If you are a smartphone user, you must have realized the importance of performing a task in the least possible steps. iOS takes special care to provide its users with shortcuts wherever possible. Back in the days of dumb-phones, shortcuts on mobile devices were pretty common. A tap of the down key would take you to the ringtones menu, or a long-press of hash key launched the messaging options. Message Icons aims to achieve a similar functionality by allowing jailbroken users to compose a new text or e-mail right from their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch’s Springboard.
You can get this free tweak from the Big Boss repo over at the Cydia store. It does not makes a lot of fuss in getting the job done. Once you have installed it to your iDevice, the only change that will appear on your device is the addition of two new icons; one for SMS and the other for emails.
When you tap the New SMS icon, it will take you to the Messaging app’s Write New page, ready to take your text input. Similarly the New Mail icon will lead you to Compose Mail part of your default mailing service. On the surface, these options might appear too trivial or pointless to some users, but once you get used to the convenience and time-saving that this tweak offers, you will definitely come to appreciate it.
