Tech Tok

Some apps that let you liberate your iPhone/iPod Touch from iTunes and Apple’s renaming obfuscation: dTunes, PwnPlayer, and MPlayer make a pretty potent combination.

MPlayer is probably the weakest of the bunch; playing video skips frames and sometimes has no audio. I would expect it to get better over time though.

Just a few more reasons to JailBreak. :-)

ssh

Installing OpenSSH Allows you to login to your iPhone on the command line. You can do all sorts of things like using your iPhone as an internet router.

AppleShare

ssh is a bit geeky, so you can AppleShare instead. Browsing your WiFi will show the iPhone as plain as day. It’s the next best thing to the “disk mode” that old iPods have.

video recording

Either live over the internet via Qik, or locally using Cycorder or “VideoRecorder for iPhone”.

playing old arcade games

There are now both an NES (non-super Nintendo) and Gameboy Advance emulators for the iPhone. I wonder why MAME hasn’t been ported yet?