So I jailbroke my iPod…

…And it's fascinating. Not just because it makes the user experience more enjoyable- which it does, by the way. I find the customization offered by jailbreaking fantastic. I'm no longer restricted to doing things inside my apps; now I can change my iPod itself. I get a miniature high (lol nerd) when I install a new Cydia app, when it completely changes the way I do something on my iPod. Or when I find a guide about how to do cool things that I never thought I could do on my device, like access root files to tweak system processes.

Along with playing Maplestory (yes, I seriously still play), iPod customization has become my biggest time-waster.

Anyways, here's my point. If you're a guy who likes to spend way too much time on the computer, jailbreak your iPod/iPhone. Or at least think about it. Because it's pretty nice. And no, I'm not just going to buy a Droid X or something. I realize that you can probably do all of this stuff and more with less hassle by using Android or some other "open" software ecosystem, but Apple products are just so smexy… SHUT UP DON'T ARGUE WITH ME. D:<

My homescreen. At first glance, it doesn't look like much. I don't really care for over-the-top Winterboard themes. I prefer to keep it real-ish. However, beneath it is slightly more interesting.

I have an iPod Touch 2G on iOS4, which normally doesn't support Apple's native multitasking. But mine does. It also supports native wallpapers and the percentage battery. Wooo. My thanks goes to ipodtouchfans.com for its guide on how to manually turn these features on. It took me nearly an hour to figure it out, but it felt good once I finally did (as it turns out, you can also do this automatically with the Features app in Cydia. lol).

And I've got all of the standard Cydia apps- Winterboard, SBSettings, Five Icon Deck, iFile, OpenSSH, Activator, and the such. I also have some less common ones, including iMobileCinema (a light version of Flash for Safari), AptBackup (backup Cydia apps), Cydelete, Remove Recents, and Rock. But nothing really obscure. I hate browsing Cydia, so I just download whatever people recommend.

I skipped Backgrounder in favor of Apple's native multitasking. My hardware sucks to much too support full backgrounding. But Apple multitasking isn't that great either, since most apps don't work with it. So I've had to decide between multitasking that tends to cause all of my crap to crash (Backgrounder) or multitasking that barely works (native).

In the meantime, does anybody have any good Cydia apps to recommend? I can only find so many good ones by myself, so I would love a few suggestions. 😛 And if anyone has some good iPod tips, that would be nice, too.