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Dashboard Widgets For Jailbroken iPhones: Hot or Not? [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo — This work-in-progress Dashboard implementation (seen here running through the SDK) looks like it's coming along nicely; I just can't decide if it's something I'd want. What do you guys think? It's done by the same guy who brought Leopard's "stacks" feature to your bottom row of icons. It looks like it's running smoothly with a few test widgets, but I'm not sure if I see the appeal when the phone's UI is already fairly widgetized. No single application is ever more than a few swipes and a tap away, so I'm not convinced this is better than simply popping open the notes or the weather app ...

Dashboard Widgets coming to the iPhone
iPhone Hacks — Irish iPhone developer, Steven Troughton-Smith who had figured out a way to enable Emoji icons on the iPhone using a simple hack (even if you aren't on Japan's SoftBank network) has revealed plans to bring the Dashboard to the iPhone which is supposed to work like Dashboard on a Mac; giving you easy access to your favorite widgets. He has also released a video of his work-in-progress Dashboard app for the iPhone.

Dashboard App Now Available For Pwned iPhones -- But Is It Necessary?
iSmashPhone — Steven Troughton-Smith, who recently announced that his Stacks app would be over and done after version 2.2, has moved on to another tool for jailbroken iPhones: Dashboard, an OS X-style interface to keep regularly-used widgets like clocks, calculators, etc. on a single screen.  The above video gives a quickie demonstration of the Dashboard in action. While there are certainly plenty of reasons to jailbreak your iPhone, is this one of them?   [Via ModMyi] ...