I did it. I totally voided the warranty and jailbroke my iPhone. This means I can download and install applications that aren’t authorized by Apple. Why would I do this?

Backgrounder - When you start a program on the iPhone, you are pretty much stuck with that program until you are done with it. Once you press the home key, it”ll stop the program and reset the session. Backgrounder lets the program run in the background, so you can switch between programs without losing their sessions.

WinterBoard - This program allows you to tweak the look in feel of the iPhone. Change the look of the icons, the background, and also the sound. Give the iPhone a little personal touch.

Cycoder - This application changes the still camera of the iPhone into a video camera. It captures the video and sound on to the iPhone so that it can be downloaded for YouTube upload.

Qik - Qik does the same to the iPhone camera, but instead of saving the video on the iPhone, the video is streamed live to the Qik website. There, other’s can see your live event. Life casting here we come. Rumor has it this will be released legally to the App Store soon.

Openssh - Openssh puts a Secure Shell client and server on you iPhone. What? Well, for those that don’t know secure shell, it’s a way to connect, command and copy assets (files) to/from the iPhone over a encrypted channel. I.e., copy those files to you computer made by Cycorder. Making the iPhone an accessible storage drive.

Now, how does one jailbreak the iPhone? Go here. This is the tool I use.