If you are just new to the platform iOS 4 of iPhone, it will prove a bit difficult to navigate through the menu once you hold the unit and browse its many great features. One of the features that make the iPhone 4 great is its apps – a shortcut for applications that give most of the functionality of the iPhone. You can access various apps and even download third party apps through the iPhone App Store.

There are 2 methods to access the App Store that is either through the iPhone or through the iTunes. With the iPhone, all you have to do is to tap the icon of the App Store. If you are familiar with using iTunes then it will be similar with accessing the App Store in iPhone.

When you enter the app store, you will be greeted with options to browse the new apps, the frequently downloaded apps and the most popular apps. These are displayed under the button What’s Hot. They are arranged according to rankings which are represented as stars. The highest is at the top, the next is placed second and so forth. The same applies with under the New button although it is arranged alphabetically by default. At the bottom of the iPhone App Store you will see the following: Updates, Search, Top 25, Categories and Featured.

Tapping the Categories will give you a list of various categories where the applications of iPhone App Store are arranged. Tap a category that you are interested in and a list of apps will be displayed after. Tapping the Top 25 will return the list of 25 most popular apps. Tap the search and the iPhone unit will give the user a search field. Input the keyword or the name of the app that you are looking for and it will automatically return what matches the keyword.

Browsing and shopping in the iPhone App Store is not really difficult. enjoyable experience of getting to know different apps.

Expanding the possibilities of iPhone is one of the many reasons why people purchase an iPhone. Install iPhone apps and users will enjoy their smartphones more. The apps are not only limited to one genre but focus on various ones such as social networks, business, securities and games, amongst others. Follow the instructions below if you want to install more apps than what are already installed on your device.

• You will need iTunes by going to the official website of Apple and download a copy. If you already have iTunes installed in your computer, make sure it is the latest version to avoid delay. Check for the latest version as well at their official site.
• Find various iPhone apps by going to the iPhone section through Apple.com in order to install iPhone apps. Majority of the apps are for free. You are also granted to browse through the number of apps finding the right one for you. There is a corresponding description to each app displayed.
• Select the app that you want installed in your iPhone. If you have chosen this via online Apple Store, it will prompt you to start iTunes. Click on the Get/Buy App in order to start download.
• Go to Applications and you will see the number of apps you have at the same time when you are downloading. A number beside the app will indicate an update. To update the app, download the update using the iTunes then sync your iPhone to your computer to complete update.
• To install iPhone apps into the smartphone unit, connect the unit to the computer using the cable provided. Click on the name of the iPhone at the left hand of the menu of iTunes then click the Applications tab. In this menu, you have the option to install and update the apps by syncing the newly and updated apps between the iPhone and the computer.

Still trying to get friendly with your new iPhone? At least try to learn how to uninstall or delete iPhone apps if you happen to have apps but do not need anymore. This gives you some space for new apps. There are various ways to delete or uninstall apps from iPhone.

Delete through iPhone
To delete an app, press and hold an app icon on the screen. It does not matter which icon of the app you specifically want to delete. Hold on until every icon appears wiggly and by the time this starts, every 3rd party apps you installed will show an x symbol at the upper left corner of the icon. During this point you can now delete a particular app by pressing the x symbol. The iPhone will automatically prompt the user with a message on verifying deletion. Confirm deletion to complete process.

Delete through iTunes
Delete iPhone apps is possible by accessing the library of your iTunes. Choose the Applications Library and right-click or control-click on the app you want to uninstall or delete. From the pop-up menu, choose delete and a message box will prompt the user for confirming deletion. Click on the Remove button if you want to delete the app. At this time iTunes will ask the user what to do with the app that is deleted. Move to Trash will remove the file completely from your HDD and Keep Files will keep the file in your computer but removed from the library.

When you connect your iPhone to your computer, the computer will prompt you that there has been a mismatch due to delete iPhone apps. Below the message are the Don’t Transfer and Transfer buttons. Choosing Transfer will just copy the app that was just deleted to the iTunes library from the iPhone. Choose Don’t Transfer in order to make the deleted app remain deleted.

There are already numerous iPhone users who have jailbroken their smartphones in order to install third party apps through Installer and Cydia. There are a lot of iPhone apps Cydia which are not offered by Apple. However, Apple does not recommend jailbreaking any Apple devices because it will cause damage and void the warranty. Even with that said, there are still users who pursue jailbreaking.

The past year there was a list of the best apps that entertained and proved essential to iPhone users. This year, even if the year has not ended yet, there is an updated list of apps that top all of Cydia applications. There are some that were removed from the list but they have been replaced with more definitive iPhone apps Cydia.

• Installous – this app is available both for iPad and iPhone where it offers users unmatched opportunity in downloading old apps and apps that came from the app store that they do not allow. The newest version is made better which does not heavily rely on the slow repository Appulo.us.
• Grooveshark – one of the most popular streaming sites for music. For desktop users, the online service they offer is totally free. Users can also upload songs to its web server and search for any songs they want, even the oldest ones that are rarely heard of today. The mobile service charge a monthly fee of USD 9.00. The streaming is always smooth because of its 3G connection. Users can queue songs as many as they want.
• Cylay 4.2 – its functions as a security app in ensuring your smartphone is safe in your hands at all times.

There are more iPhone apps Cydia. Some are free to download while others require you to pay. Furthermore, some apps require you to pay monthly subscription fees in order to avail their services.

Before installing the cracked iPhone apps onto your iPhone unit, your phone must be jailbroken first. If you are unfamiliar with jailbreak, it is a process where it releases the restrictions set by Apple. Once you have applied jailbreak, it not only releases the restrictions but also voids the warranty. Apple warns their customers not to apply jailbreak on the iPhone as it can cause certain harm to your unit. However, there was not one report that directly pointed to jailbreak as the cause of broken iPhones. But Apple service will not provide help once jailbreak is applied.

If you have already jailbroken your iPhone, you will need to find repositories to get cracked iPhone apps. There are numerous repositories but you may want to keep ones from the best sources only.

• Repository Hackulo.us – this repository has Crackulous and Installous. Crackulous is among the fastest, easiest and a very secure system for cracking of iOS. The use of Crackulous is to crack the app you purchased for merely seconds and upload them to the Fileape or FileDude servers. Installous, aside from Crackulous cracking the apps and upload them, it helps users to download and install the cracked apps. Installous helps users browse, update, download, share and install the various cracked apps with its amazing graphical user interface.
• iPhoneCake – this has the CracknShare app. It allows the user to crack any installed app that is in your iPhone. This functions pretty much the same with Crackulous. The one that has the same functions with Installous is the AppCake+ and the AppCake HD App Store in downloading the apps that were cracked. What is more is that AppCake HD has apps already cracked for users of iPad.

You can find more repositories of cracked iPhone apps by searching the Internet. You will be able to enjoy various iPhone apps without the restrictions and take advantage of the other features of iPhone.

One thing that wonders new users is if there are such things as unofficial download iPhone apps available. The answer is, there are; although users of iPhone are required to do one thing before downloading these unofficial apps into their units. This is called jailbreak.

Jailbreak is a process which is required in order for users to download iPhone apps that are not permitted by Apple. The purpose of jailbreak is to release the restrictions set by Apple on the unit upon purchase. There are numerous users around the world that have applied jailbreak to their phones. Jailbreaking is found safe; although the only risk you are going to face is that it voids the warranty. So if something wrong happens to your unit while it is jailbroken and you ask the assistance from Apple servicers, they will not accept because you have applied jailbreak to it.

Why jailbreak an iPhone?
The reason depends on whether you want to download iPhone apps that are way cooler compared to the ones available in the App Store. Here are some of the things you can do when you have your iPhone unit jailbroken:

• Record videos with the use of Cycorder.
• Follow the speech through turn-by-turn directions in the GPS program.
• Copy/Paste.
• Unlocking the iPhone through installing one simple program where it gives you the freedom to use pre-paid cards when you are out on a vacation compared to overly-priced roaming charges.
• Use your iPhone unit as a 3G modem for your laptop.
• Play various emulators with your iPhone such as the games of Nintendo Entertainment System and other classic games.

There are two ways to jailbreak the iPhone. You can make use of Mac units or PC Windows units. Instructions for jailbreaking are stated in websites such as Cydia and Spirit.

Jailbroken iPhone is not recommended by Apple itself although there are numerous users who had their iPhone jailbroken. The reason for this is that they want to fully take advantage of the unit and go beyond the restrictions placed by Apple.

Jailbroken iPhone apps are applications that have bypassed these restrictions set by Apple. Cydia is the popular source of jailbroken iPhone apps. Below are some of the apps from Cydia enjoyed by the numerous users of jailbroken iPhones.

• FastSnap – this provides the user to use the volume button as controls for the camera or the video.
• MyOS – provides users disabling or enabling features such as Unified iPod or multitasking where editing .plist files is no longer necessary.
• Folder Enhancer – offers users more coarse control over the folders, the amount of icons that are allowed, hiding the folders and the creation of the subfolders.
• qTweeter – reading and updating Twitter and Facebook status. This is activated through the swipe of the status bar.
• biteSMS – improved SMS messaging which includes delivery reports, signatures, emoticon, privacy and more.
• Grid Tab for Safari – offers the open tabs in Safari to be showed into grid pattern compared to the left or right scrolling in order to view them.
• Five Column Springboard – this app arranges the apps in 5 icons compared to the default 4 in the iPhone.
• CyDelete – allows the erasing of installed Cydia apps through the normal deletion method of iPhone, which is the hold and top rather than opening Cydia to delete the app.
• OpenSSH – provides the user to connect their iPhone unit through SSH over the WiFi for the purpose of transferring files from and to it.

Indeed, jailbroken iPhone apps are useful. However, you need to remember that once you apply jailbreak to your iPhone, you can no longer avail its warranty.

One of the best things an owner can expect from his iPhone is that it will be able make idle time more pleasurable. The best enjoyment users can get from their iPhone is with the help of iPhone apps downloads.

There are already default apps loaded on the iPhone but there are thousands more waiting in the App Store to be downloaded either for a price or for free. The App Store is one of the places where you can get your iPhone apps downloads.

How to download apps:

1. Create an account with the official website of Apple Store. This means you have to sign up and follow the instructions stated to complete the registration.
2. During creation of the account, you will be asked to fill up the payment or credit card information regardless if you plan to only get free iPhone apps downloads. After completing this process, remember the username which is the email address and the password. Both of these are needed in order to download the apps in the App Store.
3. In your iPhone unit, tap the App Store button and scroll through various apps that are displayed and choose the one you want installed in your unit. If your plan is to download free apps, choose the Top 25 and after that the Free apps.
4. This part is for free apps: when you have chosen a specific app, tap the free button which will then change from free to install. Tap the install button again and after this your username and password needs to be specified. Entering the username is only required once as the unit will remember it although password is always required with every download of the app from the App Store.
5. The completion of the installation will show in the progress bar indicating the status on how many percent of the download is completed. When finished, you can use the new app you have downloaded.