Windows 7 Phone Gets Jailbreak Tool

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @04:41AM from the happens-to-all-of-us-eventually dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Developers have released a 'jailbreak' tool for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7, allowing the handsets to run any application, not just those approved for distribution through Microsoft's Marketplace. Although reminiscent of jailbreak tools for the iPhone, this tool, called ChevronWP7, addresses a feature missing in Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. It allows corporations to develop proprietary applications and install them on users' handsets without the need to first place the application on Marketplace, as is currently required by Microsoft."

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Re:If a tree falls on an iphone in the forest..... by windcask · 2010-11-30 04:44 · Score: 3, Funny

Ah, the obligatory "this isn't news" first post. I've come to love you so...
Re:Awesome! by mujadaddy · 2010-11-30 06:39 · Score: 2, Funny

This is about Windows Phone 7, not Opera. ;)

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