Best iPad hacks that rolled eyeballs
iPad made a grand debut in the month of April, establishing itself in a niche segment between smart phones and laptops. Many speculations were made regarding its core functionality and the value for money considerations. But two months down the line iPad hacks surprised us all, lending all new possibilities, which no one could have imagined. So it is high time I enlisted them all, at one place for iPad hack mania. Buckle-up and get ready to get cheeky with apple iPad.
NOTE: Most of the hacks given in this article have been accomplished on a jailbroken iPad using the Spirit jailbreaking tool. So, if you want to try out any of these hacks, make sure you have a jailbroken iPad.
# Connecting iPad to an external drive
Connecting a hard drive to an iPad lends it some extra space for storage, and the Camera Connection Kit is what you need for this hack by Maxwell C. Shay.
# Send SMS from iPad to iPhone on T-Mobile network
Developed by MucleNerd, the hack allows you to send SMS messages from iPad to iPhone on a hacked T-Mbile SIM that fits easily into iPad’s slot.
# iPad’s microSIM hack
A very nifty hack to reduce you iPhone bills by almost half, the hack requires you to hack iPad’s microSIM to get going with the hack. Put forward by Aron the hack works pretty well.
# Connect Bluetooth mice with iPad
Using the BTstack Mouse app made for jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch, the hack let’s you connect magic mouse with Apple iPad.
# 3G modem for iPad aided by an iPhone
The hack is accomplished courtesy a jailbreak only app MyWi (costs $9.99 and comes in 10 day trial option), which is available via Cydia and Rock. After launching this app on your iPad you have to turn on the “WiFi Tethering” option, and then search for available networks where you’ll see iPhone as available wireless network.
# SNES (HD) gaming action on iPad
Basically developed to take advantage of iPad’s huge screen, the hack uses a Snes9x Super Nintendo emulator (based on ZodTTD’s iPhone port snes4iPhone) for gaming action having iPhone controllers.
# iPad gets camera like functionality
For those who have been cribbing on-and-on about the lack of a physical camera in iPad, here is one hack that solves that bit. All you need is couple of apps, and an iPhone to start clicking some pictures on your iPad.
# Video blimp controlled by iPad
Controlled by a custom app that provides video signal input, this hack maneuvers a blimp attached with a video recorder using iPad's accelerometer controls.
# Crysis running on iPad
This is courtesy the OTOY service that accomplishes this by using high-end computers for graphics rendering. This in-real-time streaming of game is then ported over to the iPad.
# iPad over-clocking hack
Although I recommend you not to go for this kind of hack on your iPad, it is one for the records. Some nifty code changes in iPad’s in-built settings is all you need to overclock you ipad for increased processing speed.
