App Store or Installer.app? The choice is yours.

Section: Apple, iPhone + Communications, iPhone, iPhone SDK & Apps, Originals

The App Store comes out in about a week and promises to awe iPhone users with a library of awesome, Apple supported applications. Whether Apple’s idea to include this came from enraged consumers or the rush they were seeing towards jailbreaking is not known. However, in the end, Apple is still going to have to compete with Installer.app to provide the same user experience. The question is, will you still jailbreak your iPhone when the App Store is knocking at your door?

Reasons to use the App Store
Apple must inspect every application they are to offer through the App Store. This will insure that the apps available are of high quality to users. Also, since this whole platform was built and is supported by Apple, large companies such as EA have hopped on board and promise to offer games and applications you could never imagine from jailbroken apps. I don’t see Monkey Ball coming to Installer.app anytime soon. On top of this, Apple’s system will most likely be kinder to your device since Apple is doing all they can to keep background processes to a minimum and battery power to a maximum. Even with software updates, the App Store won’t break like Installer.app usually does. I personally will be choosing this route.

Reasons to jailbreak
Some people hate the idea of the semi-closed platform that Apple is offering, and that is reason enough for them to jailbreak. Also, because it is supported by open source gurus, you know all of the apps will be free of charge. With no screening process and tons of developers, you can find an app for almost everything (even iPhone porn, if you’re into that). Also, most of the developers like to constantly update their applications and stay in contact with their users, and help will be a simply Google search away.

The choice is yours. Will you be taking the Apple way and using the App Store, or will you go out on a limb and jailbreak your shiny new iPhone? Just keep in mind, Apple probably won’t want you using the jailbreaking method, so it may be harder for developers and hackers to crack the iPhone’s security like before.

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