RipDev released InstallerApp a few weeks ago, InstallerApp allows you to install applications from repositories from Installer or Cydia from your desktop.

What’s new?:

• Added iPod touch 1G support (iPod touch 2G is not supported at the moment)
• Added More Information panel to view additional information about packages
• Improved processing of packages with dependencies
• Upgraded device integration module and iPhone support
• Improved interaction with iTunes
• Enhanced support for numerous packages
• Added most popular packages (in terms of user feedback) to the “Featured” category
• Added YouTube support for “unlocked” iPhones
• Added tooltips for package status icons
• Added notification for packages with unknown sources
• Added new command-line utilities for packages that might require them
• Added ability to “Force Delete” packages that have dependencies (including “circular” dependencies)
• Improved package synchronization process
• Fixed “Recent packages” issue where recent packages would not show
• Fixed application crash after unexpected device disconnect
• Fixed error with package refresh after adding or removing sources
• Fixed issue of recognizing package status after synchronization
• Number of other minor fixes

A ton of fixed stuff, improved features, and added features. Pretty awesome! Unfortunately for Windows users, you’ll have to keep waiting for a WIndows version, it should be coming soon. No word from RipDev on a planned release date but they say soon, sit tight.

InstallerApp, unfortunately, isn’t free – $7USD for One (1) license for up to 3 devices and Without a license, InstallerApp is a fully functional application, including ability to perform Push procedure and put Installer.app on iPhone — only package installation onto the iPhone is not available.

- source: ripdev.com

In the process of developing InstallerApp, which we told you about not too long ago, RipDev was investigating the technology behind Cydia. Basically, Cydia is a front-end to two open source techs – APT and DPKG. DPKG is a system that installs and removes specially prepared packages. APT allows these files to be organized in network repositories to be indexed and downloaded.

From RipDev:

Due to the highly unoptimal build of DPKG (as Jay Freeman, the author of Cydia, admits it in his article about Cydia) we had to compile DPKG and the tools needed from scratch. As a result, the same set of tools take only a little over than 1 megabyte as opposed to 32 installed by Cydia.
While testing Cydia support for InstallerApp, we of course had to use Jay’s creation a lot. And unfortunately it felt slow, and overloaded. We thought, well, why not make our own front-end to DPKG? It would be compatible with Cydia, but be focused on speed, elegance and be very, very thin. So one of our programmers sat down and made up in a week a new alternative installer that we are proud to reveal to you today, named Icy.

RipDev claims Icy is simple and they plan to keep it that way.

• It will only refresh repositories when you tell it to
• will not scroll pages of cool looking terminal text when installing or removing a package. Instead, it presents the installation process in a friendly and cool manner
• enhanced with crisp black and white interface featuring icons by quite famous artist Max Rudberg

Icy uses the same DPKG technology that Cydia uses but without the APT tech that handles the downloading of repository indeces and packages. Instead, RipDev decided to use a combination of libcurland sqlite for that.
Hungry for faster repository refreshes? Well, Icy will only download headers when refreshing repos so it won’t download again the indeces that were not changed – this saves on your traffic and makes the refreshes faster. It will pick up existing Cydia repositories and also will allow you to add more through its Add Source interface.

RipDev also added landscape support, awesome! I tip my hat at RipDev for adding landscape seeing as it’s so useful!
For those who are freaked out thinking you’ll have to take out your wallet for this, calm down, Icy will always remain free!

RipDev also mentions Installer 5 will be announced soon

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Hey guys & gals, you may remember that we covered JuiceDrop by RipDev a few weeks ago. In case you don’t remember, Juicedrop is the easy utility that enables you to transfer files to your iPhone or iPod Touch via USB without any type of iPhone Hacks or iPod Touch Hacks this includes iPhone Jailbreaking.

JuiceDrop is a completely free utility for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows allowing you to painlessly upload any files to your iPhone by just dragging them over the JuiceDrop window. No Wi-Fi required! You can configure the mapping for file types you drag on and appropriate folders on the device

This update is for Mac OS X only and it fixes the following:

• Fixed a bug with adding of new file types.
• Fixed a bug with case-sensitive comparison of file types when uploading to the iPhone.
• Added automatic Software Update checking.
• Path settings are saved per-protocol now.

It’s recommended you get the new version and update.

You may download Juicedrop v1.1 from our iPhone Downloads section:
JuiceDrop v1.1 Download for Mac OS X

Calling all iPhone developers developing for the AppStore, are you tired of them dirty pirates stealing your work? Are you tired of loosing a big chunk of money because of pirates? Say no more! RipDev comes to the rescue with Kali Anti-Piracy, it’s a service for developers that protects their applications from being pirated!

With Kali Anti-Piracy your application is being wrapped in the additional layer of protection engineered by experts in Mac OS X and iPhone OS architectures, giving potential hackers much harder time in achieving the precious “crack”. Moreover, we are constantly monitoring the current trends and news in the underground hacker communities to make sure Kali AP stays on top of the “competition”.

Compliance with the iPhone SDK

Kali Anti-Piracy uses only documented and allowed calls, therefore, it is fully compliant with the Apple iPhone SDK. Products protected with Kali AP are passing the Apple approval process and are currently successfully selling in the AppStore.

Kali Anti-Piracy isn’t free – it would be bad ass if it were – Look at the image above

Pricing Example:

Royalty fee is calculated based on the developer’s cut (70%) after Apple Inc commission (30%). Let’s take a look at how the royalty payment is
calculated by running a few examples.

• You have a $0.99 product that was sold 2500 times in the past quarter. Your cut will be (2500 * $0.99 * 0.7) = $1,732.50. Based on the volume tiers
  above, you are eligible for the discounted 4% royalty rate, which results in ($1,732.50 * 0.04) = $69.30 payable to Ripdev.
• You have a $4.99 product that was sold 13000 times in the past quarter. Your cut will be (13000 * $4.99 * 0.7) = $45,409. Based on the volume tiers
  above, you are eligible for the discounted 3% rate, which results in ($45,409 * 0.03) = $1,362.27 payable to Ripdev.

- source: ripdev.com

RipDev have released Pusher — What is Pusher? Pusher is a tool that will essentially jailbreak your iPhone and install a few goodies such as Installer.app. Pusher supports firmware 2.0.2, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.2.1!

Pusher is a tool that installs world-famous Installer.app that gives access to numerous award-winning tools for the iPhone and allows you to use best of both App Store and Installer without compromising your security. Pusher will put Installer.app onto your 2.0.2, 2.1, 2.2 or 2.2.1 iPhone (both 2G and 3G) as well as a number of other goodies.

Pusher is completely free and you can download it via our iPhone Downloads section

Download:
Pusher v2.2.1 Mac OS X Download
Pusher v2.2.1 Windows Download

- source: ripdev.com

RipDev have released a similar app to what half the world is doing, an app that will let you transfer files to your iPhone or iPod Touch via USB without having to jailbreak. Juicedrop is completely free and requires no Wi-Fi, so many of you with no Wi Fi at home will still be able to transfer stuff to your iPhone and not miss out on anything!

JuiceDrop is a completely free utility for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows allowing you to painlessly upload any files to your iPhone by just dragging them over the JuiceDrop window. No Wi-Fi required! You can configure the mapping for file types you drag on and appropriate folders on the device

Juicedrop is 100% free and is available for both Mac OS X and Windows PC

You can download Juicedrop from ouriPhone Downloads section.

Download Juicedrop:
Juicedrop Download for Mac OS X
Juicedrop Download for Windows

- source: ripdev.com

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