Siri can be great for hands-free use of your phone, but a recent experiment by Apple Analyst Gene Munster shows that if you can use your hands, you're better off just typing your search into Google.

iOS (Jailbroken): InstaFacebook and InstaTwitter are two handy tweaks for the iOS Notification Center that allow you to instantly type or dictate messages to your social media profiles.

Absinthe has just released its new jailbreak too, Absinthe 2.0. The jailbreak works with the new iPad, iPhone 4S and all previous models running iOS 5.1.1.

You don't always need notifications on. Whether you need to get some work done or you don't like the fact your iPhone beeps and vibrates when you're on the phone, DoNotDisturb is a simple tweak for jailbroken iPhones that adds a single button that blocks all notifications.

Ever wish you could edit the contents of your iPhone's clipboard before you paste? ClipboardEdit makes that possible by sticking a tiny text field inside of Notification Center. From there you can edit any copied text before you paste it.

You've no doubt seen the split keyboard that iOS 5 brought to the iPad, but it turns out it has a few hidden buttons on the edges. Here's how they work.

Perhaps you've seen the the jailbreak hack that allows you to use Siri hands-free but haven't wanted to jailbreak your device. Lucky for you, there's a built-in feature that'll let you use Siri without the need to press and hold the home button. To set it up, just follow these steps.

iPhone-hacking group Chronic Dev Team just released the first untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1. We've explained why a tethered jailbreak can be such a hassle, which is why we've been waiting to recommend jailbreaking your up-to-date iPhone. Luckily, that wait is over.

It took a good while before iOS 5 received its first jailbreak, but now that you've jailbroken your compatible iDevice you need to know all the great apps and hacks it can handle. Here's a look at some of our favourites available in Cydia for iOS 5.

If you were quick to jailbreak when redsn0w was released for some iDevices running iOS 5.0.1, you may have found that things didn't work quite as well as you hoped.

The long awaited untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 has just been released for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad and iPod Touch 3rd and 4th generation devices.

Today Apple seeded the second beta of iOS 5.1 to developers, fixing several bugs and further paving the way to the next semi-significant update to the mobile operating system.

Apple has touted its group messaging feature as a handy way to communicate with multiple people at once, but blogger Cory Watilo points out one of the flaws in its system: not everyone realises they're replying to everyone in the thread.

iOS 5 has still yet to get an untethered jailbreak, and unfortunately, a tethered jailbreak is kind of a bummer. Although iPhone hackers are making progress, it still may be awhile before an official untethered jailbreak is available. In the meantime, here's how we're coping without it.

Today Apple released its first update to iOS 5, earlier than was generally expected. Along with the usual bug fixes, this update brings aid to the dwindling battery life experienced by many owners of the iPhone 4S.

iOS (Jailbroken): Apparently, Apple was testing a panorama mode feature for the iOS 5 camera, only to leave it in test mode for the actual release. All you have to do to enable it is to jailbreak your phone (instructions here), then find the Firebreak app in Cydia. Once installed, just follow the on-screen instructions to make a panorama picture.

While you can view and edit your camera roll directly from the iPhone's camera app, iOS 5 now contains a new shortcut that lets you instantly swipe through recent photos.

Today Apple seeded a beta of iOS 5.0.1 to developers, providing a fix for the iPhone 4S battery life issues and bugs in iCloud.

Got an older iPhone with a lock switch that's worn out and not functioning? Lifehacker reader Aaron shares a useful setting in iOS 5 that can save you an expensive repair or upgrade.