SwirlySMS free for iPad 3G is now available in Cydia. It is a free app without restrictions that gives you the possibility to send and receive native SMSes on your iPad 3G like you would do on any cell phone. See below for a few screen shots.

The Cydget framework is not yet fully compatible with iOS4 and therefore it is not possible to edit the Lock Cydget Order in the normal way on iOS4. After installing SwirlyScreen 2.1 you can decide which lock screen shall be on top by switching to it (with the home button). When you have the desired lock screen visible, just slide-to-unlock your iPhone and it will be on top further on.

As soon as the Cydget framework is made fully compatible with iOS4 everything will be back to normal regarding this :)

Read more about SwirlyScreen here.

Read more about SwirlyMessage at SwirlySpace.com …

• collects and shows all alert messages, such as missed calls, SMS, MMS, calendar events, Facebook messages etc.
• current weather and forecast
• analogue clock including a stop-watch
• random camera roll browsing
• shows time with seconds
• shows date with week

In addition to this it also integrates synthetic speech* into all these features! This means that your precious iPhone can now actually speak out what time it is, what the weather is like*, who just called or texted you* and so forth*. Well, enough talking, lets dive right into our video to see SwirlyScreen 2.0 in action:

SwirlyScreen in action

* for 2G and 3G iPhones the synthetic-voice only works to speak the current time. To be able to hear for example the weather a device that supports VoiceOver is needed (like for example the iPhone 3GS).

To control the behavior of SwirlyScreen there are a few settings (in the normal Settings app):

Here you enter the settings for SwirlyScreen

First part of all settings.

second part.

There are two cydgets in SwirlyScreen. Each can be switched on/off and its position selected.

Below follows a few more screenshots from within SwirlyScreen:

random image and weather	clock and current weather	weather forecast	stop watch
alerts

1) real text-to-speech of MMS text parts and SMS text! (3GS only):

Hear a sample.

2) handles SMS, both to send and receive:

3) MOV-videos are now converted to the proper 3gp-video format when sending a  (carrier network) MMS. When your message instead takes the way over SwirlyNet(*) no conversion to 3gp is made to preserve quality at its best (3GS only):

4) icons to indicate the message type. Below you can see the SMS, MMS and SwirlyNet types respectively:

5) editing of existing text parts

6) photos that are snapped from within SwirlyMMS are now also stored in your camera roll.

7) a whole lot of minor bug fixes.

For more information about SwirlyMMS and SwirlySpace please have a look here.

(*) SwirlyNet is a free-of-charge messaging network that integrates seamlessly with SMS and MMS. Today (2010-04-28) with around 14000 connected users. You can read more about it here.