complaints from disgruntled iTunes users,
could the Dev Team be working on an iTunes
replacement for the jailbreak community? While it does seem too good to be true, there
is a definite chance that jailbreakers will have
their own iTunes-like app that works
specifically for jailbroken iDevices. A famous
jailbreak developer has raised speculation that
the Dev Team is in fact working on an alternative for iTunes. Joshua Hill, or P0sixninja, is a member of the
Dev Team and a prominent figure in the
jailbreak community. A series of tweets
between he and Nick Hoggan reveal that the
Dev Team is in early development for their
very own iTunes replacement. Nick asked P0sixninja if the Dev Team was
working on an iTunes alternative, and
P0sixninja responded with a simple, “yes, soon.” Nick then responded to P0sixninja’s tweet with a question about the projected release of an
iTunes replacement. P0sixninja said that the
project is under, “heavy development.” So, it appears that an iTunes replacement from
the Dev Team won’t be ready for prime time until this fall at the earliest. (Perhaps its
release will be in conjunction with the release
of Apple’s OS X Lion?) In another corner of the jailbreak community,
Jay “saurik” Freeman has been teasing the notion of a Mac version of Cydia for quite some
time. Not much news has been released about
Cydia for Mac, but perhaps saurik and the Dev Team will team up for an all-in-one jailbreak
replacement for iTunes. (We all can dream,
right?) In case you’re still wondering, an iTunes replacement for the jailbreak community would
mean several things. Foremost, an “iTunes for jailbreakers” would mean less hassle in upgrading and downgrading jailbroken
firmwares (in conjunction with jailbreak tools like PwnageTool). If an iTunes-like app was made with jailbroken
devices in mind, you would ideally be able to manage Cydia apps, tweaks, etc. like iTunes
currently manages App Store apps. There’s a good chance that the Dev Team develepors will also include popular feature requests, such as, the ability to drag media off any iDevice or remove the need for
authentication when syncing with multiple computers. We must clarify that this is all speculation at
this point. No real facts have been released about an iTunes replacement for jailbreakers. In the meantime, what would you like to see out of an iTunes alternative from the Dev
Team? Better support for custom IPSW restores? Built in SSH navigation? We’re curious as to how such an app would be
named. (iPWN?)