Widget.

The new QC Widget is just a simple convenient way to launch a Quick Compose with a favorite contact (managed via Phone > Favorites). It’s a Notification Center Widget (managed via Apple > Settings > Notifications > Quick Compose Widget).

To get the beta add the following source in Cydia: http://cydia.bitesms.com

 

📅 April 29, 2013

BiteSMS Updated To v7.5 With Speed and Stability Improvements

Aside from a full, more robust, replacement for the stock messaging app, BiteSMS also offers a handy set of features called quick compose and quick reply.These features allow you to assign a gesture (think activator) to quickly send or receive a SMS while within another app. Saving you steps, and not interrupting your work flow.

Aside from a full, more robust, replacement for the stock messaging app, BiteSMS also offers a handy set of features called quick compose and quick reply.These features allow you to assign a gesture (think activator) to quickly send or receive a SMS while within another app. Saving you steps, and not interrupting your work flow.

Now, if you are familiar with such things, you would know that there are several tweaks on the app store that offer similar functionality.  These more popular alternatives include Messages+ and iRealSMS. Where biteSMS differentiates itself is design.

Rather just create an (arguably) ugly popup bubble like messages+, or a 4.x style alert style popup like iReal, biteSMS took it up a notch with iOS 5 and made a custom popup based on the new tweet sheet. It honestly looks like something Apple should have bundled with the OS.

Functionality wise, it also has the competition beat. While the others focus 100% on messaging, and may or may not include things like MMS within their popup, bite wins again with system wide communication integration. From the customizable popup menu you can Call, FaceTime, or even view your entire conversation with the person.

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📅 August 21, 2012

BiteSMS Updated To v6.3 With Themes, Contact Pic On Lockscreen and More…

Aside from a full, more robust, replacement for the stock messaging app, BiteSMS also offers a handy set of features called quick compose and quick reply.

Aside from a full, more robust, replacement for the stock messaging app, BiteSMS also offers a handy set of features called quick compose and quick reply.These features allow you to assign a gesture (think activator) to quickly send or receive a SMS while within another app. Saving you steps, and not interrupting your work flow.

Now, if you are familiar with such things, you would know that there are several tweaks on the app store that offer similar functionality.  These more popular alternatives include Messages+ and iRealSMS. Where biteSMS differentiates itself is design.

Rather just create an (arguably) ugly popup bubble like messages+, or a 4.x style alert style popup like iReal, biteSMS took it up a notch with iOS 5 and made a custom popup based on the new tweet sheet. It honestly looks like something Apple should have bundled with the OS.

Functionality wise, it also has the competition beat. While the others focus 100% on messaging, and may or may not include things like MMS within their popup, bite wins again with system wide communication integration. From the customizable popup menu you can Call, FaceTime, or even view your entire conversation with the person.

 

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📅 April 5, 2012

BiteSMS Updated To v6.2. Month Of April Brings A 40% Discount On Licenses

Aside from a full, more robust, replacement for the stock messaging app, BiteSMS also offers a handy set of features called quick compose and quick reply.

Aside from a full, more robust, replacement for the stock messaging app, BiteSMS also offers a handy set of features called quick compose and quick reply.These features allow you to assign a gesture (think activator) to quickly send or receive a SMS while within another app. Saving you steps, and not interrupting your work flow.

Now, if you are familiar with such things, you would know that there are several tweaks on the app store that offer similar functionality.  These more popular alternatives include Messages+ and iRealSMS. Where biteSMS differentiates itself is design.

Rather just create an (arguably) ugly popup bubble like messages+, or a 4.x style alert style popup like iReal, biteSMS took it up a notch with iOS 5 and made a custom popup based on the new tweet sheet. It honestly looks like something Apple should have bundled with the OS.

Functionality wise, it also has the competition beat. While the others focus 100% on messaging, and may or may not include things like MMS within their popup, bite wins again with system wide communication integration. From the customizable popup menu you can Call, FaceTime, or even view your entire conversation with the person.

 

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📅 February 22, 2012

BiteSMS – THE Premier Messages Replacement App for iOS [giveaway]

What exactly is biteSMS? Well aside from a full, more robust, replacement for the stock messaging app. It also offers a handy set of features called quick compose and quick reply.

Over the many months you didn’t have a jailbreak on 5.x, if you are anything like us, you were absentmindedly performing gestures on your screen to preform the various functions embedded in your muscle memory from the jailbreak. Some of these tweaks are just hard to live without, and were the first things we installed when the jailbreak finally dropped. One of these must have tweaks ( actually, biteSMS is a full blown app ), and in this reviewer’s opinion, one of the reasons to jailbreak your iPhone, is biteSMS.

What exactly is biteSMS? Well aside from a full, more robust, replacement for the stock messaging app. It also offers a handy set of features called quick compose and quick reply.

These features allow you to assign a gesture (think activator) to quickly send or receive a SMS while within another app. Saving you steps, and not interrupting your work flow.

Now, if you are familiar with such things, you would know that there are several tweaks on the app store that offer similar functionality.  These more popular alternatives include Messages+ and iRealSMS. Where biteSMS differentiates itself is design. Rather just create an (arguably) ugly popup bubble like messages+, or a 4.x style alert style popup like iReal, biteSMS took it up a notch with iOS 5 and made a custom popup based on the new tweet sheet. It honestly looks like something Apple should have bundled with the OS.

 

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📅 January 25, 2012

Quit Congesting The Walkways. Here’s A Guide To Texting While Walking [video]

Navigating the sidewalks of a crowded city can be as challenging as any rushing sport, like football or rugby. But when your opponents are walking while text messaging, their field of view is impaired, and this can render a three-block walk to Starbucks somewhere between infuriating and life-threatening.

Check out the video guide after the break…

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