‘Bout time, right? RipDev have released InstallerApp for Windows. It took longer than they expected but the only thing that matters is that it’s finally out. If you don’t know what InstallerApp is, it’s a desktop application to install Apple Unapproved 3rd Party applications onto your jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch via USB. Both Cydia repositories and Installer repositories are supported, so that’s a plus.

InstallerApp works on anything from XP to Windows 7, so which ever version of Windows you’re using you should be good! InstallerApp requires iTunes so make sure you have that installed before hand.

InstallerApp license costs $7USD and the license ties to the devices so it works regardless on which platform you use it on.

Download InstallerApp v1.0 for Windows

Rock Your Phone, an alternative app store for Cydia Store or Apple’s AppStore, is now open for business! First, Cydia Store opened and is now challenging Apple’s AppStore and now, Rock Your Phone has joined Cydia Store and is challenging Apple.

At the moment, Rock Your Phone only has 5 applications for sale, one being free (for limited time). Rock Your Phone does offer a 10 day trial unlike Cydia or Apple which is awesome! I can’t tell you how many applications I’ve bought from the AppStore and to find out they are horribly unstable and sometimes they aren’t even what I expected. So, Rock your Phone having a 10 day trial is a huge plus for me.

Head over to RockYourPhone.com to get a RockID and download their desktop client (Windows and Intel Mac OSX - no PowerPC) and install it and install Rock Your Phone on your iPhone and start downloading some applications!

- source: rockyourphone.com

We mention that iBluetooth entered the final stage of beta testing awhile ago and today, iBluetooth was released on cydia! Finally, eh? Again, an jailbreak iPhone developer had to do what Apple didn’t do — Allow users to transfer files to and from the iPhone.

iBluetooth is £3.99 and available on Cydia and you can buy it here

Thanks Thomas for the tip!

- source: medevil.net

RipDev has released an update to Installer. ‘Bout time they release an update, eh?

Well, what’s new?

• Cancelable tasks: certain tasks now can be cancelled by sliding your finger across it in the Tasks window.
• Progress indicator in the source refresh task.
• German localization.
• Updated infrastructure for the upcoming InstallerApp.
• bug fixes.

Go on, fire up Installer.app to update.

A voice navigation GPS app for the iPhone has been in huge demand by a lot of people including myself. Well, like 90% of the time, an unofficial iPhone developer has developed what Apple hasn’t — xGPS — It features voice navigation — sounds like Steve Hawkings is giving you directions to your destination — but it works. You can download a specific area from Google Maps from the application to be used offline or to be used where you wont have internet access - awesome, right?

From the limited tests I’ve done, I can safely say this app kicks ass! It works really good. It’s pretty stable and it’s pretty accurate. Sometimes you’re driving down a street and then the application tells you you’re going the wrong way when you’re not and it can get pretty annoying but after a few seconds it corrects itself. The voice nav works but its a little hard to understand. I wish it had Mac OS X’s Alex voice which sounds awesome and like a real person talking, but it doesn’t perhaps in future version of xGPS. - Overall, this is an awesome application that’s worth having for any iPhone 3G user (or iPhone 2G user)

There’s also a desktop application to download the maps to your pc/mac and to view the GPX data

xGPS is available in Cydia and it’s free! yes, free.

- source: xgps.xwaves.net

Cydia developer, Jay Freeman also known as Saurik has released a new version of Cydia that sports essentially an AppStore clone. It’s called Cydia Store. It’s where iPhone/Touch developers can get money from their unofficial third-party jailbreak applications. The first paid package to be released on Cydia Store is Cyntact. It’s a simple app that shows profile pictures in the contact list. It’s priced at $1.00USD at the Cydia Store.

Based off his twitter updates, he plans to add PayPal support sometime next week. He also plans to convert cydia from a package repository to a full fledged app store with an integrated payment system. He also does not plan to charge more than the 30% commission that Apple charges developers

He opened the store for unofficial AppStore developers like himself to make money from their efforts. He says “The overworking goal is to provide choice. It’s understandable that [Apple] wants to control things, but it has been very limiting for developers and users.”

WSJ reports that Freeman, who has been on the lookout daily for email from Apple lawyers, isn’t taking any chances and has lined up a lawyer in case Apple takes legal action.

Details via Freeman’s twitter:

• Direct credit card processing in the future.
• The purchase is tied to your Cydia account on the server, so even if you buy a new iPhone you will be able to install it on your new device.
• Cyntact is DRM-free. Freeman plans to work with the existing commercial applications to handle their current DRM.

Open up Cydia to update!

What do you guys think of this idea? - Personally, I’m excited. More apps will become more stable and better and will be worth every cent. For those who haven’t yet jailbroken their iPhones: What are you waiting for? Do it already! You’re missing out on a ton of awesome stuff.

Since Apple won’t add copy and paste on the iPhone or iPod Touch someone else had to implement something to take care of copy and paste. ℏClipboard allows the end user to copy and paste text. I’ve tested it on the Notes app, Mail app, and Safari app and it works beautifully. Makes the iPhone experience much better and easier.

Introduction from the project’s website:

ℏClipboard is a global copy and paste solution for the iPhoneOS 2.2 based on iKeyEx.

To Install:

1. Open Cydia
2. Download and Install ℏClipboard from Cydia (BigBoss Repo)
3. Open the Settings app and go to General -> Keyboard -> International -> and turn on the ℏClipboard

Thanks Ecko for the tip!

- source: code.google.com/p/networkpx

For any of you that use Installer instead of Cydia or for any of you who care about Installer, then, you may like to know that RipDev have released Installer 4.0.
From RipDev’s blog:

we have added Greek, Russian and Ukranian localizations, redone the interface for speed, fixed a bunch of bugs and made it so it can bear the tag “4.0″. And yes, we’re proud of what we have done — largely with your feedback.

So, that’s it. If you’d like, go open up the dusty Installer app on your iPhone or iPod Touch and update.

- source: ripdev.org

A group of students from the University of Toronto have completed an awesome iphone hack that could potentially replace most if not all remotes you have around the house. It’s called UiRemote (Short for Universal Infrared Remote), for iPhone only at this moment.

With the help of this small accessory, you will be able to use your iPhone to control your TV, DVD, Cable box, Projectors, Digital Photo Frames, AC, Fans, & Backyard evil robots, whereever you go. Not only does it send out the remote control signals, you can easily teach it to learn any button on any standard Remote, or even a sequence of button clicks as a macro.

This project is in the final prototype stage — The team has been busy making UI improvements and is aiming to release the infrared module and application in a month or two.

Stay tuned!

- source: uiremote.wordpress.com

If you’re one of those people who like having a full size keyboard on devices with tiny hard to use virtual keyboards? Or if you like the feeling of a full size physical keyboard and hate the feeling of a virtual keyboard. One word for you, bluesn0w. Bluesn0w’s developer team, iBluetooth Team, were successful demonstrating a “pwned” bluetooth chipset, allowing anyone to write/implement a fully functional Bluetooth Stack that runs on your iPhone.

From ibluetoothproject.tk:

We have been working around the clock to update and patch the terminal release and prepare for a GUI release. GUI release will be donor only, at least at first

How to Install:

1. Download Bluesn0w v1.1.1 from our iPhone Downloads section
2. Using winSCP or CyberDuck - ssh into your iPhone and copy bluesn0w-1.1.1 to /var/root/
3. Rename it to just bluesn0w
4. Turn off WiFi, stock Bluetooth and everything from the settings app
5. Move away from all microwaves
6. On your iPhone, go to MobileTerminal and type su followed by enter, and type your root password (default is alpine)
7. Type cd /var/root
8. Type chmod 777 bluesn0w
9. Type ./bluesn0w
10. Enjoy!

Download Bluesn0w v1.1.1

- source: ibluetoothproject.tk