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iPad Jailbroken
A day after the release of Apple's tablet computer, a hacker claims to have gained root access to the iPad. "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..."
By your logic I must assume the iPad isn't a tablet either. Apparently your idea of a tablet is "runs software not designed for a tablet and doesn't have a keyboard".
Sometimes what you want is just a half-assed analogy to justify your bad purchase.
IIRC, tablets run more-or-less normal versions of Windows XP so the admin rights were built into the account to begin with! There was no need to get "root" because it was enabled by default.
Undoubtedly, there will be tons of apple haters in this discussion who are sick of hearing about ipad because it's not open, proprietary, etc. The community understands your arguments. Bashing apple while trying to compare them to microsoft just undermines your credibility and the valid point you are trying to make.
You are absolutely right... comparing it to Windows/Microsoft is redundant. the iPad sucks all on it's own; It doesn't need assistance in the suck department by being compared to other tablets. It's just a super sized iPhone for a hamfisted idiot (there's a lot of them out there) - and all the limitations of the iPhone without much to benefit it except a larger screen.
You can have a fully unlocked Windows installation and it's still useless for doing much of anything. A web browser that doesn't work, no Unix subsystems or shell, etc. It barely counts as a computer. It's little more than an over-complicated and buggy game console. At least the iPad does what it's meant to do.
At what price learning? At what cost wisdom? The price is a man's peace of mind, and the cost is his life.
duh of coerce the ipad ISN'T A TABLET its an ipodXL it needs to be an x86 cpu and running a FULL OS before its considered a computer right now its just a multimedia device thats all an ARM cpu is good for and its NOT revolutionary hell its NOT even innovative ANDROID running on a net book is more innovative hell just a net book alone is more innovative
"And yes, this is typed on an iPad. Try that with your kindle sometime."
And you paid an additional $30 in a data plan (on top of the $90 you already pay if you own an iPhone as well) for the "priviledge" to do so. Who do you think looks silly now?
Good luck removing your iPad from your anus if you happen to be sat there next to me on an airliner trying to read your iPad in the dark while I am trying to sleep.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.