I am being urged by fellow iPhone users to go ahead and take the next step with the iPhone and jailbreak the device, which from what I’ve been told is different from hacking. My fears are mostly the unknown and worries that I will ruin a perfectly good iPhone.  Also, I’m not really sure what all the benefits are since there’s so many cool iPhone apps available  in the iTunes store.  Below is a link that discusses the benefits of why to jailbreak your iPhone

http://sleepers.net/2008/09/06/why-jailbreak-iphone/

If you have had any good or bad experience with jailbreaking, I would love to hear your opinion below.