The One-Dock Home Screen [Featured Home Screen]

By Whitson Gordon Oct 18, 2011 5:00 PM 5,227 2

Reader jainer123 put together this good-looking home screen with a number of text widgets, with one single dock across the bottom for his favorite apps.

Jainer lists the tools he used to make this setup:

Do you have an awesome, tweaked-into-oblivion home or lock screen of your own that you'd like to share? Go ahead and post it on the #homescreenshowcase forum with a description of how you made it and it may be the next featured home screen.

The One-Dock Home Screen | #homescreenshowcase

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The iAndroid Home Screen [Featured Home Screen]

By Whitson Gordon Oct 11, 2011 5:00 PM 14,436 9

Reader TapasEaswar created this iPhone-looking home screen with the help of the previously mentioned MIUI ROM and a few UI tweaks.

TapasEaswar explains his setup quite well, so we'll just leave it to him:

Let's start off by saying that I own an HTC Desire not running Stock Android nor the Sense UI. I got bored of both of them really fast so I moved over to MIUI.us and I haven't looked back.

Currently, I'm running version 1.7.22 of MIUI, with the Extended Settings Mod. This mod is really cool because by default the ROM will show your carrier's name in the notification bar, much like iOS does. And unlike Cyanogenmod, by default you can't hide the time from your notification bar. Using this Mod (flashing the .zip file like anything else through recovery) will change that. Oh, and it will also allow you to disable wallpaper scrolling because in MIUI by default you do not have that option available to you.

The icons are part of the QQ Theme, which can be found using the theme engine inside of MIUI.

The homescreen wallpaper I found using Lifehacker, in the minimalism edition of Wallpaper Wednesday.

The dock that the icons are sitting on at the bottom can once again be found using the MIUI theme engine, but it is in Chinese, so you might have some difficulty finding it. The slide down lock screen (not shown, mildly almost kinda sorta NSFW) is called Dark White, which can be found also in the MIUI Theme Engine, or over here if you want the actual .mtz file.

The clock is a part of MIUI as well. Using this ROM I'm not really restricted in what I'm able to do, which is good because I seriously dislike having to install third party applications if I'm able to do it right out of the box itself.

Do you have an awesome, tweaked-into-oblivion home or lock screen of your own that you'd like to share? Go ahead and post it on the #homescreenshowcase forum with a description of how you made it and it may be the next featured home screen.

The iAndroid Home Screen | #homescreenshowcase

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Facebook for iPad Offers Full Screen Games, AirPlay-Compatible HD Video, and More [Ipad Downloads]

By Adam Dachis Oct 10, 2011 2:00 PM 18,837 15

Although we've known of its existence for months, the Facebook iPad app has finally debuted in the iTunes App Store and is available now as a free download. It brings the Facebook experience to a bigger screen, offering a better experience for viewing photos, playing games, and more.

As you can see from Facebook's premature announcement (the app didn't quite make it into the App Store as early as they advertised), the app isn't much different from the iPhone version but simply designed for the iPad's bigger screen. The new interface includes a navigation bar on the left side of the screen, much like Apple's own Mail app, which makes getting around much easier. The most exciting new feature of the app, however, is the option to play full screen games. Facebook also added HD video with AirPlay support, so you can stream virtually any video posted to Facebook to your AppleTV (or other AirPlay-compatible device).

While not a revolutionary app by any means, if you love (or even just like) Facebook and have an iPad it's pretty much an obligatory download.

Facebook for iPad | iTunes App Store via Mashable

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Readers offer their best tips for protecting your gadgets' screens, recycling old CDs and DVDs, and fixing AirPlay issues on iOS.

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The Transparent Home Screen [Featured Home Screen]

Reader Xstray put together this stylish, monochrome home screen featuring a number of transparent widgets and icons.

Here's what you'd need to recreate it:

Do you have an awesome, tweaked-into-oblivion home or lock screen of your own that you'd like to share? Go ahead and post it on the #homescreenshowcase forum with a description of how you made it and it may be the next featured home screen.

The Transparent Home Screen | #homescreenshowcase

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