iPhone question - Page 2

Dymetrie · 13-02-2010, 20:22

iPhone, iPod Touch or iTunes are your best bets for searching the appstore

A Place of Light · 13-02-2010, 20:24

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Originally Posted by Dymetrie

iPhone, iPod Touch or iTunes are your best bets for searching the appstore

There's a certain logic to that I guess.
If you need to search for an app, you will amost certainly have a device to run said app or at least have iTunes installed.

Mark · 13-02-2010, 20:43

Apple's App Store is the only 'closed' environment - you have to use their software to access it. iTunes is a necessity for the iPhone anyway so that's not a big deal.

Most of the other app stores (Windows, Android, Palm) can be searched by other means (e.g. Cyrket).

Desmo · 13-02-2010, 21:39

You'll not find anything on iBluetooth....because it has become iBluenova and will in the cydia store shortly

Here's a decent thread on it...
http://xsellize.com/showthread.php/8...th-app-for-3-x

A Place of Light · 14-02-2010, 15:05

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Originally Posted by Desmo

You'll not find anything on iBluetooth....because it has become iBluenova and will in the cydia store shortly

Here's a decent thread on it...
http://xsellize.com/showthread.php/8...th-app-for-3-x

So until this app is ready, the task is impossible as no other similar app exists?

Mark · 14-02-2010, 15:39

And even then it's only usable if the phone is jailbroken. It's on the unofficial Cydia store, not the official App Store.

A Place of Light · 14-02-2010, 17:33

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Originally Posted by Mark

And even then it's only usable if the phone is jailbroken. It's on the unofficial Cydia store, not the official App Store.

Thanks. I was reasonably sure that this wasn't possible on even a jailbroken iPhone, and definitely impossible on a standard one, but I was assured by a couple of iPhone owners that there were several apps that would perform this function. It seems that until the iBluenova app appears then there's no way to do what my friend is trying to do.

Desmo · 14-02-2010, 20:31

If there was any other way to do it, I'd be doing it by now

What others are saying is possible now is only with a few certain apps and only from iPhone to iPhone.

iBlueNova is now ready. It's all packaged up and just waiting to be integrated in to the cydia store.

A Place of Light · 14-02-2010, 21:32

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Originally Posted by Desmo

If there was any other way to do it, I'd be doing it by now

What others are saying is possible now is only with a few certain apps and only from iPhone to iPhone.

iBlueNova is now ready. It's all packaged up and just waiting to be integrated in to the cydia store.

I've underlined the stumbling block that my friend has hit. It seems there are apps to send things iPhone to iPhone, but that's all.
Don't you think that its a major flaw to the phone that BT can't be used for anything other than an audio connection (speakers or earpiece) without downloading other apps.....and even then its with limited functionality.

Mark · 14-02-2010, 21:43

No, it's not a flaw in the hardware. It can be used for that purpose (otherwise iBlueNova would never have happened). However, Apple made a choice that they don't want you to do this (along with quite a few other things that they don't want you to do). Try getting a vaguely open Bluetooth stack on to the App Store and you'll hit a brick wall - that's why it's gone to Cydia.

13-02-2010, 20:22	#11
Dymetrie A large glass of Merlot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Letchworth with a Lightsaber Posts: 5,819	iPhone, iPod Touch or iTunes are your best bets for searching the appstore __________________ Khef, Ka and Ka-Tet....

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Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	You'll not find anything on iBluetooth....because it has become iBluenova and will in the cydia store shortly Here's a decent thread on it... http://xsellize.com/showthread.php/8...th-app-for-3-x __________________ Last edited by Desmo; 13-02-2010 at 21:43.

14-02-2010, 20:31	#18
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	If there was any other way to do it, I'd be doing it by now What others are saying is possible now is only with a few certain apps and only from iPhone to iPhone. iBlueNova is now ready. It's all packaged up and just waiting to be integrated in to the cydia store. __________________

13-02-2010, 20:43	#13
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Apple's App Store is the only 'closed' environment - you have to use their software to access it. iTunes is a necessity for the iPhone anyway so that's not a big deal. Most of the other app stores (Windows, Android, Palm) can be searched by other means (e.g. Cyrket).

14-02-2010, 15:39	#16
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	And even then it's only usable if the phone is jailbroken. It's on the unofficial Cydia store, not the official App Store.

14-02-2010, 21:43	#20
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	No, it's not a flaw in the hardware. It can be used for that purpose (otherwise iBlueNova would never have happened). However, Apple made a choice that they don't want you to do this (along with quite a few other things that they don't want you to do). Try getting a vaguely open Bluetooth stack on to the App Store and you'll hit a brick wall - that's why it's gone to Cydia.