SBSettings (and the Congruence skin), Grooveshark, Fake carrier, RandomRing, MyWi, Backgrounder. Grooveshark is a big one for me since it's the only streaming service we have in Canada.

I could live without any one of them but when I reconsider my jailbreak they all add up to make my phone, well, my phone. I could live without them, but I won't.

Patiently waiting for iOS4 to be jailbroken for the 3GS with the new bootrom. Then I'll be able to cross Backgrounder off the list.

I don't use it, but there's a call recorder which is pretty neat. And My3G, which allows you trick apps into thinking you're on WiFi when you're on 3G. Oh and screen recorders too. Lots of useful stuff.

sjs I don't know if you're into indie music, but my side project http://mixest.com/ should work in safari on the ipad (we're working on an ipad app as well to make it easier to use).

Nice job on mixtest, I saw it here on HN the other day. It's pretty cool!

I couldn't load it on my iPad or iPhone though. Loads on my notebook right away. I'll bookmark it and try it later.

I find that the first song doesn't play on my iPad as well, but I got it to work by going to the next song.

And agreed about its coolness.

Helps if I type the fscking domain correctly! duh.

That adds up to a pretty hefty indictment of Apples policies.

Yes and no. I don't really blame them for disallowing system extensions (Backgrounder, SBSettings, fake carrier, call recorder, etc). They can be useful, and they can also be privacy and security nightmares.

I tolerate having to jailbreak because I'd probably end up carrying an iPod around anyway, and from the outside it seems that using cooked ROMs is the norm in the Android community. Maybe the situation on Android is better if you have a well-supported device. Nexus One users got Froyo quickly enough.

My next device might run Android. We have a Nexus One at the office that I'm going to carry for a week and see how I like it.