8g iPhone (£169) vs 8g iTouch (£199)

xgeek · 23 Apr 2008 at 19:27

LOL my thread went a bit OT. Anyway I jailbroke my phone with pwnage and all is working great.

I have installed a few apps:
Snapture
Sketches
TapTap Revolution
poof
Bossprefs
Summerboard
ssh

Any other apps that anyone could recommend? I wanted to use Apollo for MSN but it fails to connect as I have a @gmail.com passport. Any other IM apps out there? Also after a good scientific calculator.

Cheers
XG

Morfik · 23 Apr 2008 at 20:19

Mobile Scrobbler is useful.
iPhysics is quite good fun.
TouchpadPro for remote controlling your PC.
Mobile Chat is an alternative for Apollo.

Raymond Lin · 23 Apr 2008 at 20:25

What is mobile scrobbler do and what does bossprefs have?

Freakitchen · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:15

Mobile scrobbler is a Last.FM plugin, it submits the tracks you play if you have a Last.FM account. You can also play Last.FM's 'radio' stations through it.

Bossprefs basically is an 'additional settings' plugin. I've used it for turning off SSH, which apparently drains battery, and turning on the ability to take screenshots.

z0mbi3 · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:02

Any one know how to get rid of the "no service" message when running sim free?

Raymond Lin · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:03

Put a sim in?

sanofi · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:04

I have an O2 contract which i took out a couple of months ago, would I be able to use this on an Iphone without having to jailbreak it?

z0mbi3 · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:06

Raymond Lin said:
Put a sim in?

I don't really want to put a sim in. I was hoping there was a hack to remove any service type message from the top left.

sanofi said:
I have an O2 contract which i took out a couple of months ago, would I be able to use this on an Iphone without having to jailbreak it?

You'll still need to bypass the activation so you might as well jailbreak it while you're at it. The benefits out-weigh the cons.

Beepcake · 24 Apr 2008 at 06:20

If you add http://twenty08.com/installer to your installer you can install the latest Mobile Chat that works on 1.1.4 without hacking around with the Hosts file.

If you have an old SIM card, or an inactivated one, you can shove that in the phone and that seems to remove the SIM message.

z0mbi3 · 24 Apr 2008 at 07:37

Beepcake said:
If you have an old SIM card, or an inactivated one, you can shove that in the phone and that seems to remove the SIM message.

yeah but it will also show me network coverage, which I don't want either. I just want to use it as a touch.

Beepcake · 24 Apr 2008 at 07:57

z0mbi3 said:
yeah but it will also show me network coverage, which I don't want either. I just want to use it as a touch.

What difference does it make if there's a tiny graphic in the top left :confused:

If that really bothers you that much, go and buy a touch.

z0mbi3 · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:36

I already have an iPhone though.

Just because you don't know how to remve the service info from the top left doesn't mean I should just go out and buy a touch.

Raymond Lin · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:39

if you already have an iphone then what do you gain by getting another one?

z0mbi3 · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:40

I'm not getting another one though, I already have one I'm just not using the phone functionality.

Raymond Lin · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:43

I think you missed my point.

The iphone is everything the itouch is and more.

The fact that you already have an iphone, what reason is there to get another iphone and use it as a touch? as your iphone can already do that.

z0mbi3 · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:45

I think you're missing what I'm saying. I am not using my iPhone as a phone and have no intention of doing so.

Only reason talk of buying a touch came up was because beepcake mentioned it. I have no intention of doing so.

Raymond Lin · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:49

You said you already have an iphone, you have 2?

z0mbi3 · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:50

No I have 1 and I'm not buying another.

Raymond Lin · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:53

z0mbi3 said:
I already have an iPhone though.

Anyway, just put a sim card in.

You can hunt down some fixes on the installer for removing the network logo but i doubt anyone who use it as a phone wants to as that indicates you have a signal, even when its a weak one.

z0mbi3 · 24 Apr 2008 at 09:01

Beepcake said:
If that really bothers you that much, go and buy a touch.

z0mbi3 said:
I already have an iPhone though.

Makes more sense in context. As I already have an iPhone so I'm not buying a touch.

edit:

Still not puting a sim in, I'll have a look around and see what I can find.