IPhone 3G Jailbreak Released, Paves Way For Open Source Apps

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 20, 2008 @10:48AM from the coming-up-apples dept.

PainMeds writes "iPhone Atlas is reporting that the first jailbreak for the iPhone 3G has been released, and includes the popular Cydia community installer for distributing free games and applications. Since Apple's SDK was released, web sites have criticized Apple for the restrictions placed on both what developers could write and what APIs they were allowed to use. Others have noted the SDK's incompatibility with the GPL. The Cydia installer has provided a distribution channel for both open source software and software that would otherwise be impossible to build using the restricted SDK. A few applications are already out, including MobileTerminal and NES.app, a Nintendo game console emulator. In just over a week, open development is finally here for the iPhone 3G!"

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Re:so by Anonymous Coward · 2008-07-20 11:37 · Score: 5, Funny

The mods aren't overzealous, they're from Kentucky.
Only on Mac by Tweenk · 2008-07-20 11:38 · Score: 4, Funny

(picture in TFA)
On Mac, even exploits have user-friendly GUIs!

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Re:Don't buy it by spazdor · 2008-07-20 11:54 · Score: 4, Funny

http://www.infopackets.com/news/security/2008/20080417_vista_security_update_bricks_usb_devices.htm
Lots! Automatically downloading and installing code from an untrusted party is pretty much the only way to make sure your software continues working as expected.

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