Apple hasn’t improved the Notification Center to the extent iPhone users have been requesting for quite a while. Some IT experts believe, a more interactive and functional Notification Center will be released with the iOS 7 roll out. Until then, you’ve got a bunch of jailbreak Cydia tweaks that let you make calls, send emails and texts using iOS’s Notification Center.
FavoriteContacts
This iOS jailbreak tweak is top of the list when it comes to Notification Center hacks that allow you to make calls and send emails and texts from within the center. The app retrieves your list of Favorite Contacts and gives you direct access to their info (phone number, photo and email) allowing you to put them on speed dial. The tweak will set you back $1.00.
WeeSpeeddial
Like FavoriteContacts, WeeSpeeddial makes the Notification Center a lot more functional. Both tweaks are quite similar, the only difference is that WeeSpeeddial uses a list of Custom Contacts as opposed to contacts listed as favorite in the AddressBook. It’s not as hassle free as FavoriteContacts, since it makes you set up the contacts in a particular settings panel, because the tweak won’t retrieve the contacts from the AddressBook. It’s also more expensive, by $0.49 than FavoriteContacts.
WeeToolbox
This is a tweak that stands out in its category simply by providing the user with free different functions users can access directly from the Notification Center. WeeToolbox adds Tweet, Dial, Flashlight, Pastie and Camera in the Notification Center of your iPhone, for fast and easy access to some of the most commonly used functions of a smartphone. Being free and performing quite impressively, WeeToolbox has swept users off their feet and has had developers considering adding new features. At the moment, they are developing a SMS compose button and a kill all background apps. Users also requested a Power Button with Reboot, Power Off, Safe Mode and Lock options and a Free Up Memory button.
