MacStories reader Nik Treiber has found out an interesting feature in the latest iPhone OS 4.0 beta 4. When you push the on/off button three times in a row while in the lockscreen, the iPhone goes in Flashlight mode. We aren’t sure if this is a feature or bug, but it certainly would be quite useful.

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Apple recently released iPad/iPhone OS 3.2 Beta 4 to developers. Let’s see what’s new:

1. Application “Photos” has been improved. Here is text from official changelog:

“Launching the Photos application under the iPad Simulator will initially show three tabs: Photos, Albums, and Camera. The Camera tab represents photos available via the Camera Connection Kit for iPad, and is not relevant for the Simulator. The Camera tab will disappear after a few seconds. “

Apple actually specified what we had seen in 3.2 beta 3. The tab Camera is for the Camera Connection Kit, and does not indicate any front camera on the iPad.

The fonts have been also improved and there are some new Gestures added for images.

2. The function Add Bookmark in Safari browser works now (previously only allowed to link to home).

3. When you press the button twice on the lockscreen the iPod controls appear, just like on the iPhone:

4. With the iPad simulator is open, pressing “cmd + shift + space bar” will appear a list of languages. By pressing the space bar you can change language:

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User Spippo created a new video concept showing his new idea of the iPhone lockscreen:

HTC Cydget is a nice theme for the lockscreen that can be set by Cydget, the new application from Saurik.

As you can see from the images, this tweak transforms the classic lockscreen to an HTC clock. The app is avaliable via Cydia.

via ispazio

Today MediaPhone announced ‘SmartScreen’ an application for the iPhone and iPod touch that will allow informational widgets to be placed and used on the lock screen. The widgets can be rearranged on the lock screen by using a ‘tap and hold to move’ action that is often used by to iPhone users (when moving icons around the home screen).

It will be avaliable soon in Cydia Store (for money).

via devteam

Here is a list of 113 new features in 3.0 firmware. The information is  from hackint0sh site forum:

1. Cut/Paste
2. Copy/Paste
3. Shake to undo/redo typing
4. Text selection for easy mass deletion
5. MMS
6. Landscape keyboard in Notes
7. Landscape keyboard in Mail
8. Landscape keyboard in Messages
9. Forward texts or picture messages
10. Delete individual texts or picture messages

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Backgrounder is an app that allows a user to run apps in a background. Since the last update the application makes available a process manager to monitor and manage the open applications.

In the new version svn.187 introduced the following changes:

• Added the possibility to close / to force the closure / make a respring through a swipe on the applications;
• It is no longer possible to initiate the process by the operator lockscreen;
• Multiple instances of the processes are prevented
• General improvement of the Code.