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Wallpaper 2.3

Brooke — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:44:55 +0000

Man, Sean just keeps making this app better and better!! BTW – Congratulations Sean!! Version 2.3 of Wallpaper adds the ability to comment on the wallpapers! Once you are in the app, you can tap on a wallpaper and you will see a new option; Comments (all the previous options are still available). The first time you select Comments, you will need to sign up for an account. Just enter what you would like your username and password to be and your email address. Once all your information has been added, tap on Create Account. You will then be prompted to enter your password again. Now you are able to view and leave comments on the wallpapers! It is really cool!! If you add the wallpaper to your gallery you can go back and check later to see if any more comments have been added! The Remove From Gallery option has also been changed to red…which is helpful. Wallpaper is available through the AppTapp source.

Wallpaper 2.2

Brooke — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:31:14 +0000

When I saw the update to version 2.2 of Wallpaper I was hoping I could come back and tell you it was the update everyone has been waiting for. But, I can’t! The only difference that I notice is that when you are in your Gallery and you choose a Wallpaper…it makes it full screen…then you have to tap on the Wallpaper again to bring up the menu. I’m pretty sure in the previous version it just brought up the menu…but, I can’t remember…someone let me know in the comments. Other than that…I don’t see any visual changes! Wallpaper is available through the iApp-a-Day source.

Update: I heard back from Sean…I was so right about the Wallpaper gallery thing!

Wallpaper 2.1

Brooke — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:55:52 +0000

There are a few minor changes with version 2.1 of Wallpaper. The first menu when you enter the app now says Share My Wallpaper or Nevermind…selecting Nevermind allows you to view the Wallpapers without sharing your own Wallpaper. The previous version said Share My Wallpaper and Continue Without Sharing. There has also been a wording changes on the Menu when you select a Wallpaper…instead of Flag it now says Report. ~~The cool new feature is~~ that when you add the Wallpaper you the Gallery it also puts that Wallpaper in your Camera Roll…so that is sweet because you do not have to use SSH to get them off your iPhone anymore! Though, on a side note, for me it is just as easy to drag the images to my computer via SSH as it is to drag them out of the Camera Roll…either way I’m just dragging them to my computer! But, for people who do not use SSH a lot it is more convenient for them to be in the Camera Roll. My bad…I think I must have accidently taken screenshots of the Wallpapers…maybe it was just wishful thinking!! Sorry to get your hopes up! Wallpaper is available through the iApp-a-Day source. Below are the screenshots.

Wallpaper 2.0

Brooke — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:29:45 +0000

I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for this update (ok, I really wasn’t that impatient Sean but, you did tell me you would look into it!). However, all I was expecting with version 2.0 of Wallpaper was a fix so the app would work with firmware lower than 1.1.3 (the last update, version 1.6, made it compatible with only 1.1.3 and above) instead I was greeted with some very cool new changes! The first change I noticed was a new icon…which totally threw me off, I was like…where in the world did the Wallpaper app go!! I seriously looked for it for like five minutes…then I had Doug look! But, I like the new icon!

The initial pop-up when you open the app has changed and now allows you to view the Wallpapers without sharing your Wallpaper! When you tap on a Wallpaper you would like to keep…you will see a few new options. You can set the Wallpaper as your Wallpaper (like before) but now you can add the wallpaper to a gallery, View Gallery and Flag a wallpaper. I love these new options. When you select Add To Gallery it keeps that wallpaper in a Gallery that you can then go back into by selecting View Gallery. In the Gallery you will get a thumbnail of all the Wallpapers you have added to the Gallery. You can then select a Wallpaper out of there and set it as your the Wallpaper on your iPhone. So, it is like a little storage area for all the Wallpapers you like!

The flagging option is pretty cool too. Flagging a wallpaper marks it as inappropriate and when you flag a wallpaper it actually makes the screen go black until it loads the next wallpaper. Even though you can no longer save the wallpaper to your Camera Roll…you can still get it off your iPhone if you would like. The wallpapers are located in the var/root/Library/Wallpaper folder for 1.1.3 and below and in the var/mobile/Library/Wallpaper folder for 1.1.3 and above. Wallpaper is available through the iApp-a-Day source. Below are the screenshots.

Wallpaper 1.8

Brooke — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:56:49 +0000

I have gotten a ton of emails over the last few months from people asking how to get the Wallpaper app to work correctly on their 1.1.3/1.1.4 (if you are on anything less than 1.1.3, please read the warning below). Well, no need for a symbolic link any more because Wallpaper version 1.8 makes the app compatible with 1.1.3 and 1.1.4. There are no visual changes to the app…the interface is the same. Wallpaper is available through the iApp-a-Day source. Below is the screenshot.

Warning: If you are on a firmware lower than 1.1.3/1.1.4 version 1.8 of this app will not work for you…do not update quite yet…I bet we see an update soon!

Wallpaper Update 1.7

Brooke — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:32:44 +0000

When I saw an update to Wallpaper on the Installer.app…I took a double take!! We haven’t seen anything from Sean since his last iApp-a-day in November!! Welcome back Sean! Anyway…on with the update! The update adds a new option to the menu…you are now able to add the wallpaper to your Wallpaper Library instead of just your camera roll or setting it as your current wallpaper. You can then go into your stock Settings on your iPhone and the Wallpaper option and you will see the wallpaper you added from the app in the Wallpaper section! This keeps you from having to make a Wallpaper folder on your computer and syncing it with iTunes in order to add new Wallpapers! This is a SUPER sweet update…I love it! This app is available through the iApp-a-Day source. Below are the screenshots:

Wallpaper Update 1.6

Brooke — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:38:04 +0000

We have indeed gone from Wallpaper version 1.1 to version 1.6. We have not given you updates on the versions in between because there were no significant changes however, Sean has finally done it, version 1.6 is perfect! You can now add wallpapers from the app to your camera roll or directly to your wallpaper and the app does not close every time! An absolutely amazing app…love everything about it!! To bad November is almost over and iApp-a-Day’s will end because this one is sweet and I will miss iApp-a-Day!!

Wallpaper Update 1.1

Brooke — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:17:27 +0000

When I finally got a chance to check my installer.app tonight, I was ecstatic to see an update for Wallpaper! And it turns out that the update did exactly what I expected it to do…you can now add wallpapers from the app into your camera roll. Which is seriously sweet!! Though, I do find one huge downfall to the update…the app closes every time you select to replace your wallpaper or save it to your camera roll. Which, I think, defeats the purpose of making it so easy to save the wallpaper to your iPhone if you have to reopen the app in order to add multiple wallpapers. Maybe we will see another update?!

iApp-a-Day – Wallpaper

Brooke — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:26:56 +0000

The app for November 27th is “Wallpaper”. Dude this app is SWEET!! When you first open the app is gives you a little warning that your wallpaper is about to be shared with everyone. If you decide to continue, a copy of whatever your wallpaper is when you tap continue is put into a pool with everyone else’s. This is where is gets really cool, it then scrolls through everyone else’s wallpaper showing a new one every 5 seconds or so. But, it gets even cooler (if that is a word)…if you see a really sweet wallpaper that you want to put as your wallpaper, just tap on the image and select “use as wallpaper” and it sets it as your wallpaper!! However, it does replace your current wallpaper so if your wallpaper is a picture you took that is no longer in your photos make sure you really want to replace it. There are a few things I can think of that would make this app even better…the ability to scroll though the wallpaper yourself so you don’t have to wait and the ability to save the wallpapers to your phone. Other than that, it is pretty cool to see everyone’s wallpaper! There are some really sweet ones! Here are some screenshots: