Cydia 1.1 Released – The New And Improved

On 03/26/2011, in News, by Arjun Komath

Cydia 1.1 is finally upon us and it’s packed with AWESOME! An update which has been discussed for months, and a topic that users have thought about almost every day. Not only are there a ton of new features bundled inside, but we also get UI updates, speed increases and an improved search function. This [...]

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Theme It Launched, Jay Freeman introduces Cydia’s New Theme Center

On 01/24/2011, in New and Notable, News, by Arjun Komath

Yesterday we had announced about, Theme it, a new app that allows you to download, install and Manage themes in your iDevices. Theme It was launched today and it is now available for download. How to install Theme It app! STEP 1: You need a jailbroken device to perform this guide, you can use our [...]

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Why Cydia is Called Cydia ?

On 12/18/2010, in News, by Arjun Komath

Cydia is actually named after a moth. Cydia pomonella is the scientific name for the “coddling moth,” or what we would most likely recognize as the stereotypical apple worm. The Wikipedia article on the Cydia pomonella is actually quite ironic in light of Apple’s iPhone: “[it] has proved to be a problematic pest on several fruit trees, including apples and pears. The caterpillars [...]

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Cydia for the Mac “Within Weeks”

On 12/12/2010, in New and Notable, News, by Arjun Komath

Following the runaway success of Cydia on iOS – with 10% of all iPhone users, about ten million people, having used the marketplace at least once – Jay “saurik” Freeman is planning to bring Cydia to the Mac OS X platform very soon. At the 360 MacDev conference yesterday, Jay said the new app store would [...]

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