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Before we start with the top apps, remember that these are only for jailbroken iPhones because Apple does not allow these apps to be downloaded from the official app store. All of these apps can be found in the Cydia application that shows up after you jailbreak your iPhone. If you would like to know how to jailbreak your iPhone then refer to other guides, or you may wait till I publish one in the near future. I will also teach you how to carrier unlock it so that it may be used with other carriers than AT&T in the US. Now, without further ado, here are the 5 essential apps for a jailbroken iPhone.
1. Winterboard
To customize your iPhone and make it truly yours, then this is the app you would need. Apple does not allow users to tweak their OS and their layout of the icons/color schemes. However, this app has a different theme for all personalities and tastes. It can make your iPhone look like Windows 7, or like the HTC Arya, and much much more. If you don’t like the simple interface of the iPhone, then this is the first app you need to download.
2. iRealSMS/SwirlyMMS 2
I put these apps together because they both fall in the text message group and it would be wrong to have one without the other. iRealSMS does something truly extraordinary with the iPhone texts. With this app, you can easily reply to your text messages when it pops up while you are in another app, instead of the iPhone closing your current app and opening the messages app. As well as the quick reply, you can also quick compose a text if you are in another app or a game without opening the messages app again. Now, on to SwirlyMMS 2. With this app, you will be able to use your MMS capabilities with a carrier unlock. Normally, the iPhone does not allow T-Mobile users to use their MMS plans which is a real waste of money. With this app, you can easily send and receive MMS because it is integrated into your messages app.
3. 3G Unrestrictor
Apps like Skype do not allow you to use them over 3G or Edge or GPRS, but only WiFi. For the time being, Skype is allowing its users to use the app with 3G. However this is only until August, and after that you would have to pay Skype to use it over 3G or Edge. However, with this app, you just add what app you want to unrestrict and that’s it. Simple as that. A must have for traveling users who aren’t close to WiFi hotspots.
4. Make It Mine
Now, this app is one of those just for fun apps. All this app does is change the carrier name to whatever you want it to say. For example, I changed my carrier name to my name so it is now personalized. Also, you are able to change your banner to say whatever you want it to say. This is to be used side-by-side with winterboard to make your iPhone yours.
5. Installous
Lastly, this app should be used for good and not for illegal things. This app should be used to download apps that were not accepted into the app store or where outdated. These 3rd party apps are great ideas that you should download to get more variety than the app store.
Well there you go, these are the 5 essential apps for jailbroken iPhones. Download these great apps and you should get the most usability out of your iPhone that Apple would not let you when it came in the box. Stay tuned for my guide on how to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone. Unlock iPhone
Ever since Arch Rivals was released in 1989, I have loved the arcade basketball genre, especially when you can beat the crap out of the opponent and not get called for a foul. NBA Jam took its influence from Arch Rivals when it was released by Midway in 1993, but it was different in that it had fully licensed the basketball teams in the game. That made the gameplay experience that much better since it really felt like you were playing as those teams’ star players.
NBA Jam recently made a triumphant return thanks to EA Sports, and now thanks to EA Mobile, the NBA Jam experience can be taken with you while your on the go with your iPhone. But how exactly did EA Mobile do in bringing the fast-paced, arcade style basketball gameplay experience to the iPhone? Very, very well.
NBA Jam for the iPhone comes with everything you’d expect from the console version of the game. Over 30 NBA teams are all represented in the game with their roster of star players and one or two bonus unlock able characters depending on the team. Some teams have all time greats to unlock such as Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, or Scotty Pippen (sorry, no Michael Jordan here). Other teams who might not have an all time great in their past roster will be able to unlock their team’s mascot to finally get their chance at playing some basketball with the big boys. Unlocking these additional players can be done by completing a number of the game’s challenges, which can be viewed in the “Challenges” menu. Not only can you unlock players, but tweaks to the game, such as big head mode or replacing the basketball with a bowling ball, can also be unlocked by completing challenges. The game has a ton of cool unlockables which will keep any NBA Jam fan busy for days if you decide you want to complete all of them.
The game modes included for NBA Jam are the Play Now and Classic Campaign modes. The Play Now mode allows you to pick a team, your opponent, and play a game instantly. Classic campaign lets players take a single team through 37 games in order to become the champions. You’ll not only play against NBA teams, but you’ll also take on some secret teams later in the campaign. Both of these modes can be quit and returned to, which is certainly good news if you can only dedicate a couple of minutes to NBA Jam at a time. You can also brush up on your NBA Jam skills in the Jam Camp mode, which takes you through the basics of playing NBA Jam. One thing I’m disappointed didn’t make it in the game was some kind of multiplayer mode. What’s an NBA Jam game without taking on another player and then dumping some hot coffee in their lap when they beat you? Seeing how many EA Mobile games have included a multiplayer component, I was very surprised that NBA Jam didn’t come with one. Although keep in mind that this is the land of iOS and they can certainly update the game with a multiplayer mode in the future, but I feel this game deserved one from the get-go.
The controls for NBA Jam are spot on as it offers two forms of controls: Arcade and Gesture. Arcade controls place a navigation stick on the bottom right of the screen and the shoot / jump, pass / steal, and turbo buttons on the bottom right that’ll change depending on the condition. Gesture controls allows you to use any part of the left screen to navigate and the right part of the screen to issue a shoot / jump, pass / steal, and turbo command depending on how you interact with the screen. For example: In order to issue a shoot command, you just have to place your thumb on the right side of the screen and swipe upwards. I found both control schemes to have its pros and cons, but I started to favor the gesture controls once I got the hang of them.
What’s an NBA Jam game without an over-energized announcer yelling his play-by-play? I’m happy to report that the announcer is in fact in the game and he’s spot on with his performance. Every shot, steal, and dunk will receive a reaction from the announcer. Not only will he announce the player’s names, but he’ll also say the shortened versions of their names too. I know this doesn’t seem like a big deal, but when you consider that this game is on the iPhone, I’m surprised EA Mobile was able to fit all of his reactions to every move in the game as well as the players into the game.
All of the players, their courts, and visual effects look stunning on the iPhone 4‘s Retina Display. Each player wears their uniform how they usually do in a real game, such as headbands, high socks, or arm guards. Their heads, body type, and hair are all accurately represented, even their dunk faces. All of the courts have a nice gloss to them and reflect the action that’s taking place. The game just looks absolutely amazing.
FINAL THOUGHT: NBA Jam is an amazing game on the iPhone. It performs flawlessly in every way, although I was disappointed a multiplayer mode wasn’t included. I don’t know what kind of wizardry EA Mobile did to fit all of this goodness onto the iPhone, but I commend them for successfully delivering an accurate NBA Jam experience.
NBA Jam ($4.99) – [iTunes Link]
Verizon’s got something to show us next Tuesday, and the WSJ says the iPhone is a lock-in for their network. The possibility of Apple’s smartphone on Big Red’s network has been the stuff of rumors since before the first-gen iPhone even launched back in 2007. There’s no denying the amount of interest in a Verizon iPhone; head on after the cut to find out why we should care, as well as some of the issues that still remain unanswered.
AT&T managed a major coup when they clinched not only the first-gen iPhone but exclusivity on the three subsequent versions in the US. Over that period, despite investment in the network, the iPhone’s appeal has seen AT&T’s wireless capabilities overloaded again and again. Yes, it shows its head particularly during events like CES 2011, when iPhone 4-toting geeks come together and, combined, suck all the juice out of AT&T’s base-stations, but network capacity has been an ongoing problem for US subscribers from the very earliest days.
In contrast, Verizon’s much-vaunted CDMA network has hovered like some teasing high-ground, off limits to even the iPhone unlocking community thanks to the differences in network technology. For many, the appeal of a Verizon iPhone is the fervent belief that where there once were zero bars for them, now there would be five. No more dropped calls, no more sluggish browsing, no more SMS messages dropping into their inbox five hours late.
It’s also a matter of competition. In Europe and Asia, where the iPhone 4 is not a single network exclusive, the usual battle to the bottom line has meant that even Apple’s “magical” smartphone isn’t safe from discounts and heavy subsidies. In the UK, for instance, you can pick up a “free” iPhone 4 with a new agreement from more than five carriers, each competing for business by throwing in more minutes, more data or more messages.
Now, if the iPhone lands on Verizon next week, it won’t quite add up to the same thing. We don’t yet know what Verizon is intending in terms of wireless radios; the carrier could switch out the iPhone 4′s AT&T support for its own CDMA EVDO Rev.A radio, or it might produce a so-called “Global Phone” with both CDMA for use in North America and GSM/UMTS for use when roaming abroad. The latter seems more likely, given otherwise the Verizon iPhone would be little use for travellers, and global-roaming is certainly the direction the carrier appears to be taking with its high-end smartphone range. Another possibility is LTE, to take advantage of Verizon’s fledgling 4G network.
Still, even as a global phone, you couldn’t hop between AT&T and Verizon as you can with European carriers. For a start, the AT&T iPhone 4 lacks CDMA support – if you want to switch network, you’ll have to buy a whole new iPhone 4 – and we’re expecting Verizon to lock down their version so that only their own roaming microSIMs are allowed. That’ll be another challenge to the iPhone unlock community, but it remains to be seen which US-compatible 3G bands a Verizon iPhone 4 global phone might support.
Verizon’s timing also throws a spanner into the works, given that the fifth-generation iPhone is expected to debut midway through 2011. Apple’s yearly refresh of the smartphone has been pretty predictable, but Verizon’s model makes it a biannual cycle; will Verizon devotees always be six months behind the GSM version, or will this first Verizon iPhone be refreshed as soon as June or July? If you opt for the Verizon iPhone 4 this week, will you be out in the cold when it comes to the iPhone 5 in a few months time? The carrier is expected to update its early-termination policies to extend the minimum period before a subsidized upgrade to 20 months, which means it could be near the end of 2012 before they’re willing to let you switch to whatever updated version Apple has rolled out.
For those currently struggling to make a call or send a message, but unwilling to give up their iPhone’s usability, the strength of Verizon’s network may still provide enough appeal to override such concerns. Analysts vary in their predictions of what impact on AT&T’s business a Verizon iPhone might have, but the GSM carrier has undoubtedly been doing its best not only to lock in as many new customers as possible – the half-price iPhone 3GS, for instance – while outing a comprehensive new smartphone range based on Google’s Android platform this past week. The Motorola ATRIX 4G, Samsung Infuse 4G and HTC Inspire 4G all have strengths above and beyond the current iPhone 4, not least their support for AT&T’s HSPA+ network. Expect just as much push to popularize those handsets as AT&T has been doing with the iPhone, as the carrier attempts to reduce its reliance on Apple’s handset.
SlashGear will be at Verizon’s event – along with, if you believe the rumors, Apple CEO Steve Jobs – on Tuesday, January 11 2011, so join us then for all the details as they’re announced!
Before we start with the top apps, remember that these are only for jailbroken iPhones because Apple does not allow these apps to be downloaded from the official app store. All of these apps can be found in the Cydia application that shows up after you jailbreak your iPhone. If you would like to know how to jailbreak your iPhone then refer to other guides, or you may wait till I publish one in the near future. I will also teach you how to carrier unlock it so that it may be used with other carriers than AT&T in the US. Now, without further ado, here are the 5 essential apps for a jailbroken iPhone.
1. Winterboard
To customize your iPhone and make it truly yours, then this is the app you would need. Apple does not allow users to tweak their OS and their layout of the icons/color schemes. However, this app has a different theme for all personalities and tastes. It can make your iPhone look like Windows 7, or like the HTC Arya, and much much more. If you don’t like the simple interface of the iPhone, then this is the first app you need to download.
2. iRealSMS/SwirlyMMS 2
I put these apps together because they both fall in the text message group and it would be wrong to have one without the other. iRealSMS does something truly extraordinary with the iPhone texts. With this app, you can easily reply to your text messages when it pops up while you are in another app, instead of the iPhone closing your current app and opening the messages app. As well as the quick reply, you can also quick compose a text if you are in another app or a game without opening the messages app again. Now, on to SwirlyMMS 2. With this app, you will be able to use your MMS capabilities with a carrier unlock. Normally, the iPhone does not allow T-Mobile users to use their MMS plans which is a real waste of money. With this app, you can easily send and receive MMS because it is integrated into your messages app.
3. 3G Unrestrictor
Apps like Skype do not allow you to use them over 3G or Edge or GPRS, but only WiFi. For the time being, Skype is allowing its users to use the app with 3G. However this is only until August, and after that you would have to pay Skype to use it over 3G or Edge. However, with this app, you just add what app you want to unrestrict and that’s it. Simple as that. A must have for traveling users who aren’t close to WiFi hotspots.
4. Make It Mine
Now, this app is one of those just for fun apps. All this app does is change the carrier name to whatever you want it to say. For example, I changed my carrier name to my name so it is now personalized. Also, you are able to change your banner to say whatever you want it to say. This is to be used side-by-side with winterboard to make your iPhone yours.
5. Installous
Lastly, this app should be used for good and not for illegal things. This app should be used to download apps that were not accepted into the app store or where outdated. These 3rd party apps are great ideas that you should download to get more variety than the app store.
Well there you go, these are the 5 essential apps for jailbroken iPhones. Download these great apps and you should get the most usability out of your iPhone that Apple would not let you when it came in the box. Stay tuned for my guide on how to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone.
