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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..."
Because the OS on the Zune is so free and easy to modify.
Apple has a closed environment on the iPad/iPhone/iPod line, the rest of the hardware contains an OS that is just as open (more so in some respects) than Windows. A software platform that it continues to develop and open up. You don't need to jailbreak an OS X box.
There is nothing to suggest Apple are moving "us" towards closed environments. If the iPad doesn't work for you - don't buy it.
I'm quite sure Apple will take this approach with Mac OSX too. It just makes sense (especially business sense) in every way for Apple.
Mac OS X is not open source. It's just as closed as Windows, and will probably be even more when they move the locks from iPad/iPhone to Mac OSX. Just because it's based on old FreeBSD code or it has UNIX like characteristics in the underlying system doesn't make it more open.
Apple has already said they'd drop the price if sales didn't meet expectations.
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And in turn Apple doesn't allow you to run their OS on any other hardware than Apple's own. I'm quite sure that's not a better thing than MS making Windows contracts with OEM's.
1- which web browser doesn't work ? Safari for windows ? you're right, it kinda sucks. Luckily there are others (thouth that concept 'choice' concept is probably too foreign for you).
2- as opposed to the iPad, with its wonderful Unix subsystem and shell. Windows does have them, btw.
gosh i'm bored, answering to that crap.
The Cloud - because you don't care if your apps and data are up in the air.
While there are certainly parts of OSX that are open, they are largely the bits that aren't interesting. Darwin is basically just BSD with an extra dose of weird. Webkit is interesting; but is a derivative of KHTML, which is LGPL, so that is a legal obligation on their part. As for the "don't have to jailbreak" bit, just try using Dtrace without doing some surgery...
On the UI/Bundled applications layer, it is basically a closed shop, even in insultingly small ways. Y'know what "Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive) " in device properties implies? That 3rd party drives, lacking Apple's special blessing, are restricted from working with integrated burn support, even though ATAPI was sorted out years ago. Or why the (relatively few) 3rd party wi-fi adapters all ship with their own crappy little applets, just like back in the Windows 98 days? Because, unlike the Windows equivalent, where any remotely recent wireless device with the right driver support can be managed through the OS-provided wi-fi configuration interface, Apple restricts their "airport" configuration interface to their cards only. How nice of them.
Apple has every right to do what they do in regards to their products; but the notion that they are "open" in any useful way, aside from the ability to run unsigned binaries in OSX, is basically fantasy.
Try to get outside apps running on a kindle.
same on the original iPods, on your fridge or your washing machine.
what's your point? the iPad is a backward tool with the OS of a mobile phone, which doesn't support multi-tasking (doh, back in the previous millenium) and doesn't even have a USB port...
you can buy that ill-designed 19th-century 500-dollar gadget, or get yourself a small laptop. there's a large range of them in different prices, shapes, sizes and colours. and some of them even have basic features. like an OS where I can read an ebook in a foreign language and switch to my online dictionary for a translation for example...
most of us don't care! the itampon might have 2 or 3 news worthy posts - when it's released with a review, when it can multitask, when people find out it's an over priced undered featured laptop.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
Ever heard of the Commodore 64 GS? What about the Commodore CDTV? Commodore CD32? Commodore was a computer company, which did their own platforms (hardware and OS), which tried to turn their computers into "appliances" like consoles, and managed to go bankrupt in the process. Sounds familiar?
Let me take a few moments to describe what causes so many malware and virus attacks - something that the Slashdot crowd has complained about time and time again. All those Windows machines out there which are "open" and "unsecured".
So many words have been written about machines running with administrator access being the cause of so many botnets and other problems on the web. Each time this comes up, the solution is always to lock down the machines and only allow users to run with limited access.
So here you are: a tablet that is locked down and only allows users to run with limited access. It's what you security freaks have been dreaming about for years - but somehow this isn't a solution - it's a problem. Do you realize how this makes you look? I suspect not.
So you want it to be open and unsecured - but only for you because you're special. All the other folks should have it locked down instead. Yeah, right - why don't you wish for a pony, too? You don't get it both ways so figure out what's really important to you before you mash your big hairy finger down on the "reply" button.
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Apple never drops the price on anything, to ensure this never happens they plan for a device to be obsolescent after 1 year where it is immediately superseded by newer model with slight changes for the same price, if not a higher price.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
Apple fanbois have so much money to waste they can afford to hire servants to hold their iPads while they enjoy their iWanks.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
It must be terrible having such a cynical worldview, or to have such little faith in open source.