Originally Posted by jpmihalk

Hmmm... I do come from that world of hardcore WM devices and trying to get them to max out their potential. My biggest problem with all of it is that I need a reliable phone first, and the unjailbroken iPhone does that. Everything else is gravy. And to say that the vast majority of apps from the App Store are "semi-useless" is an opinion and probably an assumption on your part.

I agree that the potential is there with or without jailbreaking to make the iPhone the best device ever. Jailbreaking allows users to modify the iPhone in ways that App Store apps can't - in the UI and other areas that Apple says are off-limits. I don't see anything wrong with the UI and am quite used to it. But that's just me. If I felt I needed a change that would make the iPhone more productive I would consider jailbreaking it. But not at the expense of losing the stability of the device. It is my ONLY phone. And when I had previously jailbroken my 1st gen iPhone, I found it to be lacking in stability as many of the apps caused a reboot or a sudden freeze. I am not willing to take that chance now. It does what I need - it's a phone with solid internet access and email, which is just what I need. Everything else is simply nice to have.

So... the bottom line is... to each their own.