Soulseek, which was creted by former Napster programmer Nir Arbel and visibly resembles early versions of Napster, is not one of the most popular filesharing apps. It doesn't have the mainstream appeal of Kazaa or Limewire, nor does it garner the press attention of BitTorrent. And that's all probably fine with its users, who tend to gravitate toward more independent musical fare. But Soulseek has done something the others haven't -- made the jump to the iPhone.
Developer Errrick created iSlsk, a new filesharing client for jailbroken iPhones that works with the Soulseek network, by basing it on open source versions of the client for the Mac. "I saw all the capabilities this little gadget had and then thought 'why didn't someone already do something like this?'" he told TorrentFreak.
iSlsk lets iPhone users search for and download files directly on their phone. The software also imports downloaded files to the iPod music database so that they can be played with native iPhone controls.
This is not an application you'll ever see in the upcoming official iPhone application database. Apple certainly won't let applications that a) potentially facilitate illegal file sharing and b) cut into their iTunes Store revenue into their official app distribution channels. If iSlsk and other music and video sharing applications catch on, will we continue to see jailbroken iPods even after the release of the official app store? Even if Apple starts selling phones that aren't tied to AT&T?
A video of the of the app in action is below:
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not surprised to see Zero comments in this previous mine. not many know SLSK. much less use it now. as you state it is for the truly hardcore.
People used to modern p2p software would never get used to how slsk works and operates anyway.
i hope that the ones who initially started a slsk client for wm5 would pick the project up for wm6.1.
Posted by: Avatar | May 16, 2008 3:57 AM
Is there a tutorial telling how to install it ?
Posted by: Apple iPhone | May 16, 2008 5:31 PM
I use slsk but want to know why ppl have started to share files such as the_jam-goinginderground.QQPass.exe.mp3 in the islsk room
I guess its one way to infect things and really I do like the hidden QQpass virus
Posted by: green | May 18, 2008 11:37 PM
there are users already chatting about infecting the iphone via slsk. I guess anything is possible
Posted by: green | May 18, 2008 11:40 PM
I'd rather uninstall it
Posted by: Acheter iPhone | May 20, 2008 2:55 AM