I jumped on the iPhone jailbreaking bandwagon very early when it was actually hard to do. Nowadays, it’s so easy you’d be silly not to. But for those of you that still haven’t (or have but aren’t sure what to install), these ten applications extend the iPhone beyond what Apple allows and upgrade the experience of owning an iPhone ten-fold.
- Music Controls – Play Pandora and many other music applications in the background. Popup controls work when you double tap the home button. I use this every single day and it’s the only jailbroken application I’ve ever purchased.
- Categories – Eliminates clutter on your screen by creating a new application and moving apps you choose (like games) into it.
- Five Icon Dock – Believe it or not, 5 icons fit perfectly into your dock. If you’re like me and text message all the time this is indispensable.
- Flashlight – The brightest possible flashlight you can get. Apps from the app store don’t even begin to compare to this sucker!
- Lock Calendar – Put a calendar on your lock screen. If you’re like me and forget things, like birthdays, this will help!
- PrivaCy – Eliminate anonymous usage stats from being sent.
- SBSettings – Quick settings screen that allows you to swap services on/off, kill processes, free up memory, etc.
- SpotBright – Show recently launched applications under the spotlight search menu.
- xGPS – A free GPS tool that, while not as accurate as TomTom, is light years ahead when it comes to usability.
- iHulu – Watch certain Hulu episodes right on your iphone. Streams over 3g. Totally cool when you’re stuck somewhere you don’t want to be and need something to occupy your time.