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Windows Phone Unlock Tool Goes Official

Posted by Soulskill on from the wait-what dept.

judgecorp writes "A tool to unlock (or 'jailbreak' if you like) Windows Phone devices is now available with Microsoft's blessing. ChevronWP7 Labs was withdrawn at Microsoft's request a year ago, but is back now, allowing users to run any app on their phones for a cost of $9."

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  1. Seriously? by masternerdguy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's sad when Microsoft is more forward thinking than Apple isn't it.

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    1. Re:Seriously? by nepka · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Microsoft has always been. Windows is practically open platform and the mobile versions have always been too. Not in the open source sense, but users are free to install and do what they want. Apple is the only company that wants to control that.

  2. Re:Wow, I would not have believed this a decade ag by im_thatoneguy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You would not have expected Microsoft a decade ago to release an open operating system while Apple released a vertically integrated and closed down market?

    Microsoft is many things, but bending over backwards to let anything run on their systems (including malware) has been one of the greatest strengths and weaknesses since the beginning.