iPad jailbreak: thanks Geohot, Comex (update: video!)
By Thomas Ricker 
posted April 10th 2010 3:04AM
posted April 10th 2010 3:04AM
Update: Though geohot broke the news, looks like @comex was a major contributor. Video of iPad as N64 console and more pics after the break.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Zillow app perhaps George is moving out of his moms basement.
@RLBurkes This kid is a badass mom's house or not. A backward engineer savant.
@RLBurkes
NICE! Now... I just need an iPad....
@RLBurkes
thanks geo- props- but I'm already happy with my ipad experience... Maybe some geeks who think that hacking everything they have is awesome will want it- but the ipad is great right out of the box.
@RLBurkes
I bet all you do is smoke pot in your mom's basement. Geohot, smokes, and does incredible things in there.
Geohot > You.
Shouldn't he be working on PS3 since we can't get online till he delivers what he promised?
@futurerheza
It's not geohots to release. He's always stolen the exploit from somewhere else.
Except now that he's getting actual publicity, more people are paying watch. Won't supprise me if all 'his' releases from now on give credit to someone else too
@RLBurkes He's not the only one needs to move out of his mom's basement.
I haven't seen where a single one of those jailbreak fanatics have even noticed in the last line of his post where it says "SecureROM for s5l8930xsi, Copyright 2009, Apple Inc."
S5L8930 is probably the model number of the Samsung SoC (System On a Chip) inside the A4. It’s not terribly surprising that it’s a Samsung chip; it’s known that they fab the A4 and they’ve worked with Intrinsity, an ARM processor customization company (which Apple holds shares in), recently to work on the Samsung S5PC110 “Hummingbird” processor as well as the MID/tablet-ready (and veritable shoe-in for the iPad) S5PV210. It’s likely that the S5PV210 was modified to suit Apple’s needs and branded S5L8930.
I reported on this yesterday on ABT: http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=16906
Yeah, yeah, I know, Jailbreak is a big deal for the iPad. But nobody else seems terribly concerned to have revealed what's actually powering the device!
@Electrofreak because it just confirms what we already knew
@Electrofreak Uhh because that's been known for days already.
@Extinction
@Extinction hey genious, just use a proxy hack. Geohot even mensioned one in his blog post, which you clearly did not read.
@think before you react
Wow. What a relief society doesn't have to depend on you for technological advancements.
@Extinction there is a fix for that, posted right here in engadget.
@Extinction
He doesn't owe us anything u prick.
@RLBurkes
STFU this kid is probably 2 cracks away from being hired by the F.B.I or N.S.A. Once he does, I hope he uses his new found influence to track you down and hack into your pr0n collection then tell your mommy about it.
@RLBurkes damn, now I have to move out of his basement
@think before you react
You are too much of a fanboy out of the box for not loving what this guy does. Get over yourself.
@R Skicking He does because he said he does, you prick
@futurerheza By far, this is the best concrete evidence that there is a jailbroken iPad now. That cydia there looks like it needs some loving from thousands of iPad users! Compilation- http://bit.ly/jailbreak-your-ipad-opinions
Why the heck would someone want to jailbreak an iPad anyway?
@UnderPaidOrphan you & me both lol
@Extinction
He finished that days ago...
Engadget just hasn't updated their articles.
@think before you react
you sir are a lemming
@RLBurkes This is fantastic news but there is still no flash... the jailbreak never fixed that.
@RLBurkes: He's done more in his mom's basement then you've ever done in your mom's basement.
@futurerheza I agree
@think before you react
Wow I didn't knew there would be still that big of an idiot around!
@JimmyBoy Too bad nobody actually bothered to report on it then... I keep a pretty good eye on all of the tech websites.
ProSwitcher! Since Steve Jobs method of multi-tasking is pathetic.
@derekdevine
Why is it so bad? It looked well implemented to me.
@derekdevine hows it pathetic ?
@derekdevine The idea behind it (running services, etc.) is pretty good, but the implementation (boring row of little icons) is, well, boring.
@derekdevine
it seemed like a good implementation of multitasking to me
@derekdevine
If you call conserving battery power pathetic.
@mogren Exactly. The idea is great! It just wasn't well executed. Palm is still superior, I'll give them that...and that's it.
@topgearguy Yes, it's decent, but when there's others (Google & Palm) who can do it extremely better it be becomes pathetic when Apple can't be on par. And I don't want to start about the annoyance of "Push Notifications," which the others once again do better.
@derekdevine .. on a technical level the iPhone has by far the best multitasking implementation. For background processes e.g. IM, VOIP it uses Grand Central Dispatch which is combined with a system wide thread pool.
This means that the OS will slow down tasks on a much more fine grained level than the other operating systems.
@appleipad I guess I should wait until the final release in the summer before I call it "pathetic." There still could be room for enhancements/improvements.
@taligent I don't know the logistics of the technicalities of multi-tasking on a phone, but I do know the implementation is pathetic, boring icons. Honestly, it could've been a lot better.
@derekdevine
so it sucks because of the boring icons? Haha, would love to see your current theme - I'm 100% certain you made your iPod look like a puke pasta. Damn kids
@pukerocket 1. Who said I had an iPod?
2. I said the implementation is pathetic (learn to read) and that's my opinion, and you cleary have yours.
3. If I'm a kid, you're a baby.
@derekdevine I suppose Apple's multitasking is missing the Alt-Tab feature as seen on the PC, and is missing the "too many cards" issue as seen on the Pre.
Get real will you. How does one make multi-tasking non-boring? It should be something you just don't have to think about? It should not be a whole lot of bother at all.
You are obviously an ex Wintel, Winmo, now droid fan, which is a sign of a true geek. When your HP slate or droid tablet catches up with iPad sales, and when Palm Pre handsets and Doid handsets catches up with iPhone, then you have a point about Apple's failures. Until then, you should post you comments against Pre, Droid, Slate articles.
Get a life. Be real. Start living.
@derekdevine
I think it looks pretty nice. I sort of expected Apple to do an expose style switcher, which would be nicer IMO - but I still can't wait for it!
@Ruthless
Really? WebOS has one of the best Multi-Tasking UI's.. don't waste time arguing it. I do admit, current WebOS powered-handsets are lacking in hardware.. but so is my iPhone 3GS.
It sounds like you got sold. Jobs did a good job.... Numbers mean nothing. By your logic, my macbook/mac os is an APPLE FAILURE due to it's lack of sales in comparison with others. As much I enjoy some of Apple's products, I hope fanboys like you will stop ;) because they are NOT perfect/best.
@Ruthless Actually, Android is not that far off. Pre still is way behind though. Poor Palm!
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/google-issues-statement-on-nexus-one-sales-touts-android-market/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/stats-iphone-os-is-still-king-of-the-mobile-web-space-but-andr/
@derekdevine Multitasking or better said the method of switching through running apps should be fast and not eye candy. I don't even want to see it. In my opinion Apple's solution is the best!
@Chris7197 might not make sense on a smaller screen like the iphone. I like the cards of Pre/ProSwitcher, but then you're doing a lot of swiping left and right. at least with apple's way, you are seeing 4 possible options at a time. I have 4.0 installed on my phone and it seems to keep the 4 most recent used programs first in the multitask row.
as for expose, I bet that is what they are doing for iPad, which is why the release is delayed till fall. with the added horsepower/screen real estate, there will definitely be a few more extras when compared to iPhone.
@trunksy
Android is what people buy because an iPhone isn't available on their network. iPhone outsell Android phones by a big margin on ALL networks anywhere where both platforms are available.
In terms of browser data usage, first different data providers have different results, most have the gap as being larger, second, the data provider in this case -admob, has an interest in
making Google look better, just as whoever Jobs used for the OS 4 launch was used to make Apple look better.
In terms of company value, since the release of the Nexus One and high profile Android phones, the gap between Apple and Google has grown wider. What this means is that Apple has done a better job of turning their IP into company value than Google. So Apple's management needs credit there.
The other thing that is often not brought up, but compared to the iPhone the Nexus One has extremely poor battery life. A colleague of mine has one, in fact he even got an exchange thinking the first one was defective. I bet if the Nexus One was more popular it would have been an issue. It's a nice phone and the OS is also excellent (very iphonish) and some of the Google apps are very nicely done... but battery does not last through the office day without charging which my iPhone does easily.
@jaffreywali Is the other way around. Android phones have sold better.