Best Jailbreak Tweaks To Start 2010 With

Well its now official, here we are now into 2010! There is a lot of talk already about what this year will bring to us iPhone/iPod Touch lovers, there should be much to look forward to, even more so for those of us in the jailbreak community. So where to start with my first blog this year?

Well over the xmas period I restored my iPhone 3GS, and have set it up from scratch with what I think are the best apps and tweaks available, from Cydia of course! So what better way to start than with a brief description of some of these!

1. ProSwitcher

This brings palm pre style multi-tasking to the iphone, this was both a much needed and wanted feature. By double clicking the home button ProSwitcher is opened revealing screen shots of any apps that are currently running in the background, these can be swiped left or right to view, simply touch the screenshot to open that app, phone/mail/springboard run all the time by default. To run an app in the background, simply double click the home button whilst running the app, this then opens ProSwitcher allowing you to switch between running apps. To stop an app running in the background, simply open proswitcher and swipe the apps screenshot upwards off the screen, ie palm pre style. I have so far found this feature fantastic, it runs very smoothly, uses very little memory, and looks great, in short a must have!

2. OverBoard

This tweak when opened shows an overview of all your springboard pages and apps. To open OverBoard click the icon, then scroll up and down to view springboard pages, to open a page simply touch it. This was developed by the same people that created ProSwitcher and again is faultless so far. It runs very smoothly and looks great as it can be themed etc. Its a great feature for those of us that have many pages of apps to flick through.

3. HapticPro

This is a very basic tweak that basically adds feedback to your device everytime a button is pressed, including the keyboard for messages/mail etc. The amount of feedback you want can be adjusted to suit. I personally turn off key sounds and use only HapticPro, its great.

4. iRealSMS

Im quite new to this one but so far I have to say its another one of those apps I now couldnt do without. It can be used as your main message system if you want, or you can just take advantage of some parts of it and keep Apples messaging system as default. It has some great features, it allows you to reply or send a message from within any other application, no need to close apps anymore first, this saves a lot of time. It also allows you to send emoji and photos. In iRealSMS you can browse new messages/sent messages/drafts, and can even view conversations. Another nice feature is that messages display photos of the senders ( If you have photos saved to their contacts ). This really is another must have app.

5. qTweeter

Another time saving app, send tweets or messages to twitter or facebook from within any other application. Simply swipe down from the status bar to open. One of its best features is the ability to send photos/mail links/music links, depending on what your listening to on your ipod, or what site your visiting in safari. For any tweetaholics, another must have.

6. GT Theme

This is currently my fave theme, its very complete, it comes with wallpapers/ui sounds/dialer/calculator/message theme/badges/fillers/icons/live weather/battery/lockscreen etc. It looks and sounds great. It also comes complete with an icon template to enable you to create more icons if desired. Ill be using this theme for a long time yet I think.

The list could go on and on but ill stop with the best ones above, for more info on each and installation instructions, ill post blogs so stay tuned!