As I forage around here trying to eke out the most I can from my iPhone, I thought I would stop and share my thoughts on various aspects of the journey. Keep in mind that, while I am on the bleeding edge here, I am nowhere near as tech saavy or competent as most others. Let's just agree that I am at the back of this class, riding the coattails of my smarter brothers and sisters. I rely on their tips, hints and hardwork for my personal gain. With that in mind, here's a QUICKIE on the PXL (package management tool) Breezy that Mike (aka Tinman) turned me onto. Thanks, Mike!
Well, first of all, here where you can download Breezy: http://code.google.com/p/pxl/
Now, what is Breezy? You've most likely read all the gushing here over iBrickr. Well, Breezy is the Mac OSX version of iBrickr.
Here's an excerpt from the PXL page:
PXL (pronounced 'pixel') is a package management tool for iPhone. It is still in the early stages, however. The primary component is a service called PXLdaemon, which runs on your iPhone; various client services (Breezy, iBrickr, Shimmer and so on) then speak to PXLdaemon in order to install or uninstall packages.
The goal is not only to have a reasonably extensible and sane format, but also keep the entire thing open source so that it can be a community effort to maintain and expand it.
Basically, this is to help you get third party applications, utilities and more onto your iPhone.
The download was easy. The install was, ahem, breezy. Firing it up, as with anything iPhone, I'm discovering had its hiccups. It's like the iPhone resists hooking up with strange apps. Must be Daddy Jobs' chastity belt or whatever. But, after a couple tries, iPhone gave it up and allowed Breezy in.
Once there, you can go online the the iBrickr repository (http://pxl.ibrickr.com/) and download various third party applications like Apollo IM and the Nintendo Entertainment System emulator.
After installing NES, though, I realized Breezy, unlike iBrickr, had no way of getting ROMs onto the iPhone. Strike One. Then, I realized that Installer, which lives on the iPhone does what Breezy does WITHOUT having to have a Mac computer around! Strike Two. For me, I didn't need to wait for a third strike. I moved on.
Final Thoughts: Breezy is a great start for someone with Mac wanting iBrickr-like desktop PXL. But, you'd be better served using AppTap to load Installer onto your iPhone and get updates and new apps on the fly directly on your iPhone via wireless!
Well, first of all, here where you can download Breezy: http://code.google.com/p/pxl/
Now, what is Breezy? You've most likely read all the gushing here over iBrickr. Well, Breezy is the Mac OSX version of iBrickr.
Here's an excerpt from the PXL page:
PXL (pronounced 'pixel') is a package management tool for iPhone. It is still in the early stages, however. The primary component is a service called PXLdaemon, which runs on your iPhone; various client services (Breezy, iBrickr, Shimmer and so on) then speak to PXLdaemon in order to install or uninstall packages.
The goal is not only to have a reasonably extensible and sane format, but also keep the entire thing open source so that it can be a community effort to maintain and expand it.
Basically, this is to help you get third party applications, utilities and more onto your iPhone.
The download was easy. The install was, ahem, breezy. Firing it up, as with anything iPhone, I'm discovering had its hiccups. It's like the iPhone resists hooking up with strange apps. Must be Daddy Jobs' chastity belt or whatever. But, after a couple tries, iPhone gave it up and allowed Breezy in.
Once there, you can go online the the iBrickr repository (http://pxl.ibrickr.com/) and download various third party applications like Apollo IM and the Nintendo Entertainment System emulator.
After installing NES, though, I realized Breezy, unlike iBrickr, had no way of getting ROMs onto the iPhone. Strike One. Then, I realized that Installer, which lives on the iPhone does what Breezy does WITHOUT having to have a Mac computer around! Strike Two. For me, I didn't need to wait for a third strike. I moved on.
Final Thoughts: Breezy is a great start for someone with Mac wanting iBrickr-like desktop PXL. But, you'd be better served using AppTap to load Installer onto your iPhone and get updates and new apps on the fly directly on your iPhone via wireless!
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