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You better believe it when notorious iPhone jailbreaker MuscleNerd — a well-respected member of the iPhone Dev-Team — declares root access on an iPad. According to this fella’s tweets, this new hack is a port of Comex’s “Spirit” jailbreak that exploits a bug found on both iPhone OS 3.1.3 and the iPad’s 3.2. No downloads are offered right at this moment, but it shouldn’t be long before we can throw in all sorts of wild apps and widgets as we wish. Video after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Can you believe it? No, seriously — can your mind handle this realness? After months upon months of teetering on the brink of eternal vaporware, the JooJoo tablet is shipping to actual end-users. Yeah, we’ve had our media unit for a few days, but when you think about how many startups have dreams of shipping devices as substantial as this, just the sight of an unopened FedEx box from its warehouse makes an impact. Frankly, the timing here couldn’t possibly be worse, but we’re guessing a fair amount of to-be tablet buyers were holding back on plunking down their cold, hard cash to a company that was having issues with the most basic of business processes. So yes, Fusion Garage is actually shipping these to mere mortals today, and just in case you were curious about the insides, one of our engineering tipsters put his Harvard skills to good use by breaking into the casing and having a glance at the nuts and bolts.

He told us that getting inside required the removal of just ten screws (using the correct screwdriver, mind you), and that the RAM slot (1GB provided) was easily accessible. For that matter, the mini PCIe SSD and extra mini PCIe slot were as well, and while he located a 3G SIM slot, he couldn’t spot the 3G antenna. On the software front, he noted that he was having all sorts of issues, from Hotmail not loading (it demands an upgrade to a “newer browser” to Netflix streaming not being supported at all. Not exactly reassuring news, but hey, if you’re up for hacking Windows 7 onto this thing, at least you can count on getting a product when you hand over those digits.

[Thanks, Ashwani]

JooJoo ships to actual consumers, gets dissected for good measure originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Apple iPad. The name is a killing word — more than a product — it’s a statement, an idea, and potentially a prime mover in the world of consumer electronics. Before iPad it was called the Apple Tablet, the Slate, Canvas, and a handful of other guesses — but what was little more than rumor and speculation for nearly ten years is now very much a reality. Announced on January 27th to a middling response, Apple has been readying itself for what could be the most significant product launch in its history; the making (or breaking) of an entirely new class of computer for the company. The iPad is something in between its monumental iPhone and wildly successful MacBook line — a usurper to the netbook throne, and possibly a sign of things to come for the entire personal computer market… if Apple delivers on its promises. And those are some big promises; the company has been tossing around words like “magical” and “revolutionary” to describe what many have dismissed as nothing more than a larger version of its iPod touch. But is that all there is to this device? Is the hope that Apple promises for this new computing experience nothing more than marketing fluff and strategic hyperbole? Or is this a different beast altogether — a true sign that change has come to the world of the PC? We have the definitive answers to those questions (and many more) right here, so read on for our full review of the Apple iPad!

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When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad he was quick to shake his finger in the nose of the other devices out there attempting to fill the gap between cell phone and full-sized laptop, and in particular those market-dominating netbooks. In Apple’s opinion, the iPad may be the gadget for surfing the web, watching movies, reading books and running apps, but it’s surely not the only game in town. And if you aren’t sold on the iPad, but happen to be someone who’s looking to buy a secondary computing device to use while traveling or while simply lying on the couch, your choices at the moment come down to netbooks and… well, more netbooks. And that’s not such a bad thing, especially if you need a feature Apple’s tablet can’t offer, like multitasking, a keyboard, or Flash support. So, before you get up on Saturday morning and run off to purchase that iPad, you may want to peruse the best current (as well as coming) alternatives we’ve rounded up after the break.

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iPass? The best present and future alternatives to the Apple iPad originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Greg Packer, we salute you. Sure, the weather in New York City is a lot finer now than it was back in the sweltering summer of 2007, but we still feel the need to tip our hat to someone who’d camp out three whole days at Apple’s Fifth Avenue store (read: “The Cube”) for an iPad. Tipster Tom dropped in the image after the break at around 3:15PM ET yesterday, and after a short nap in Penn Station, Mr. Packer is freshened up and holding down his spot yet again. We aren’t anticipating iPhone-esque lines this coming Saturday, but considering that new pre-orders aren’t being fulfilled until April 12th or later, we reckon this guy is following that whole “better safe than sorry” thing to a T. Check out a brief video captured on the streets (thanks, Zoltan Kaprinay!) by tapping that ‘Read More’ link, and head on over to Switched if you’d like to relive a similar interview from the iPhone campout.

We’ll leave you with a few choice quotes from Mr. Packer on why exactly he’s doing such a thing for such a product:

Question: “So, nobody took your place?”
Packer: “No, nobody… nobody.”

Question: “So, you are the first one?”
Packer: “So far, yep yep!”

Question: “So you’re going to be the first one to buy one, also?”
Packer: “Yep, yep!”

Question: “Do you have any number?”
Packer: “Huh?! Yes, yes. Well, first come, first serve! They don’t give you a number, you queue up for a number.”

Question: “Do you have something in your bag, to eat or drink?”
Packer: “Just mainly a change of clothes. Nothing to eat, nothing to drink.”

Question: “Why do you want [the iPad] so desperately?”
Packer: “Because… it’s like a mini laptop! I mean, you just… you know, click it on, just like you click the iPhone on. And you don’t have to open it up, and you know, go through, you know, go through everything. “

Question: “So, you need to have it?”
Packer: “Yes! “

[Thanks, Tom and Zoltan]

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First NYC iPad line sitter also camped for first iPhone: a legend is born (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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