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If your iPhone is jailbroken, you may’ve heard of Jay “saurik” Freeman. If not – you should know he’s the main brain behind the popular Cydia app store where folks who want more from their iDevices go for the latest apps and iOS modifications that don’t sing along Apple’s iOS development policies.
Well, Jay said that Mac users will get their Cydia store “within weeks,” too. Speaking at the 360|MacDev, he bashed Apple for all the iOS restrictions imposed by the company, going further to foresee that many of the restrictions will move to the Mac App Store.
As part of the plan to deliver Cydia on desktops and laptops, Freeman created a new version of MobileSubstrate called “CydiaSubstrate,” which can run on both iOS and Mac OS. He said: “Just like you can make all these modifications on the iPhone, you can make these same modifications on the desktop. Until now, there has never been a way to easily install modifications to the system or third-party applications, as well as keep them updated.”
We can only hope he’s wrong, but something tells me he’s right on target… In the meantime, developers interested in getting their products into Mac Cydia were told to email patrick at saurikit.com for further details.
[Via: ArsTechnica, TUAW]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
