I wrote all the PIM programs I needed for; first mini-computers and then when the PC came out I did it for that platform as well, followed on to the Sharp Wizard, the Palm as soon as it came out, WM when it first came out and finally converged WM as soon as it came out. Hacked is a pretty mild word for what I've done to all my devices.
So why not jailbreak .. I'm tired. I'm all hacked out .. 35 years of thinking on the bit level has worn me down. I suspect there are a number of us old geeks who have just sort of, uh, deviced retired.
But .. you never know - next week I might get a second hacking wind and then be an insufferable jailbreak evangelist .
Regards,
Kurt

Maybe I should have mentioned why I jailbroke. The orignial question was did you jailbreak and how much experience do you have hacking pdaphones. It seems to have become a discussion on how useful apps from various sources are to people. So in that vain...

Jailbroken software I use in no particular order -

-I love skinning. - Winterboard is a great app for customizing the look of your iphone. Personally I like blueprint, Killsigncarbonred and vivid.
iPhone theme: Blueprint by ~sometoast on deviantART
http://iphone.sleepers.net/onepackag...ncarbonred&db=
http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/wp-...9/vivid102.png

-PDANet - Since you can't officially tether you have to jailbreak to get this software so you can use your phone as an access point for your computer.

-Intelliborn Intelliscreen - I missed my today screen from WM. Apple is adding features like repeat alarm so it may not be long but without jailbreak, you cannot write programs for the lockscreen.
Intelliborn™ - IntelliScreen™ - Your iPhone UnLock Screen on Steroids

-Categories - Scrolling through 9 pages of apps was taking forever. Now Categories is nice as you can put your springboard apps into folders. Unfortunately its slow to load folders but I only have 2 pages to scroll now.
Review: Categories (Organize Your SpringBoard)

-Cycorder - why this phone doesn't have video recording by default is beyond me.
Cycorder | Installer Apps | 3rd Party iPhone Application

-5 icon dock (Telesphoreo tweaks)

-Air Sharing has negated some stuff. Air Sharing is available in the App Store now. Its $6.99. I can do it for free but it took a lot more setup. Docs from cydia, plus openssh plus fish:// gets me there for free but for the majority of people its best to pay the $6.99. Both midnight commander and konqueror support fish.
Linux Online - Lesson: Goin' Fishin'
Andlinux is how I use konqeror on windows
andLinux.org -- Run Linux natively inside Windows

-ssh to your phone + terminal. This is probably useless to most users but I like manipulating my phone from commandline.

-iBlacklist - If this worked it would be freakin awesome but it crashes on my current system. Filters unwanted calls.
iBlacklist for iPhone

-Dock - Yet another way to get to apps
Dock - Ported to Firmware 2.0 | Apple iPhone School

-NES, PS and GBA emulators;macman(pacman clone with tilt gameplay); quake4iphone- I'm a sucker for old games.

-copernicIN - some kind of cut and paste.

-Orb currently not ported to 2.x software but I jailbroke the phone before I realized that this wasn't ported. It was one of the reasons that I decided to jailbreak.

-mxtube - download movies from youtube for watching offline.

Something I installed has destabilized my system but it could have been an appstore app but it is more likely its a cydia/jailbreak app. That is the downside. I am out of the sandbox and down the rabbit hole.

For me it was worth it, but as the debate has raged - YMMV when it comes to programs. Also I try to keep up with programs but really can't. For example, Air Sharing, there may be Appstore versions of what I have mentioned and I am just not aware of it.

I also have plenty of appstore apps but I didn't mention them here because you can buy/try read about it in the appstore and you don't have to do anything special to get them. So in summary - I've found plenty of useful apps from both camps.

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Funny it worked.....the last time!!Now I am not sure what was working before they put a hole in my head!!!!

I couldn't agree more with your post, and how you have shared it in an intelligible way. Thank you.

Anyone can choose to jailbreak or not to jailbreak. IvanLasston has told the "why to" jailbreak very well. If you don't jailbreak, the iPhone is still a wonderful piece of equipment. You just don't get to enjoy many of the great things it can do. Jailbreaking allows the iPhone to better live up to its potential.

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OK, so I folded like a cheap suit and JB'd today. Can I change my vote ?

Ha! If I knew of a way for you to change your vote, I would tell you how to do it. : -)

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I LOVE Quickgold and Intellisync. Simply AMAZING.

IvanLasston listed some great reasons. Here is why I jailbroke:

Also, some apps I use:

• Five Icon Dock - Adds 5th app to the dock
• AT&T Carrier Logo - replaces the AT&T logo with the globe and “at&t”
• StatusNotifer - show email/call notification icons in the tray bar
• Winterboard - install custom icons, wallpapers, etc.
• OpenSSH - full access to the file system via a SSH or SFTP client
• MobileTerminal - full access to the file system from the iPhone
• Backgrounder - Run any application in the background
• PDANet - Tether to a laptop
• QuickGold - Use an application launcher
• Cycorder - Use the built-in camera for video recording
• One-stop preference setting (BossPrefs)
• Video game system emulator (NES)
• Offline Google Reader (GRIS)
• Download files directly to folders via MobileTerminal (curl or wget)

Well I'm a Jailbird now on my 3G and I don't know why I didn't do this a long time ago. I love Intelliscreen, it's pretty darn great, and the Themes are a lot more fun, especially the Video ones than I thought they would be!!

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