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iStat for iPhone Coming Soon [Now Available]

Thursday January 15, 2009 12:08 pm PST by Eric Slivka
TUAW profiles the upcoming iStat iPhone application from Bjango, part of the team that released the original iStat applications for OS X under the iSlayer name. iStat not only displays basic system and network information for your iPhone or iPod touch, but it can also communicate with desktops and laptops running the free iStat Server application to allow users to monitor system stats remotely.

The information that iStat for iPhone displays will be familiar to anyone who has used either iStat Pro or iStat menus. CPU usage, RAM stats, how much free space exists on your hard drive (or drives), network traffic and heat and fan speeds are all available. Especially useful for server administrators is the Uptime and Load reports.

You won't get details on stuff like battery usage or cycle number, nor can you view the individual processes, but you do get a nice overview of the status of your system.

iStat also offers Ping and Traceroute tools for assistance in diagnosing connection problems while on the go.

iStat Server is free, but requires the iPhone version of iStat to be of use. iStat should be appearing in the App Store soon at a promotional price of $1.99, discounted from the regular price of $2.99.

Update: iStat [App Store] is now available.
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alexbates
Posted: 40 months ago
I lve the iStat widget. It's great when you don't want to wait for activity monitor to open. (which for some reason takes a long time for me)

I can't wait to see it on the iPhone!
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Drumjim85
Posted: 40 months ago
$2? ... part of my love for iStat is it's Free-ness.
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Sky Blue
Posted: 40 months ago

$2? ... part of my love for iStat is it's Free-ness.


$2 is pretty cheap.
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plumbingandtech
Posted: 40 months ago

$2? ... part of my love for iStat is it's Free-ness.


Part of my love of money is that is allows me to keep a roof over my head.
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Full of Win
Posted: 40 months ago
Wonder if they will report CPU and RAM usage on the iPhone? Don't know the limitation on background processes and such, but I'd like to know the resources used by Safari, iPod, ect...
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Pring
Posted: 40 months ago
I know how the "Free Memory" feature works but I can't see how they're possibly getting the other stats without using private APIs...
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amac4me
Posted: 40 months ago
This looks sweet!
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Telp
Posted: 40 months ago
I don't understand why there isnt background processess or battery information. There are apps now that show background processess and even show battery percent left.
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NiteWaves77
Posted: 40 months ago
Computers named after Futurama characters. Typical. :rolleyes:
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speakerwizard
Posted: 40 months ago
"i wonder if they will report CPU and RAM usage on the iPhone? "

what would be the point when 1 app runs at a time lol
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