I’m not sure how long this app will stay up (Cydia rules are different than App Store rules, I’m sure) but there’s a new $1.99 app for sale on Cydia called OverBoard, and it’s an admitted copycat of Orbit — but with a few more features right out of the box. You’re still getting your […]
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You could use Orbit for iPhone Exposé, or you could try OverBoard instead

Nov 20th 2009 by

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I’m not sure how long this app will stay up (Cydia rules are different than App Store rules, I’m sure) but there’s a new $1.99 app for sale on Cydia called OverBoard, and it’s an admitted copycat of Orbit — but with a few more features right out of the box. You’re still getting your money’s worth in terms of iPhone Exposé to see all of your home screens at once, but you’ve also got some other goodies. Overboard features alternative activation methods (pinch or home button), winterboard compatibility, and more screens to call home (err, extra home screens) — none of which are present in Orbit 1.0.

Steven Troughton-Smith says he already knows about OverBoard and seems to cite it as one of the reasons he has delayed Orbit 1.1, which is supposed to bring pinch and homescreen support to the app (if not more).

The two solutions are obviously very similar, but it’s not as though Steven thought the idea for Orbit up himself — even Orbit is actually based on the concept video made by Ocean Observations. I haven’t had experience with Orbit or Overboard so I can’t say what the performance differences are (if any), but it’s interesting that Cydia users now have similarly priced choices for iPhone Exposé goodness.

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