Jailbreak iPhone apps
The past year of Apple updates has certainly altered the pre-3.0 iPhone jailbreaking landscape. Yet ongoing developer and user frustration with Apple's enigmatic app acceptability rules, as well as Apple's deliberate hobbling of many application capabilities, make for a jailbreaking community that is as vibrant as ever. The following 21 apps today run only on jailbroken iPhones. Some may even prove precursors to features released in future Apple iPhone firmware updates.
Aaron Ash - Multifl0w
Multifl0w helps users keep track of multitasking applications, providing a switcher that harkens back to Andy Herzfeld's legendary Mac Switcher utility from 1984. $4.99
Intelliborn - My3G
My3G fools apps into thinking they're on Wi-Fi rather than 3G, so you can use 3G-prohibited features, such as HD YouTube over cellular wireless. $2.79
Technivations - Longitude
http://www.rockyourphone.com/index.php/longitude.html Longitude updates your Google Latitude GSP location in the background. $1.99
Gaurav Khanna - QuickReply for SMS
http://cydia.saurik.com/package/ckquickreply QuickReply for SMS lets you respond to MMS messages without dropping out of your current application or unlocking your phone. $2.99
Intelliborn- MyWi
http://www.rockyourphone.com/index.php/mywi.html MyWi turns your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot. $9.99
Intelliborn - IntelliScreen
http://www.rockyourphone.com/index.php/intelliscreen.html IntelliScreen pops up a Dashboard-like summary of messages, emails, events and news. $9.99
Ryan Petrich - OverBoard
http://cydia.saurik.com/package/com.booleanmagic.overboard OverBoard lets you organize springboard app icons "en masse" without going through iTunes. $1.99
Big Boss - SBSettings
http://cydia.saurik.com/package/sbsettings SBSettings gives you instant access to settings that disable and enable services like Wi-Fi and GPS. Free
Ruediger Rill - Firewall iP
http://cydia.saurik.com/package/com.yllier.firewall Firewall iP lets you monitor outgoing network connections to alert you to apps that are "phoning home." $2.49
Dustin Howett - Safari Downloader
http://cydia.saurik.com/package/net.howett.safaridownloader Safari Downloader extends Apple's Safari Web browser to let you download and store files directly to your iPhone file system. $2
Jay Freeman - Cyntact
http://cydia.saurik.com/info/cyntact/ Add pictures to Apple's contact list. The iPhone's built-in contact directory lets you store pictures that pop up when someone calls. Cyntact displays those pictures in the scrolling listing itself, allowing you to find contacts rapidly by facial recognition. $1
Okori Group - Voicemail Forwarder
http://cydia.foxiphone.com/info/VoicemailForwarder Send voice mail messages to an e-mail destination. The iPhone's visual voice mail is a captive portal for audio messages. Voicemail Forwarder lets you forward individual messages to any e-mail address for archival purposes or just to pass around someone's silly comments. $2.99
BigBoss - Categories
http://thebigboss.org/apps/CategoriesHelp.php Organize springboard apps into folders. The iPhone supports up to nine pages of apps. Power users want more, and they want to organize them for easy access. To this end, Categories lets you group applications into an arbitrary number of springboard folders. Folder contents scroll horizontally to show multiple screenfuls of apps. Free
Jay Freeman - Cycorder
http://cydia.saurik.com/info/cycorder/ Most digital cameras today can record video as well as still images. Now the iPhone can, too. Cycorder captures video at up to 15 frames per second in bright lighting at 384-by-288 resolution, yielding QuickTime movies. Free
June Fabrics - PDANet
http://www.junefabrics.com/iphone/ Tether iPhone to computer for EDGE or 3G Internet sharing. AT&T prohibits tethering, but jailbroken phones can bypass this restriction using PDANet, sharing Internet via a Wi-Fi connection to the phone or via USB cable to Windows PCs. Be sure you have an unlimited data plan if your iPhone is unlocked for another cellular provider. Free
iFonetec - MiVTones
http://www.ifonetec.com/products/ Video ringtones. For that special someone, play the video of your choice along with audio. MiVTones provides a video sharing community as well. $9.99
Mxweas - MxTube
http://mxweas.com/blog/ Download and save YouTube videos. For those times when you can't be online, MxTube lets you salt away a few cool YouTube videos for offline viewing. Free
Lance Fetters - TV-Out
http://code.google.com/p/iphone-tvout/ Display any iPhone content on your TV. As shipped, the iPhone can output to a TV output via an AV accessory cable, but only for playing YouTube and iPod videos or displaying still photos. TV-Out enables general-purpose TV viewing of any iPhone content, including live video from the camera, Mobile Safari, map navigation, and other applications. Free
Jay Freeman - Veency
http://cydia.saurik.com/info/veency/ VNC server for iPhone. Switching between your computer desktop and the small iPhone screen can be tedious, especially for entering textual information. Veency lets you remotely control your iPhone from your computer desktop using a VNC client application like Chicken of the VNC. You can view the screen, touch controls, and activate physical controls such as the lock and menu buttons. Free
MCleaner.com - MCleaner
http://www.mcleaner.com/iphone_mcleaner.jsp Caller ID blacklist screener. We all have those nuisance callers and SMSers we'd just as soon ignore. MCleaner lets you automate the ignoring process by blacklisting Mr. or Ms. Annoying. You can set up multiple profiles to selectively screen groups of people at times of your choosing. $11.99
StatusNotifier
http://www.iphone3g-mods.com/2009/03/status-notifier-iphone-apps.html Summarize status icons. When you want to see at a glance that you have new SMS, e-mail, or IM messages, Apple's text-only status messages make you squint. StatusNotifier presents clear message and other status icons on the sleep screen and status bar. Free
