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That didn't take long - iPad jailbroken

guyver01

guyver01

Lifer
http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/04/04/hacker-jailbreaks-the-ipad-less-than-a-day-after-release/

Hacker jailbreaks the iPad less than a day after release

A well-known hacker of the iPhone, who previously defeated Apple’s restrictions on developers, has claimed in a video to have hacked the iPad. Just a day after release, the hacker, who goes by “MuscleNerd” online, said that he has gained root access to the iPad, a process known as “ jailbreaking.”
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WOW finally multitasking, drag and drop support, and many other things that should have been there from the beginning.
 
Of course it didnt take long. Its running the same OS of another device thats been jailbroken for years.
 
youtube? html5? hello?

flash sucks because all the apps are not touch aware - many games suck to play on a touch screen because of this.
 
Hahaha awesome.

I never really got the point of locking products anyway. Let the user do what they want with it, they already paid for it, it's theirs....
 
RedSquirrel said:
Hahaha awesome.

I never really got the point of locking products anyway. Let the user do what they want with it, they already paid for it, it's theirs....
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It means that you can charge for anything and everything that users do. This is actually a major part of Apple's business philosophy - which is 'Control everything'. The benefit of this, is that everything that is offered, tends to work as expected. Apple are quite strict about apps working as expected and the UI being consistent, and will reject apps if the buttons work differently to the built in ones, etc. It also tends to weed out the completely useless and broken apps - albeit imperfectly.

However, it also means that apple get a cut of all music sold for ipods/iphones, and get a cut from all apps sold. In order to make sure that people use their official outlets, they ban apps that can be scripted (can't have people offering content outside of the appstore), refuse to support flash (free ad hoc downloadable apps - no money in it) and only very slowly upgrade iTunes' primitive mp3 and exisiting music library support (iTunes works so much better when buying from the iTunes store).

It's also done because the phone networks insist on it - they may require certain contractual limits on devices that use their networks. E.g. a common restriction they do not permit the use of VoIP over cellular connections. This requires that the manufacture lock down their product sufficiently to appease the networks lawyers.
 
RedSquirrel said:
Hahaha awesome.

I never really got the point of locking products anyway. Let the user do what they want with it, they already paid for it, it's theirs....
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It's the way the winds are blowing for computing in general. It's a double edged sword. It virtually eliminates malware and piracy. It also makes the system less complicated and risky for novice users. However, it takes control and ownership of software out of the hands of the user. You're limited to what Apple wants you to have on the device, and you can only use that software how Apple wants you to. Microsoft et al will all go this route in the next 10 years as cloud computing, tablets, and web enabled TVs begin to replace conventional desktops and laptops. It's inevitable.
 
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