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Tom Merritt: How to 'jail-break' the iPhone and unleash the full OS

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Takeaway: CNET’s Tom Merritt explains ‘jail-breaking’ the iPhone and how it can open up additional functionality by making the full Mac OS X available on the phone. Tom also discusses how it works with the iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store.

CNET’s Tom Merritt explains ‘jail-breaking’ the iPhone and how it can open up additional functionality by making the full Mac OS X available on the phone. In this episode of the Tech Sanity Check podcast, Tom also discusses how it works with the iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store, and explains the drawbacks of jail-breaking.

You can find Tom at bol.cnet.com. Here are the two links Tom mentioned in the show:

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