iPad jailbreaking?

[barkomatic]

I know that the iPad will be "unlocked" so that technically you could use service other than AT&T. However, I'm assuming its still locked into the appstore/ibook ecosystem.

I'm wondering what potential the iPad could have jailbroken?

 

[pdjudd]

I'm wondering what potential the iPad could have jailbroken?

Nobody knows - it's not available for sale yet.

 

[gibbz]

I'm sure that the jailbreaking community are licking their chops.

 

[LtRammstein]

I just hope they can get Snow Leopard on there. If they do that, I'll buy one.

 

[abijnk]

Since it runs iPhone OS I'm sure it will be jailbroken in a matter of days.

 

[Mystikal]

Since it runs iPhone OS I'm sure it will be jailbroken in a matter of days.

Yeah but the hardware will be the tough part.

 

[abijnk]

Yeah but the hardware will be the tough part.

That's why I said days, not hours.

But yeah, you're right. It will really depend on what is actually going on in there. I'm relatively confident that they will be able to do it, though.

 

[gazzamac]

I for one would like to see the ipad jailbroken to take advantage of multitasking facilitators like "backgrounder" so we can utilize more of the CPU's resources.

 

[Nermal]

It's definitely jailbreakable. If you can put official Apple software on there then it follows that you can also put unofficial software on. The question is how much effort it takes to trick the device

 

[skubish]

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Once it is jailbroke then it will be useful.

 

[yetanotherdave]

I just hope they can get Snow Leopard on there. If they do that, I'll buy one.

Unlikely as it's not an intel chip in there...

 

[cb911]

i'm sure there could be some distro of Linux that could be put put on there (for all it iPhone OS haters).

 

[Rapmastac1]

I remember it took a while for the iPod touch to be jailbroken, I think it will get jailbroken at least a month after it comes out. The hardware and software will be quite different.

Jailbreaking the iPad will be amazing, I can't possibly imagine the possibilities. I'm going to leave mine stock for a long time though, probably won't JB until a few months after the first JB is successful.

I highly doubt you could get any form of "MAC OS" installed on there. It just won't work well as you need several things to get it to work. It's much easier to make a Hackintosh than it would be to install a MAC OS onto this thing. The Linux idea as mentioned above is much more likely.

 

[barkomatic]

I remember it took a while for the iPod touch to be jailbroken, I think it will get jailbroken at least a month after it comes out. The hardware and software will be quite different.

Jailbreaking the iPad will be amazing, I can't possibly imagine the possibilities. I'm going to leave mine stock for a long time though, probably won't JB until a few months after the first JB is successful.

I highly doubt you could get any form of "MAC OS" installed on there. It just won't work well as you need several things to get it to work. It's much easier to make a Hackintosh than it would be to install a MAC OS onto this thing. The Linux idea as mentioned above is much more likely.

I never jailbroke my iPhone, but I actually think the iPad might have more potential as a jailbroken device. It would be hilarious if someone could get android to run on the iPad, but that's not possible.