My Jailbroken Friend

I work at a technology company. The people I work with all have fancy phones. Blackberrys, iPhones, HTCs with Android, we even have a guy with a Palm Pre, his name is John he is kind of an eccentric. None of us, I mean none of us at my compnay know anyone with a G1 from T-moblie, thats the Google phone. I have seen one a few times but the last person I saw with a G1 just kept looking at my iPhone.

We do have one person in the office with a "jailbroken," iPhone 3GS, let's call him my jailbroken friend (MJF). Now Apple Says iPhone Jailbreaking is Illegal, fair enough they can say whatever they want, people have found a way to do it and Apple has not found a way to stop it. MJF explains why he jailbreaks;

To do things on my iPhone I was able to do on my Windows Mobile phone.

I would even say Apple does not want to stop "jailbreaking" at all because if they did they would have done it by now. MJF says, "I don't think they care about jailbreaking, because they know there will be life after AT&T." The exclusivity contract with AT&T expires in 2010, that less than 4 months away. I am waiting for an iPhone on Verizon, and I am sure you are too.

Jailbreaking also allows people like MJF to stay on the iPhone. You get to play with the features of the iPhone without having to wait for an Apple approved App to appear on the App Store. there is an advantage in loading your own application on your own phone, at least the iPhone has applications.

I have been very satisfied with the apps I have on my iPhone. I have to give MJF some credit the Apps he has on his jailbroken iPhone more enjoyable and have a greater amount of variety.