Joost, a video-streaming service that was part of the Big Convergence of Media (“watching TV on your computer” to you and me) launched an iPhone/iPod touch app last year that frankly speaking, stank. It was buggy and crashed a lot, and the nicest thing you could say about the interface was that it was horrid. Recently updated to version 1.1, the app has corrected many of the problems that plagued the first release, and while it’s still not the friendliest program in the world, it’s certainly far better than it was.

Tomorrow is a big day, and there are many ways to watch the Presidential Inauguration. You can watch it on TV, on Hulu, Joost, the Presidential Inaugural Committee’s web site, Ustream, and a variety of other places. However, what if you’re not near a television/computer? Easy; you’ll be able to hear the inauguration tomorrow using Talk Radio, an application designed for the iPhone that runs for $2.

Steve Jobs said “porn” was one of the things Apple was going to keep off the iPhone. An empty promise, of course, because not only did they include a web browser, but users are also free to load their own movies and pictures on it.

The only area in which Apple could exert this control is on the applications, where Apple gets to vet every single program before it gets to the iPhone.

Which is what makes Joost so odd. Because not only does the streaming video app crash a lot and feature a terrible user interface, it also has porn. Right there, on the “popular” video section, in a video entitled “Shirt Off – Tropical Honeys.” And that’s a pretty accurate description.

Joost, a sizable company with premium video content, has created their very own iPhone application for the iTunes App Store. This piece of software will give you access to Joost’s large database of content, containing 46,000 items, including 18,000 music videos, 400 TV series and 1,200 movies and short films. And the best part about more »