Hands-on with Zephyr for the iPhone and iPod Touch [Jailbreak Apps]
03/02/2012 |
If you’re a jailbreaker looking to add a little more speed and functionality to multitasking on your iPhone or iPod touch, you’ll want to check out Zephyr. We have talked about Zephyr before but we’ll give you a close up look at what it does and the additional functionality it provides. There isn’t much to configure after you install Zephyr which makes it easy to use and it’s fully compatible with iOS 5.
The main purpose of Zephyr is to add additional multitasking...
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