Now that the iPhone and iPod Touch have been cracked wide-open again, my friend and colleague at Wired, Michael Calore asks the most important question: Is there a killer app on either device?
Thanks to new breakthroughs made this past weekend by a disparate team of hackers, Jailbreaking your iPhone or iPod Touch is easier than ever. But just because you have the freedom to hack the phone’s software and run your own third-party applications, should you? And should you do it now, rather than waiting until February? Is there already an application available which makes the risk of bricking your device worthwhile?
Head over to vote. It’s a fun little poll, and the it’s anybody’s game right now.
Pete Mortensen is a design strategist for consulting firm Jump Associates and the co-author of Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy, a book and blog that are significantly more interesting than you might initially think. Pete’s particular Apple avocations are both around design–interface and industrial. Follow him on Twitter!
