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Next Version of Installer.app For iPhone 2.0 Software Looks Like It's Getting Close

These screens were released today by the developers of Installer.app showing Installer 4, the next version that will work with jailbroken iPhones running firmware 2.0. By the slick looks of it, it looks like they're getting close. When it's done, it will be multi-threaded (meaning everything doesn't come to a halt while your sources are being updated) and support package dependencies as well. As you know, we can't wait. [RiP Dev Blog]

7:07 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By John Mahoney
17,149 views, 27 comments

Latest by TomFrost: People who say they hate Cydia frustrate me. It's a port of APT, a package management system that's as old as half the people on this blog. It's tried and true, has already had all the features that more »

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Why We Still Need the iPhone App Black Market

A year ago, we said that no iPhone SDK meant no killer apps. It came, and the apps are here in staggering numbers. But many of the amazing apps and concepts we grew to love as unofficial apps aren't here, and only about 100 of the 500+ apps at launch in the official store are really useful or desirable—the rest are dupes or just bad. There are no less than five apps to turn my iPhone into a flashlight, yet I can't turn it into a 3G-powered Wi-Fi hotspot. Why? Because the SDK has more restrictions than Guantanamo—devs can't integrate with the OS and have to steer way, way clear of copyright and trademark issues—so the most innovative, game-changing apps might not ever make it to your squeaky clean iPhone. That's why we need more than Apple's official app store—we still need jailbreaking, Installer.app (now Cydia) and the best unauthorized third-party apps to make the iPhone an ultra-powerful open platform we really want. Here are the roadblocks: More »

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10:00 AM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By matt buchanan
61,527 views, 104 comments

Latest by n/a: @Navahin: Bullshit story! Unless the man finding the iPhone was blind, or too stupid to read the screen that says "slide to answer" with a pretty green arrow pointing in the direction to slide. That said, a button to answer more »

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Hands-On Google Talk for iPhone (Verdict: Stick with Installer.app)

Google's brand new Gtalk webapp for the iPhone is as crappy as I expected it would be. It has a nice design, and sending messages was easy, but at the end of the day it's still running in Safari—which means if you get a call you are signed out of chat. And unlike other web-based IM apps, Gtalk doesn't work in the background, so interruptions as simple as going to the home screen sign you out too. Also, there are no preference settings, so you are stuck looking at your whole contact list, online and off. Gtalk's AIM support is also curiously absent from this release. In short, this program sucks. If you're looking for a solid IM solution before the App store opens, I strongly recommend Agile Mobile's AM client recently released on Installer, which I've been playing around with. More »

2:30 PM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Benny Goldman
8,223 views, 21 comments

Latest by Joseph: @altus: I think thats a webapp, not an application developed on the SDK. more »

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iPhone / iPod TiVoRemote App Makes Telnet Control Easy

Remember when we showed you an iPhone controlling a TiVo over IP by means of Telnet? Well, over at the TiVo Community Forum, a user named Duckfin has compiled a "quick and dirty little program" that gives the iPhone and iPod touch a proper TiVo Remote. The app which is named TiVoRemote, no surprise there, actually makes practical use of TiVo's Telnet control feature. But as with most apps these days it does require a jailbroken iPhone / iPod. For installation and info hit the jump.
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7:45 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Christopher Mascari
10,317 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: I had that on Old Tivo using HP Windows CE handheld like 5 years ago! It does over the network and IR. more »

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Twinkle, the iPhone Twitter Client, Adds Location Features

Twitter Fans: an iPhone client called Twinkle was just released on Installer.app. What's the difference between Twinkle and other apps? It's true that you can let the world know that you're getting a haircut or some taxi zoomed past you without stopping on any client, but Twinkle lets you use the iPhone's location feature to add location data to your tweets. Not only that, there's a "near me" feature that can show you tweets from people within X miles of you, which is good for organizing a meetup or party. Location information is only visible from Twinkle and not on the Twitter website, unfortunately. Hit the link to see how you install it on your jailbroken iPhone, then follow me (diskopo) for some good times. [Just Another iPhone Blog via Tech Digest] More »

1:50 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Jason Chen
12,256 views, 26 comments

Latest by InfoMofo: @Justin D: What are you talking about? I installed the Jiggy Runtime just fine on 1.1.4. I really like the Twinkle interface- I think it's probably one of the slickest jailbroken native interfaces I've seen for an iPhone application. more »

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iPhone App Store Pictured, Apparently

OK, so take this with a dashing of salt; the guys at Monster and Friends have apparently spotted the first pics of the iPhone App Store, which appeared on a user's iPhone in place of a connection error alert. The user, Drunkenbass of Monster and Friends managed to have a look around the Genres and Top 50 sections, and he spied a Facebook and Checkers app. Jump in to grab another shot of all gray, app store excitedness. (Yeah, I made that word up. ) More »

1:15 PM on Sun Mar 23 2008
By Haroon Malik
23,127 views, 21 comments

Latest by cdawson2000: One problem I see is how does Apple go about organizing so many Apps? Their "Deck" system will be better than traditional cellphones, but there will be a bottleneck at the top! What is a Budcase anyway? more »

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iPhone Apps Back With A Single Click (Yes, This is the Moment We've Been Waiting For)

Easily installed iPhone apps are back on version 1.1.1. If you point your iPhone/Touch browser to jailbreakme.com, click "install AppSnapp", it'll use the TIFF exploit to jailbreak your phone and install Installer.app. More »

9:24 AM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By Benny Goldman
21,437 views, 52 comments

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iPhone Installer App Updated to 3.0beta3 With Many Improvements

The iPhone's Installer.app has been updated to 3.0, and features a much better organizational system than the previous "everything listed in a flat list that takes forever to scroll through". Not only are there sections now, you can "Update All", and the packaging backend is improved as well. You can't install this directly on your phone, but instead you have to install the older version, then update via installer itself. If you have 1.1.1, you'll have to jailbreak first, then transfer it on manually. However, it does detect what firmware version you're running and only displays the apps that run fine on yours. [Installer via PSMXY] More »

8:15 PM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By Jason Chen
136,064 views, 50 comments

Latest by n/a: i installed it and all it has been saying for the past 35 mins is.... "apptapp installer is now copying the required files to your iphone... this will take 2-3 minutes, please be patient..." (i am on a mac) What did i do? or more »