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RIM PlayBook Tablet Jailbroken

Posted by timothy on from the hardware-wants-to-be-free dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "A group of researchers is claiming that they've found a root exploit that enables them to jailbreak the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet made by Research In Motion. In a video demonstration of the jailbreak, one of the researchers shows off the ability to change the settings on a PlayBook and says that he also has the ability to install the Android Market app on the tablet."

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  1. Re:Almost worth it... by Lucky75 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Wtf, why is this modded insigntful? QNX is a far superior OS to Android or iOS.

    Still, RIM is on track to convert to Android.

    Source? Seriously, people that say this crap don't know what they're talking about.

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    DNA -- National Dyslexic Association
  2. Re:Heartbreaking by taylortbb · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The thing about the PlayBook though is that it's already open enough you don't really need the root. What is this "unofficial code"? RIM already has a publicly available C/C++ Native SDK, they've even ported several open source apps and libraries themselves and made them available on Github. The PlayBook has also permitted sideloading since day one, so it's not even like you need RIM approval.