What are the best applications out there for the iPod? What applications do you use? These are questions we are asked by new hackers to get a feel of which applications THEY should install. To be honest, there isn’t an application that is THE BEST, but there are applications that are really great to use. It also depends on your personality because I might like playing puzzle games (which I do), but someone else might not. I have 6 pages on my home screen, but it would be TOO much to write about each one. That’s why I am going to write about my favorite 5 applications and my favorite 5 games. I will write about the 5 in no particular order and I’m not including applications that come with the iPod (Maps, Music, Photo, etc.). This will hopefully help you get a little familiar with who I am and it might also influence you in installing these onto your iPod.
My favorite 5 applications are Light, Touchpad, Flip A Coin, Sketches, and Customize. Lots of people think the light app is pretty dumb, but I seriously use it EVERYDAY. When it’s dark around the house, I turn on the light app and it guides the way. Touchpad is one of my favorite apps because it allows you to control your computer from your iPod. I use this on a daily basis for work. This app works with both PC and MAC computers. Flip A Coin is perfect for those that are indecisive, like ME. I can never choose where to eat and it’s always between two choices, so I use the Flip A Coin to make the choice for me. Sketches is an app where you can draw and scribble, like an Etch A Sketch. I use Sketches on a daily basis to draw or write little notes to my fiancé because you can send your artwork or note through email. Customize lets you customize your iPod and change things like your slider image, battery images, etc. I am currently using a modded Customize because I am not fond of the new Customize.
My favorite 5 games are iZoo, MixUp, Millionaire, Text Twist, and iQuickBlock. If you like the game Bejewled you will love iZoo. It’s pretty much the same game, just different name. You can even install different themes for this, so you can get the Bejewled look or you can even get another theme to make the icons into Simpson’s characters. MixUp is a game where you have scrambled letters and you have to arrange it to create a word. It keeps on going, but after a while the words get repetitive. If you like the show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” you will most definitely want to install Millionaire app. The only downfall for this app is that you can’t use the phone a friend lifeline because it ACTUALLY wants you to call someone on your contact list (This will work if you have the microphone to make calls with your iPod). Text twist is a game where you form words from a set of six scrambled letters and you must find at least one 6-letter word using all the letters to get to the next round.
As I said in the beginning, I have LOTS of applications and games on my device, but these are my favorites. The only way to know which applications or games are best for you…is to try them out yourself. Hope all goes well!
-rAwks
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I tried to install Customize (NEW and OLD) tonight on my new iPod Touch firmware 1.1.4, and the installer told me I need Firmware 1.1.[123]
Where can I get a functioning version of Customize for firmware 1.1.4?
ZO- Spicy Chicken is working on a 2.0 customize for 1.1.4
you can also get a computability patch that will allow 1.1.3 stuff to be installed- I got that and then when I load Customize it just crashes and goes back to homescreen I hear many have this same problem- so I’ll just wait for the final release of 2.0 which should have all the bugs fixed- till then just use Summerboard 
And to rAwks- nice post- I got a different ‘bejewled’ but it’s not too good- I’ll try iZoo- and what do you think of Vnsea verse Touchpad for controlling computers? I’ve never heard of Touchpad but I was thinking of trying the Vnsea thing (I think that’s it’s name)…
Anyway good post
Thanks!
found a fix on youtube and I’ve got it working….:P)
Prelenque:
same problem
To ALL…
If you want to get customize (NOT the 2.0 version), you would find a source for the 1.1.4 compatibility patch and a source for a MODDED customize. Install the patch and then install the modded customize. You can find these sources through iappcat.com. Hope all goes well!
To Prelenque…
I think I know what you’re talking about with that other bejewled game…I prefer iZoo. I actually haven’t used VNSea before, so I can’t compare which ones better. TouchpadPro is great! I don’t have any complaints about it. Hope all goes well!
To ALL…
I read on ispazio that the Millionaire game had to be removed. So…if you are looking for it…it might be too late. Sorry!
My 4 favorites are,
Books:
There are more then 400 books that you can download from ipodcat and application is really lightweight and satisfactory
weDict:
You can download various dictionaries and use them on WeDict, it is fabulous for nonnative English speakers and good for even native speakers. There are data files for various languages and purpose dictionaries as well.
Chess:
Tough game. When I start playing, I can not give up without finishing it.
iphpPod:
You can directly copy and play videos, music files (without using itunes). It gives you the control of your ipod touch.
I am still investigating other tools. I will post them in time.
ekocan:
wut do u mean without itunes how dou use it and wut is the source
Do you have customize for 1.1.4. ?
with the app who allows you to use 1.1.3 my iphone get slow and chrash all the time, help ?
can anyone tell me where I should upload my files if I want to view them using PDF viewer?
wuts the source for iphpPod
I was successfully jailbreak my ipod touch. But what to do if I do not have any wifi points? Can I setup smthg without wifi? =)
How do you get the pokemon ruby application on your iPod touch ?
The best way to read pdfs on the iphone/touch is to upload them to a folder (like /var/mobile/Media/PDF) using SHS (with FileZilla for example)
Then to read them I use WildEyes to navigate to that folder - you can then just click on the file you want to read and it will open in Safari.
The big advantage compared to PDFViewer is that Safari allows you to read the file on a horizontal screen.
If you like you can then put a link to the file either as a bookmark or directly on your home screen.
And of course as the pdf files are on your iPhone/touch you can read them when you are offline!
all these apps sound really great. Where and how can i install them from?
how do you change the fonts and icons?
haha thanks. finally got the installer. i tried the other methods but none of them worked. this is a good one:)
how do i get the nes emulator thing to work it says no roms found?
To EVERYONE…
If you are looking for certain apps and you don’t know the source…use iappcat.com. I wrote a post on the site about it a while back. Check it out! If you are looking for ROMs for your emulators, check out the “Emulators and ROMS” post I wrote also. Hope all goes well!
where can i get the game “who wants to be a millionare “??
To elizuhhbethh…
Unfortunately, the developer who made the Millionaire game was asked to remove that game. I don’t know why, but the game is gone. Sorry!
rAwks how do u get the patch?!?!!?! plz i need the installer or the source for customize.
all my ipod touch configuration has gone because of jailbreak & now i cannot get it working if any 1 knows how to get it back please post back
hey i read this and i was like, alright, ill go get touchpad. ive been downloading it for at least 30 mins now. i have full wifi signal and the download bar is full. it says “downloading package”, and i cant do anything with installer. However, I can go to the home menu and other apps. I see the loading circle or whatever in the top left hand section of my status bar. whats wrong?
hey my installer always crashes and I cnt do anything sometimes I hve 2 restore . HELP ME!!!!!!!!!
if u want customize on 1.1.4 go 2 installer edit add repo.ispazio.net also ipodtouched.net/repo.xml then after they refresh go 2 install and go to ipodtouch install 1.1.4 compatibility patch and modded customize after ur done let it crash and slide it and click customize and it might crash but keep tapping it (1.1.4only)
To valos…
Sorry for the late response. Add these 2 sources because I’m pretty sure one of them has them in it.
repo.ispazio.net
ipodtouched.net/repo.xml
Hope all goes well!
To Simon…
It shouldn’t take that long to download Touchpad. Just turn it on and off and see if that works. Hope all goes well!
To Joe…
How does your Installer crash? Does it crash right when you open it?!? Well, if that happens, you have to do a hard reset and restore to factory settings. Then you just have to jailbreak again. Hope all goes well!
Hi, each time i try to add the sources, whilst writing them in the text bar the ipod freezes, can anyone advise me what i can do to stop this? Thanks
I tried installing the Bible in the eBooks categories on the installer, but even if it had installed succesfully I can see it in the home page of my Ipod?? How can I get to open the installed eBook??
Actually i also installed a Dictionary under the same eBooks categories but also not showing atall…
what should I do??? Help please…… THANX.
is there a radio transmitter app for a jailbroken ipod, if so, what is it called and what sources do you need?
how and where do you get the applications to put on the ipod once it is jailbroken
rAwks do u know how to add sources when u go to installer and click on sources and then edit then add?
Anyone knows how if it’s possible to rearrange the icons on the ipod touch?
Thanx…