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SLCentral

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I had one when they first came out, but switched phones before the App Store came out. Now that I've switched back (after trying Android, BlackBerry, WM, and Symbian), what apps are the must-have ones? It's hard to google a list, because there are just TOO many apps out there. Any suggestions? Don't really play games, and I don't want to slow down my phone with a ton of installed apps.

Obviously, I'll be jailbreaking too.
 
If you jail break, get:
winterboard : allow you to put wallpaper in the background, all sort of other stuff.
sbsetting : this allow you to lock your screen through touch screen instead of pushing the power button, and also shut off or turn on services that you want.
five icon dock : allow you to have 5 icon on the dock, I like having 5 on there.
GV Mobile+ (paid): If you use google voice, this app is pretty good.

App store:
Backgrounds: get background for iphone.
Pandora: internet music.
Meebo : for instant message.
shazam: look up song name by sound.
 
My most used apps for iPhone:
BeejiveIM for instant message
Facebook
iWeather Complete
Google voice app
PhoneFlicks (Netflix app)
IMDb
Fandango
Comcast TV Listings
UPS
EBay
PayPal
Urbanspoon
Flashlight (seriously use this every day)
Sportacular

For reference, I do not jailbreak.
 
non jailbreak 3GS here
AP News (associated press) to keep update with news when you are on the go
FaceBook
Sportacular
Beejive IM
Bank of America check your bank balance
ATT Wireless check your balance due or pay your bill on the go
IMDB
Photoshop mobile photo touch up
itranslator
Battery check your battery status
Craigsphone (craigslist)
 
BeejiveIM
Facebook
Shazam
IGN
Flashlight
IMDb
AppMiner
RoadTrip
ICHC
FStream

Also games (the ones I really enjoyed!):
Plants vs Zombies
Avatar
N.O.V.A.
Dungeon Hunter

And I'm doing a lot of browsing and emailing on my iPhone. It's so convenient 🙂 I'm amazed at how useful it is. I would buy it again in a heartbeat if I were to make the same decision again. Ohh and stock 3GS, not jailbroken.
 
BeejiveIM
Facebook
Shazam

Keeper - encrypted storage of passwords, etc.
Aroundme
Skype
Pandora
Fluent News
Air Mouse - control my HTPC from the couch on my iPhone
Urbanspoon
Kindle - I use this much more than I thought that I would

Games:
I play games for a bit and then delete them. Ones that I played recently and liked:
Wurdle
Bookworm
Peggle
Plants vs. Zombies
Geodefense
GD Swarm
Doodle Jump
 
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SLCentral said:
I had one when they first came out, but switched phones before the App Store came out. Now that I've switched back (after trying Android, BlackBerry, WM, and Symbian), what apps are the must-have ones? It's hard to google a list, because there are just TOO many apps out there. Any suggestions? Don't really play games, and I don't want to slow down my phone with a ton of installed apps.

Obviously, I'll be jailbreaking too.
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Funny thing is. Apps won't probably slow down your phone (they'll kill battery life, that's about it), but jailbreaking has slowed down my phone. No I don't run any themes.
 
Pr0d1gy said:
Why not jailbroken? I don't know much about it...what does jailbreaking do?
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Jailbreaking allows read/write access to the iPhone filesystem without iTunes. Once you jailbreak, you have full control over the phone and can install any apps you want and do whatever you want to the phone. The four big reasons to jailbreak are: unlock the phone, install different themes to differentiate your phone, install apps and capabilities that Apple/AT&T don't allow (tethering, etc.), and to pirate apps.

The bad side of jailbreaking is that you are bypassing the security checks on the phone and to some extent trusting the jailbreaking installer and applications not to do malicious things to your phone. . Jailbreaking also voids the warranty (if you want Apple to fix an issue with your phone, they won't if it's jailbroken). Lastly, jailbreaking tends to add stability issues to the phone - there's some disagreement about how big a deal this is but everyone that I know who has jailbroken their phone for years can cite an example or two of some problem that developed due to jailbreaking at some point.

It's relatively easy to jailbreak - as long as you aren't on 3.1.3 (the latest firmware). 3.1.2 and lower are easy to jailbreak with applications written by people like George Hotz (geohot) and others. Just install and click some buttons and wait. Software is here: http://blackra1n.com/

I personally jailbroke my iPhone for years so that I could unlock it and use it on T-Mobile with my ridiculously cheap grandfathered plan. But I stopped when I switched to AT&T to get an iPhone 3GS last summer. I miss all the customisability of the phone, and some of the apps (SBSettings is the big one that I really miss), but it's also nice not to mess with it as much. Still, I'm sticking with 3.1.2 just in case I decide to jailbreak (or need to travel internationally).
 
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