I'm not really a fan of most third party applications that are available for jailbroken iPhones through installer. There are a lot of neat applications out there, but not too many that really appeal to me. I've had a lot of 3rd party apps on my iPhone but they generally only last a day or two before I uninstall them due to lack of usage or necessity. One more that I don't like about them is the fact that you usually have to have your home screen on at least 2 pages. I don't like how the screen starts scrolling to the next when you put your finger anywhere on it.
I have found a few applications (out of the hundreds) that I actually like and have on my iPhone.
The first application I like is Capture. It allows me to take all of these wonderful screenshots of the whole iPhone screen and post them here on this blog. Before I had this app I would take pictures of the screen with my camera, it was a little hard to focus up close and didn't take good pics.
The next program that I like is the NES emulator and the roms that go with it. It is pretty cool how you can have old school Nintendo on your iPhone. The games are still a little difficult to play and the controls are tiny so it takes getting used to. But it is still playable. I've been playing punchout quite frequently recently.
The next program which most iPhone users in Canada probably have and most jailbroken iPhoners have is Summerboard. Now I really like the look of the iPhone in the way it is supposed to look but I just installed the Mac OS X Leopard default wallpaper and put it as the background on my homescreen and it looks fantastic. I plan to play around with other themes when I get a chance.
The next program that I just installed and plan to keep for a little while is Fring. Fring was just released for the iPhone last week sometime. Fring allows you to go on MSN, ICQ, Skype, Google Talk, Twitter, Yahoo, or AIM. You can make VOIP calls through skype and stuff with it. Pretty neat stuff. I have only tried MSN messenger on it and it worked flawlessly the first time I logged in. Apollo IM was more of a hit and miss app (mostly miss) when it came to using MSN messenger on the iPhone. Fring is pretty cool and I recommend you get it. To do so, add http://fring.com/iphone.xml to your sources in installer then download and install it. http://www.fring.com
So the only 3rd party apps I have on my iPhone right now are NES, Capture, Fring, and Summerboard. I'm not happy that my homescreen is on 2 pages but I will have to live with it for now. I installed a lot of games on my iPhone like blackjack, solitare and others but they got boring fast so I removed them. If you know of any other good programs, let me know.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Not a fan of most 3rd party apps
Posted by ruffdeezy at 1:40 AM
Labels: About, Apps, iPhone Canada, Thoughts
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2 comments:
what about the great games that are available: who wants to be a millionare, izoo, pool, etc.
There are a lot of decent apps available, but most of them get boring pretty fast and aren't programs that most people would use more than once. At least thats what I think.
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