The world of big business has hit the iDevice jailbreak community.
The Cydia jailbreak app store has taken over its rival, Rock Your Phone.
Cydia and Rock are the only way owners with jailbroken devices can get non-Apple approved apps for their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
The move is described as "an acquisition", but no more details of the actual deal are being released.
The Rock app store will "fade away". There'll be a transition period over the next 10 days or so and after that customers will use their Cydia Store login to retrieve their Rock purchased apps.
Most Rock apps and themes will be moved over to Cydia - in fact, the majority are there already.
Rock - the newcomer on the block - was launched about 18-months ago by Mario Ciabarra (psuskeels), who'd developed several apps including the highly successful Intelliscreen under the Intelliborn brand. Cydia, run by Jay Freeman (Saurik) has become the mainstay app distribution source for jailbroken devices.
Mario Ciabarra says:
"It's been a fun ride. We set out to change the landscape and I think we were very successful. I think we contributed to attracting more business professionals to the iPhone jailbreak community, and added some great functionality to the platform. The current transaction with Cydia is a great opportunity for us. We're going to miss some of the excitement, but no reason for anyone to worry. I, personally, will be spending even more time in Intelliborn apps development (both existing and exciting new projects). A few months ago, Jay and I sat down together and we realized, I enjoyed making apps more (and was better at it), while Jay enjoys providing platform functionality. It was a win-win for both groups and we're excited about the transition."
I must admit, Intelliscreen is one of my major reasons for jailbreaking. Let's hope at least that app can now go from strength to strength.
The Cydia jailbreak app store has taken over its rival, Rock Your Phone.
Cydia and Rock are the only way owners with jailbroken devices can get non-Apple approved apps for their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
The move is described as "an acquisition", but no more details of the actual deal are being released.
The Rock app store will "fade away". There'll be a transition period over the next 10 days or so and after that customers will use their Cydia Store login to retrieve their Rock purchased apps.
Most Rock apps and themes will be moved over to Cydia - in fact, the majority are there already.
Rock - the newcomer on the block - was launched about 18-months ago by Mario Ciabarra (psuskeels), who'd developed several apps including the highly successful Intelliscreen under the Intelliborn brand. Cydia, run by Jay Freeman (Saurik) has become the mainstay app distribution source for jailbroken devices.
Mario Ciabarra says:
"It's been a fun ride. We set out to change the landscape and I think we were very successful. I think we contributed to attracting more business professionals to the iPhone jailbreak community, and added some great functionality to the platform. The current transaction with Cydia is a great opportunity for us. We're going to miss some of the excitement, but no reason for anyone to worry. I, personally, will be spending even more time in Intelliborn apps development (both existing and exciting new projects). A few months ago, Jay and I sat down together and we realized, I enjoyed making apps more (and was better at it), while Jay enjoys providing platform functionality. It was a win-win for both groups and we're excited about the transition."
I must admit, Intelliscreen is one of my major reasons for jailbreaking. Let's hope at least that app can now go from strength to strength.
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