Cydia Store Now Open
The much discussed Cydia Store has launched and is now open. I discussed Jay Freeman’s opening of the store and reason behind this decision in a post just yesterday.
Cydia Store is nothing more than an update that allows the option of purchasing apps within the current Cydia app. I was hoping the update would provide a solution similar to Apple’s App Store, but the new store allows quick and easy transactions for apps. You can either sign in with your Facebook or Google Account, as well as Amazon for payments. While the store only provides payments through the above logins, Freeman said Paypal will be implemented within the next week.
The first app, developer by the Cydia creator himself, is called Cyntact, which allows you to view address book pictures along side the name when browsing your contacts. This is a very cool feature, and quite reasonably price at only $1.00.
The new Cydia Store, requires a jailbroken phone and a recent update, allowing access to the new store options and applications. Once updated, the new applications will appear with a blue highlight, which is only Cyntact at the moment; however more apps will be added soon.
Although this solution is not as ideal as the iTunes App Store – at surely not as mainstream – it still provides an avenue for developers to gain revenue on apps denied by Apple or purely applications they’d like to share with the third-party community.
Will the Cydia Store post a thread to Apple’s App Store? Perhaps, a lawsuit… Luckily saurik has his lawyers on hand ready for any action.
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