Jailbreak 2010 - The Best Paid Apps

We've taken you on a round-the-world tour of everything Jailbreak these past few articles, so we figured we would close the loop by talking about the paid apps that are ruling the Jailbreak scene in 2010. With the advent of the ROCK store and the Cydia store, we've seen apps move over to a paid model, so the real question is: which ones are worth your money?

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Multifl0w is an app that really should be free, but it does work considerably well to help you get the most out of your Backgrounder installation. Multifl0w takes the "Spaces" concept from OSX and quasi-ports it over to the iPhone in a way that just makes sense. With multiple open apps, you can browse through them as you would the Safari browser's open tabs. Combined with Backgrounder, this app essentially turns your iPhone into a multi-tasking monster capable of running multiple apps like Pandora, USA Today, and Facebook without blinking an eye. The only problem is that unless you're using a 3GS phone, it's incredibly difficult to have that many open apps without suffering some crippling slow-down. Otherwise, the interface is sleek and works exceptionally well.

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I covered this one a bit in my ROCK YOUR PHONE article, but it bears repeating. It's the second most costly app in the whole store, but it's definitely worth the money if you are a calendar or weather fiend and want to make sure that those notifications show up on the lock-screen. Fully customizable and useful to no end, Intelliscreen is the crème de la crème. Everything from RSS feeds to your daily meetings and scheduled events can pop up on the screen. The main point that irks me a bit about this app is the fact that they are charging you $10 for something that Apple should have included with the very first version of the iPhone's software. It's so intuitive and obvious that it'll hurt having to pay for it, but for power-users, there is no equal out there.