Technique should extend to iPod, iPad

George Hotz -- a hacker responsible for one of the original iPhone unlocks, and jailbreaking efforts like blackra1n -- claims to have developed a less complicated method of jailbreaking Apple devices. Unlike current techniques, the new approach does not require a tethered connection to a computer. It also remains software-only, and "as simple to use as blackra1n," according to Hotz.

Although a completed release of the hack is said to be some ways away, an early demonstration video has been posted. The code is further said to work on all modern Apple handhelds, including the iPhone 3GS and the second- and third-generation iPod touch. It will "probably" work on the iPad, Hotz suggests, even though the tablet's iPhone 3.2 firmware has not been released to the public. The iPad launches in the US on April 3rd.

by MacNN Staff