Cydia developer planning independent iPhone App Store, others planning jailbreak service, adult app store

Looks like the jailbroken iPhone app scene is about to get seriously interesting -- not only is Cydia is going from package repository to full-fledged app store, a new jailbreaking service called Rock Your Phone is set to launch, and there's a planned adults-only app store. Details are light on the others, but the Cydia Store will offer developers a distribution alternative to Apple's official App Store unencumbered by that pesky SDK agreement and approval process -- are you ready for commercial fart apps with direct hardware access? Of course, users will have to jailbreak their phones for the Cydia Store or any of its wares to run, and that's slightly controversial at the moment, given Apple's opposition to the EFF's proposal to exempt jailbreaking from the DMCA. It's up in the air how the legal situation will play out, but honestly, we can't say we're surprised that devs locked out of Apple's store are finding ways to compete -- the iPhone app market is entirely too lucrative to ignore. We'll see how Apple responds when the Cydia Store and these others go live; we can't help but feel the winning move would be to relax the SDK restrictions and get all these devs playing on the same team.

[Via iLounge]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2009 1:58PM]

Paying attention yet, Apple? Your customers are tired of how you treat developers, how you limit our choices, and how you're not delivering the solutions people want... and therefore go looking to the jailbreak community to get them. It's real. You should be paying attention. And if you want to stop the jailbreak, then understand why we feel the need to take advantage of it /before/ trying to slam the door on us.

I, for one, will be letting Apple's response help determine my upgrade/device choices ... as we now have several enticing alternatives coming into the market and Apple will have to put some effort into keeping us and attracting more users.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2009 2:22PM]

Fart apps with direct hardware access? Sign me up!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 8th 2009 7:57AM]

Roger Mcnamee was right, oppressed iPhone users will switch to PRE en-mass when it releases. The law of gadgets is that the staleness factor creeps up real quick. In Apple's case, way overdue and with such attitute, good riddance !.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 8th 2009 1:02PM]

Seem's like the owner hasn't updated Cydia in quite a while haha

[(Unverified) Posted May 5th 2009 12:43AM]

I see where this will go - once jailbroken, iPhone is like DOS - with no security at all.

I don't believe people who crack applications are all saints, I can't trust my data to these hands! What's more, any app is able to do anything it wants to - in background - no problem - spy on you> Ofcouse, camera and microphones do help a lot, keep that jailbroken iPhone in a tin box to protect your private life I'd say!!

I am sure people with jailbroken iPhones will soon find their identities stolen, just wait, it's all in pipeline. Cydia has another agenda - they now have launched a service where they "protect" genuine apps from being cracked!

All this BS about apple not allowing apps to do whatever they want is driven by ulterior motives - wake up people!!! I am sure all the people who promoting would have never allowed UNIX systems to be built - they loose their edge.

I guess I have made a point, Cydia supporters would now have something to say of course - I am stepping on their business model now!