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Are You Going to Jailbreak Your iPhone? Or Root Your Android?

July 26, 2010 1:36 pm by Denise in Tech
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Good news for iPhone and Android owners, you can legally jailbreak/root your phone! What does that mean? Jailbreaking is a way to run third-party apps, codes, and themes that are not available in the iTunes store. Rooting is a similar process for the Android phone.

Way back when I got my first iPhone, I jailbreaked so I could get a cool etch-a-sketch app. I know, that sounds crazy, doesn't it? But way back then, there weren't a lot of apps available, and I really wanted that app -- and a few others that were fun and interesting. Jailbreaking the phone invalidated the warranty, but it was totally worth it.

With so many apps available from iTunes, I don't see myself jailbreaking right now. But then again, it might just depend on which unauthorized third-party apps come available.

Will you be jailbreaking your iPhone or rooting your 'Droid?

~Denise
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Denise
Denise 9 pts moderator

I'm a big believer in choice - and control - and that includes having choices and control over our technology.

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...I heard the very articulate Jennifer Grannick interviewed on NPR/KQED yesterday about these landmark decisions: BlogHer Co-founder ( http://www.blogher.com/member/lisa-stone )

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There's nothing wrong with that. :-)

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I hear you, I really do.

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Melissa Ford
Melissa Ford 5 pts

I'm such a good girl--I couldn't see myself jailbreaking it if I finally got an iPhone.

Melissa writes Stirrup Queens ( http://stirrup-queens.com ) and Lost and Found ( http://lostandfoundandconnectionsabound.blogspot.c... ). Her book is Navigating the Land of If ( http://thelandofif.blogspot.com/ ).

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JennaHatfield
JennaHatfield 9 pts

Right now, no. If something awesome comes out, perhaps. But I really just want my flipping iPhone 4.

Jenna Hatfield (@FireMom ( http://twitter.com/FireMom )), from Stop, Drop and Blog ( http://stopdropandblog.com ) and The Chronicles of Munchkin Land ( http://thechroniclesofmunchkinland.com ), is a freelance writer and newspaper photographer.

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