Despite her many talents (yes, we’re going to refer to the digital assistant feature as a “her”), Siri is admittedly a little limited in terms of what you can actually ask of her. But ever since the A5 jailbreak was released to the public, we all knew that it wouldn’t take long for the dev community to tinker with iOS’s most popular feature. Just recently, a free new tweak has been made available on Cydia called AssistantExtensions, which enables Siri to do a little more for you, like open apps, send tweets and switch SBSettings toggles. One more thing it can do is support plugins that lets you add even more functions that other devs come up with.

Lingual is one of those awesome ideas we all wished Siri could do right from the box. Packaged as a plugin for AssistantExtensions, Lingual will let you dictate a word or phrase, then ask Siri to give you a translation in any one of 35 supported languages.

Tags: Jailbreak Tweaks, Mobile Apps, Siri, Tweaks and Hacks
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The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, otherwise known as Google’s flagship phone for the Android 4.0 update, has already been released on Verizon but it’s likely something you just passed on if you didn’t care for the $299 price the carrier slapped onto it. If the price was the only thing that held you back from picking up this awesome premium handset, then hold back no more: Amazon just started offering it for only $99.99, basically taking off $200 off the contract price.

Tags: Amazon, Galaxy Nexus, Mobile Phones, Samsung, Verizon
Posted in Mobile Phones |

No date for Valentine’s Day? Well here’s something to do instead: Rovio’s Angry Birds game will be launched on Facebook on February 14th, letting you release some frustration by slamming cartoon birds into cartoony pig heads for free on the social network.

Tags: Angry Birds, Facebook, Games, Rovio
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A leaked document spilled the beans on a compact tablet that Sprint plans to release in March. Called the ZTE Optik, the tablet will be targeting the budget sector with a relatively average spec and a $99.99 price tag.

Tags: Leaks and Rumors, Sprint, Tablets, ZTE, ZTE Optik
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If you genuinely laughed at Samsung’s first “next big thing” ad, and snickered at how Samsung kind of forgot all about Siri in their Voice Actions ad, then you might want to check out two more Samsung ads that rags on Apple fans. These two ads (available after the break) basically follow the same theme, showing excited Apple fans lining up and camping (or preparing to line up and camp) outside an Apple store getting “Samsunged” by Galaxy S II owners. We have no idea what getting “Samsunged” actually means or how Apple fans are supposed to be swayed by the ads, but they’re still fun to watch. One ad touts the S II’s turn-by-turn navigation feature, while the other shows off the phone’s 4G support.

Tags: Ad campaign, Galaxy S II, Mobile Phones, Samsung
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