Jailbreak or Apple AppStore?

Kristoph · 17 Jul 2008 at 15:13

Hey, I've just bought an iPod touch, I'm wondering which is worth doing?

Are all the apps available through the Jailbreak method available through the new update?

Thanks.

Rilot · 17 Jul 2008 at 15:36

There are more free apps via Jailbreaking and some very interesting ones too that will never appear on the app store due to Apple's restrictions on what you can and can't do with an app.

Kristoph · 17 Jul 2008 at 15:47

Is there a site with all of these apps together, I think I'd need to decide which ones are more useful to me. I've searched a few sites but nothing of value stood out to me.

geekyEd · 17 Jul 2008 at 15:56

Ive found the apple apps to be much more reliable than my old jailbreak apps.

Also I dont find myself needing to charge my iphone every night anymore.

J1234 · 17 Jul 2008 at 15:57

I'd say App Store is the way forward now.

Jailbreaking will void your warranty, some apps crash/freeze the phone, more risk when installing stuff etc.

App Store has stable apps that work.

Edit: Oh and a lot of the apps for Jailbreaks have been hugely improved and moved to the App Store for proper distribution, such as Sketches.

Kristoph · 17 Jul 2008 at 16:01

Yeah think I might just go for the App Store, there's plenty of free ones for tight gits like me!

I'm sure plenty more will be added over the coming months too.

[DOD]Asprilla · 17 Jul 2008 at 16:03

Does it have to be either / or?

I've got a number of apps from the store, but it's not going to fulfill all my needs; MSN client, for example.

geekyEd · 17 Jul 2008 at 16:04

indeed MSN is soooooo badly missing from the app store. Stupid apple.

Logsi · 17 Jul 2008 at 17:52

s1ick said:
indeed MSN is soooooo badly missing from the app store. Stupid Microsoft.

Kainz · 17 Jul 2008 at 18:02

Jailbreak is the better option at present, I've yet to see any buggy/crashing app fullstop and I've tried tons. Apple's store maybe the way forward but the jailbreak route will have the apps that don't abide by Apple's overly stringent guidelines e.g background running apps like the awesome Intelliscreen.

I've only found two apps so far on the apple store worth keeping. The rest are dull.

Rilot · 17 Jul 2008 at 22:14

Well, once the JB for 2.0 is out, you can have both.
Well, once they've re-written all the apps.

Spyhop · 17 Jul 2008 at 22:24

I think the App Store is really going to pull ahead, but there are notable exceptions.

Take MobileScrobbler for jailbroken phones vs. the official Last.fm application (they are made by the same person, in fact). The official one can't scrobble iPod plays directly from the iPhone because Apple's API makes it impossible. MobileScrobbler has been able to do that for months now and is far more desirable because of it!

$h@d0w · 18 Jul 2008 at 09:35

Jailbreak - does not void warranty and can be easily reversed.

Rilot · 18 Jul 2008 at 12:42

OK, having just downloaded Beatmaster, my opinion of the App Store has just gone through the roof.

Check it out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZSpFK_K7jKo&feature=related

This app is just incredible and makes the iPhone the most impressive mobile device I've ever seen. Show me anything else that can do this.

J1234 · 18 Jul 2008 at 12:56

$h@d0w said:
Jailbreak - does not void warranty and can be easily reversed.

Yes it does void the warranty, read the End User Licence Agreement for the iPod Touch and iPhone regarding the installation of third party applications not using the App Store.

It can however be easily removed.