Well that was certainly quick. I’d heard that George Hotz had potentially jailbroken Apple’s new tablet but he wasn’t talking. Another Dev-Team member, MuscleNerd, said it took him just 24 hours to get the crack right. May the unauthorized app installation/piracy/warranty-voiding fun begin!

The break is apparently a variation on the “Spirit,” jailbreak used for iPhones running iPhone OS 3.1.3. The crack uses a browser to achieve root access and allows you to run whatever apps you’d like on the iPad, authorized or no. For now, the crack remains in that “only if you know what you’re doing” range of hacks. Come on, though, it only took 24 hours. I’m sure you can find a way to automate this little process, MuscleNerd.

Source: MacNN

George Hotz, the young man responsible for the initial crack on the iPhone, may have put together a hack to unlock any iPhone OS device, including the iPad. Well, he thinks so anyway. There’s obviously no way to prove it until the iPad comes out and Mr. Hotz isn’t willing to give out a release date for the new crack.

The hack is a software-only exploit that allows jailbreaking of iPhone OS devices with just a simple click. Here’s the word from GeoHot himself:

The jailbreak is all software based, and is as simple to use as blackra1n. It is completely untethered, works on all current tethered models(ipt2, 3gs, ipt3), and will probably work on iPad too.

Don’t ask about a release date. You won’t make it happen any sooner.

There you have it. Wired had a phone interview with Hotz during which he said he may release the hack the day the iPad releases but that he would wait to see what the iPhone hacking community does. Here’s hoping for a launch day release.