Cydia App Store for Unlocked iPhones Now Takes Payments

User’s of jailbroken iPhones aren’t limited to applications from Apple’s official store. They can also install 3rd party apps that haven’t been through Apple’s screening process, and now the developers of those apps have a simple way to charge for their apps. Most iPhone jailbreaking tools install Cydia app store, which makes it the most popular [...]
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BlackBerry App World minimum paid price: $2.99

RIM's newly-named BlackBerry App World might be all set to compete with the other mobile app stores on the scene, but it's not going head-to-head on price: according to the developer docs, the first price tier above free is $2.99. That doesn't seem like much, but it's a little puzzling in light of how successful various less-expensive iPhone apps have been. Of course, RIM might just want its apps to seem more valuable to customers -- and maybe keep fart apps far from its business-oriented platform -- but we'll see how developers react when things go live.

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BlackBerry App World minimum paid price: $2.99 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Daily Roundup: here's what you might've missed

	MacBook Pro 17-inch unibody review Will previous 17-inch fans find a slam dunk or a dud underneath the unibody exterior?		Amazon's Kindle for iPhone hits the App Store Sure, Amazon could pit the Kindle squarely against phone- and PDA-based e-book apps, but why not play both sides?
	Sprint's Palm Treo Pro set to make its debut on March 15th Well, March 15th looks like launch day for Sprint's Palm Treo Pro, and it's about time, after all, we've seen it rumored, unboxed, reviewed, and now finally you'll get a chance to pick one up.	Other news of import iMac (early 2009) unboxing and hands-on Apple Mac mini (GeForce 9400M) unboxing and hands-on NAB throws down, sues FCC over white space internet Check out all our CeBIT 2009 coverage
	ZillionTV brings ad-based streaming content to the television Just in case hooking up ZeeVee's ZvBox and getting access to all available online media is too difficult, there's ZillionTV.		RIM names its app store 'BlackBerry App World' What's bigger than a store, a market, or a catalog? A whole frigging world, that's what.
Slumdog Millionaire goes from Academy Awards stage to Blu-ray disc March 31 Ask Engadget HD: Easiest-to-use HD media streamer?		HTC's rumored 2009 lineup gets fleshed out with specs, dates Reception issues with North American Nokia 5800s to be fixed with firmware?

The Daily Roundup: here's what you might've missed originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video: Hama's iPod touch racing wheel exemplifies overkill

While most of Hama's CeBIT booth consisted of random USB drives, cases and other sorts of low-rate accessories, this particular low-rate accessory grabbed our hearts and wouldn't let go. The absurdly titled Game Wheel Speed-X is evidently geared to work with Apple's latest iPod touch, though we reckon an iPhone 3G should slide right in without too much effort. Clearly, this aims to be a Wii Wheel for your favorite Apple handheld, though we have to wonder how many individuals plan on carrying this ridiculously large piece of plastic around with their touch. Actually, we don't have to wonder. Jump past the break for a couple of video demonstrations.

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Video: Hama's iPod touch racing wheel exemplifies overkill originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bird Electron's Takotsubo "octopus trap" speakers are all kinds of odd

Bird Electron loves rolling out the crazy little speakers and such for your listening pleasure. The company's newest pair, the Takotsubo speakers, are modeled on Japanese fisherman traps. In this form factor, however, we doubt they'll do much beyond catch some wild stares from your friends, but they sure are cute! Don't expect to be blown away by the sound, but they're available now (in Japan only) for ¥5,000 (about $50). Check out another photo after the break.

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Bird Electron's Takotsubo "octopus trap" speakers are all kinds of odd originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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RIM names its app store 'BlackBerry App World'

What's bigger than a store, a market, or a catalog? A whole frigging world, that's what. A sign-up page to be notified when the BlackBerry App World is available -- which we've linked -- will go live at 10PM tonight.

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RIM names its app store 'BlackBerry App World' originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is the iPhone hotter than we think?

It's hard to call two incidents of some occurrence around the world a trend, but, when those incidents both involve an electrical device catching fire spontaneously, it creates a situation that's hard to ignore -- especially when that device is the iPhone. On Saturday, Italian blogger Tim Colbourne was charging his 3G handset and, after three hours, it sparked and caught fire at the base. Tim did a little investigation and found a case of a Swedish handset doing the same thing back in 2008, making us a little concerned that there could be more melted chargers out there. Apple replaced that earlier phone after something of a fight, and while we're hoping they'll be a little friendlier here, we're also hoping this gives Cupertino another bit of incentive to go ahead and switch over to micro-USB already. All the cool kids are doing it, and you don't see their cables catching fire -- usually.

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Is the iPhone hotter than we think? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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