With the open source community that surrounds Cydia, the jailbroken package manager, new apps and updates flood in every day. Here are 5 more jailbroken apps that add to the iPhone's productivity, usability, and efficiency.
Qik
Qik is probably one of the first and coolest apps to take advantage of both the iPhone's video capabilities and data network at once. Qik allows you to record live, streaming video anywhere you have a data connection, whether on the AT&T network or wifi. At the click of a single button, Qik begins recording both video and sound from your iPhone and sends this data to Qik.com, where your video can be immediately watched. Watch out, however: all of your videos are public by default, so your intimate video may be being viewed by thousands on the front page.
Qik is free to use and requires no registration, but it is beneficial to register an account. A registered account allows you to keep track of and delete your videos, as well as tweaking other settings related to privacy.
SBSettings
Don't be frightened by the name. This application is both cool and efficient, and it adds a lot to the usability of the iPhone. SBSettings gives your phone an easy-to-access instant dashboard of all of the most important toggles on the iPhone. The features are in great supply in this app, including the ability to toggle 3G, Bluetooth, brightness, EDGE, airplane mode, and WiFi. There are also many add-on toggles such as SSH or autocorrect. The dashboard also displays instant information on the iPhone's name, WiFi and Data IP addresses, and disk space. This app also boasts other capibilities such as an application dock, and ability to hide and reveal applications. This application also has other features not listed here.
Perhaps the best feature is themeability. SBSettings is themable through winterboard, so are there are already many themes to choose from. In the screenshot shown to the left, I'm using the BlackGUI theme.
vlc4iphone
VLC has been a great media player for many years, and it has recently been expanded to the iPhone platform. vlc4iphone has many of the same features as VLC for the PC, including the support of a wide variety of media formats. vlc4iphone allows for streaming media, and even includes a searchable directory of popular internet radio streams. vlc4iphone allows you to lock your phone and listen to your music from your pocket, but unfortunately you are unable to use other applications while listening to music through vlc4iphone.
vlc4iphone is small and fast, and a great new addition to the iPhone.
