iPhone Jailbreaking Still Going Strong

snydeq writes "Despite the productivity promises of Apple's forthcoming 3.0 firmware update, jailbreaking should continue to push the iPhone's productivity envelope, as users increasingly demand the Holy Grail of smartphone power use: applications that run in the background, InfoWorld reports. Copy and paste, video recording and streaming, Internet tethering, and content search are just a few of the features over which iPhone users have sought to jailbreak their devices — a practice Apple itself has done little to crack down on. Jailbreak apps circumvent hardware and software restrictions that Apple says ensure a consistent, responsive user interface and optimal battery endurance. In particular, jailbroken phones can run apps in the background, a capability Apple reserves for its own apps but prohibits in third-party programs. Jay Freeman, creator of the Cydia iPhone installer and Cydia Store, however, believes a free-market approach is the best way to satisfy power users' demands for features without compromising the performance of their iPhones. And given Apple's App Store overcrowding, it seems likely that jailbroken phones and app venues like Cydia Store will continue to be popular with iPhone customers and developers, even after the 3.0 firmware ships."

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infoworld needs to lose the ego

[Red Flayer]

"Despite the productivity promises of Apple's forthcoming 3.0 firmware update, jailbreaking should continue to push the iPhone's productivity envelope, as users increasingly demand the Holy Grail of smartphone power use: applications that run in the background, InfoWorld reports.

Seriously? The two items that comprise the Holy Grail of smartphone power use are background apps and Infoworld reports?

Just look at the source of the TFA -- it's Infoworld themselves! Methinks they have a slightly overdeveloped sense of self-worth.

Also, I'm not sure why I would need to jailbreak my iPhone to access Infoworld, they must have some serious issues in their web design department.

Re:infoworld needs to lose the ego

[Anonymous Coward]

"Funny" = no karma boost
"Insightful" = karma boost

Common courtesy dictates that funny people be rewarded (or made to wear funny shoes).

Re:infoworld needs to lose the ego

[TheRaven64]

Use of "and" with a comma is preferable for the last item of a list whose elements are separated by commas.

This is only true when you are using the Oxford rules (adopted by most of the USA). In other areas, the last comma is omitted.

And speaking of precision grammar, how about the use of "sortof"?

Maybe he's a C programmer?

Re:infoworld needs to lose the ego

[Gnavpot]

Be sure you understand the argument 'afore ya throw yrself in the fray.

I want a "-1 Whoosh" moderation option.

Or perhaps it should be +1 so posts like yours are put on display for everyone to laugh at...

Poor, poor dears.

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

They know not what they do, tinkering with the perfection of Jobs' vision. Apple will have to work even harder to cryptographically protect them from evil...

Re:Other Than "War-Driving"...

[GuldKalle]

How about "faux-tech-neo-nerd-speak"?

Re:Apple suck

[MrEricSir]

So you want to listen to music while you send text messages and talk on the phone? That sounds like a car accident waiting to happen.

Re:Must not be a programmer

[chartreuse]

Goatse.