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Untethered jailbreak for new iPad shown on YouTube, not quite ready for download

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That URL redirects me to the homepage, here's the story itself: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/17/untethered-jailbreak-for-...

There's actually three different jailbreaks that were available on launch day. Really quite amazing. I believe i0n1c was first. chpwn/phoenixdev also released one, which appears to rely on having a developer account.

Judging from their twitter flows it seems MuscleNerd was first, followed by i0n1c and lastly chpwn and phoenixdev. I'm just glad I won't have to be without SBSettings for too long :)

Oh, did MuscleNerd beat i0n1c? I've been trying to follow via Twitter as well. Thanks for the clarification.

It's quite sad when you have to pay premium money for a device and still aren't able to do the things YOU want with it. For all the things Apple did for usability, this is one big letdown.

It's sad, but the world contains coders who have ill intent towards everyday users.

Apple's solution has many downsides, but it is aimed at solving a real problem.

I wonder, though--if Apple was able to come up with this Gatekeeper architecture that can both keep users safe and make developers happy, why not use it on iOS as well? (Presumably just with it set to the first "Mac App Store apps only" setting by default.)

We don't actually know how safe Gatekeeper keeps users yet. It's never been deployed.

I don't think it's inconceivable that they'll eventually add that option to iOS, especially if some killer apps start to appear on Android that would be impossible through the store.

I'd be fascinated to know why this got downvoted:

Is it because it's cautious about the effectiveness of an untested design of Apple's?

Is it because it suggests that Apple might be forced to change their policies?

Is it because it implies that Android's relative openness might eventually give it a significant advantage over time?

I think it's a pretty cogent comment, so I'm assuming the downvotes are because someone thinks it's not supporting the right side. What I'm not sure about is which side it's not supporting.

Then don't pay for the premium device. No one is forcing you to.

If you want something hackable, and let's be honest, cheap - buy an android device.

It's the carriers. Apple had to give the Wi-Fi Alliance a lot of concessions in exchange for allowing the device on their networks.

Anybody knows why he covers up the lower part of the screen when he opens settings?

I believe to hide his device UUID.

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