Widgets for Dashboard X: Dashtweet, Music, Clock

Couple of weeks back, we told you about Dashboard X - a jailbreak tweak that brings widgets to iPhone's Home screen.

While Dashboard X includes full support for the Notification Center widgets, we're already seeing custom widgets that have been specially created for Dashboard X.

We take a look at these Dashboard X custom widgets:

Dashtweet:

As the name suggests, Dashtweet is a Dashboard X widget for Twitter. It allows you to quickly send  tweets right from the Home screen.

The custom widget makes use of the default accounts in Settings - Twitter so its quite easy to setup. It also includes Pastie integration for long tweets. 

Music Widget (for Dashboard X):

The music widget displays the "Now Playing" song along with artwork and play, pause, skip controls. The music widget is also compatible with third-party music apps such as Spotify, Pandora etc.

Clock Widget (for Dashboard X): 

The Clock Widget allows you to add the neat looking digital clock to your iPhone's home screen. The widget is developed by the developer of Dashboard X.

Dashboard X is available on Cydia for $1.99, while the custom widgets mentioned above are available for free in Cydia.

Adding the custom widgets to the Home screen is quite simple (assuming you've already installed Dashboard X).

Touch and hold on any app on the Home screen until it begins to jiggle.Arrange the apps by dragging them to make room for custom widgetTap and hold on any blank spaceThis should bring up the Add widget menu option, select the widget you want to add to the Home screen from the listHere you get an option to center align it and also to make it interactiveThen tap on Add widgetThat's it, you should be able to place the custom widget wherever you like on that Home screen by dragging it.While none of the widgets that are available in Cydia currently come anywhere close to blowing your mind away, it does give a glimpse of the potential of Dashboard X.We're waiting for someone to create a custom widget for Google search, as it would be a lot quicker to search from the Home Screen than launching mobile Safari and using the search bar.

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