New iPad Jailbroken Already 255
An anonymous reader writes "Just hours after the new Apple iPad was released, it was jailbroken in three (how appropriate!) separate ways. This means that hackers have already found and exploited security holes to run custom code on the new iPad with iOS 5.1. The tools for jailbreaking your new iPad aren't yet available, but this first step means the software will be developed sooner rather than later."
I'm not going to make the smartphone mistake again (Score:5, Funny)
I have to admit it, I got caught up in the hype and I bought a smartphone. The novelty wore off after a couple of days. Since then, it has sat in it's charger, almost completely unused. In fact, it's one of the worst purchases I've ever made.
Smartphones in general are rather pointless devices. They're far bulkier than my flip phone, so they're not very good on the go. They're much less comfortable to use than my netbook or my laptop, especially when I have to do a lot of typing. They're so vastly underpowered relative to even a netbook that they're not usable for anything computationally intensive. My Kindle is a much better e-book reader.
I learned the hard way that the usefulness of smartphones is purely a marketing creation. They look like they have potential, but in practice they're just the combination of the worst of every other type of computer or computing device.
Re:fp (Score:5, Funny)
wouldnt it be nice (Score:3, Funny)
to have a platform where the user can modify/upgrade/repair the device without the golden permission slip some pretentious cunt?
Re:I'm not going to make the tablet mistake again. (Score:5, Funny)
A lot of people got elected that way.
And Disneyworld has no liquor store or strip clubs (Score:5, Funny)
There are lots of examples of walled gardens in the world--Apple provides those who want it a brief repose from the malware infested cesspool. The smug technoratti hate this because (a) they don't think that nontechnical people should be allowed to safely use technology without having to kiss their rings, and (b) they want hundreds of millions of nontechnical users to subsidize their desire to tinker.
Re:Apple security in general (Score:4, Funny)
Totally off topic: I saw a job post the other day for iPad support, I had to laugh as I can imagine the calls "Plug it in and restore....that didn't work? Ok plug it in and restore"
Are you sure it just wasn't some rich dude wanting a human iPad holder?