A few days ago an international team of programmers that goes by the name of the “iPhone-dev team” has announced that it has managed to jailbreak iPhones that have come with or were upgraded to the 2.0 version of the firmware. This meant that the new 3G iPhone was opened to run third party applications, even those that are not approved by Apple.

A similar tool that opened the original iPhone to non-Apple applications had been acclaimed when it was announced, but at that time it was the only way to get a third party application to run on the popular device. Taking into consideration the fact that Apple has launched the App Store, some people said that the new tool that came from the iPhone-dev team might not be as useful as the old one.

However, there are some things that might contradict that opinion. Even though opening a store where developers can sell or just make available their applications for the popular device was a smart decision that Apple made, the company might have a little too much power over deciding which apps make the store and which not.

It seems that at this moment, the App Store lists about 700 applications on its virtual shelves, but there are a few thousands that are waiting for approval or that were denied entrance. What is more, rumor has it that Apple might deliberately give the boot to applications that are similar to the ones developed by it, even when they are better than their Apple counterparts.

Taking all these into consideration, it seems that cracking the iPhone 2.0 firmware might be the only way one can have access to all the applications that Apple says no to.