Jailbroken means you lift the restrictions Apple places on the device. I know for good reason they can be good but for the most part they're not.
- Installing themes and installing new interfaces and UIs
- Installing homebrew apps and other non-approved apps (SBSettings, Winterboard, Terminal...)
- Unlocking the phone and not having to go through a major provider to do so
- Accessing the filesystem and getting the device to be far more secure than before.
How do you know it is jailbroken - out of interest?
Yep, I remember you and Dan talking about it before, and as I can't use the Apple Store, that's the only way for me to install software.
Yeah, Iran won't be able to access the App Store - but you're not missing much either. So you can install approved software, but not using the App Store. I don't buy anything from there so it doesn't affect me, so using the patch needed is kinda redundant to me.
Umm...I'm not following, are you saying that I can install the approved software from places other than the app store?
I've had mine jailbroken the night I got it - just having one that I actually could download apps from is great and theming it - and couldn't imagine going with it non-JBed. For those who are serious nerds and geeks it's great to change system text so instead of Safari saying ''You can't access this page because you're not connected'', I can have it say ''Turn on your wireless, you idiot!''
Plus I could hide the apps of no use to me. I don't need Stocks or Weather. I don't have stocks and I can look out the window or go outside.
Yep, I'm like that too, I play around a lot with these stuff, remember you helped me watch video on my iPod Nano 1st Generation? That was awesome
Hahahaha, depends on the apps you're after. Some great great games and organiser apps but apart from that it's pretty much 70% crap.
Nothing specific really, I've just heard that it has better software, at least compared to what's there for similar phones by Nokia and Sony Ericsson. I don't know about Android phones tho
I'm sure the UK sell unlocked phones as pre-paid, so you get one of those and use your current SIM card.
So you're saying that this plan won't be worth it with a contracted one? Cause the price difference really makes you think! If I have to pay something like 30 euros a month for 2 years as Chris pointed out, then it's not worth it. What's the price range on the pre-paid ones?
now you've gone above my head, don't know, will have to check that out. But I don't think there will be any complications on those stuff. A friend of mine did something similar to what I'm planning,but with a Blackberry, he got it in London. I'll check with him as well. Thanks for pointing that out. 
