On many websites and forums related with iPhone you can find iPhone screenshots where
you can see unusual icons, images behind icons, or other interesting visual modifications. If you are an owner of the iPhone you probably wondered how other users have modified their iPhone so that it looked like in the pictures. There is an application which is responsible for such beautification and it is called WinterBoard.
WinterBoard is a special app that allows you to change almost every visual element on your iPhone. The big advantage of this program is that it has many advanced options and it is free. This program is available for download via Cydia. WinterBoard is a replacement of SummerBoard which was used in an earlier version of the iPhone firmware.
WinterBoard have all the features of SummerBoard and also gives you some other interesting features. So what are the news? What should be mentioned first is video wallpaper option and sound customization. If you are bored with static iPhone wallpapers WinterBoard gives you the ability to use video wallpapers. As a wallpaper we can use any video uploaded to iPhone. Changing the system sounds is also very useful especially because some of the default sounds may disturb. In addition, Winterboard allows for example changing the appearance of on-screen keyboard, calculator, and a few other elements. WinterBoard owes its popularity mostly a huge amount of free themes that you can download from Cydia or from other independent sources. Themes can be mixed. This means that for example you can use iPhone backgrounds from other themes than the icon set.
There are thousands of webpages on the Internet on which you can find themes and wallpapers for iPhone. WinterBoard is not the only application that allows you to customize the look of your iPhone however it has the greatest potential. The only drawback of this program is that it requires a jailbroken iPhone, but in practice for most iPhone holders it is not a problem.