Installed the PXL MobileSafari Plugin and it works great. Just bookmark this page on your iPhone:
http://pxl.ibrickr.com/
Then you can use that page to install any apps, right from Safari--no PC or Mac connection needed. Better yet, when viewing that page on the iPhone it is MUCH more iPhone friendly:
Gotchas:
You can't uninstall apps on the iPhone, even if you have Installer installed. Since I use iBrickr, the apps installed on the iPhone do show up in iBrickr back on my PC.
You also don't get update notifications, which is handy in Installer. OTOH, you can easily reinstall an app and it will update to the latest version. No need to uninstall first.
Why should I use this when Installer just works?
Mostly, because you can! But seriously, there are a few points here. For starters on a few occasions the number of apps shown by Installer just dropped down to nearly nothing. I was at the mercy of whomever maintains the files to get them back up. With the Safari plugin I can download a PXL from anywhere--even from my own Web site if I so choose. Just need to make the PXL available for download.
There are also a few apps available at the above URL that are not listed in Installer.
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Mike
http://pxl.ibrickr.com/
Then you can use that page to install any apps, right from Safari--no PC or Mac connection needed. Better yet, when viewing that page on the iPhone it is MUCH more iPhone friendly:
Gotchas:
You can't uninstall apps on the iPhone, even if you have Installer installed. Since I use iBrickr, the apps installed on the iPhone do show up in iBrickr back on my PC.
You also don't get update notifications, which is handy in Installer. OTOH, you can easily reinstall an app and it will update to the latest version. No need to uninstall first.
Why should I use this when Installer just works?
Mostly, because you can! But seriously, there are a few points here. For starters on a few occasions the number of apps shown by Installer just dropped down to nearly nothing. I was at the mercy of whomever maintains the files to get them back up. With the Safari plugin I can download a PXL from anywhere--even from my own Web site if I so choose. Just need to make the PXL available for download.
There are also a few apps available at the above URL that are not listed in Installer.
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Mike
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