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#192085 07/26/2010 10:04 PM
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We often see the usage of this word "jailbreak" with regard to the iPhone. According to this link (http://www.appleiphonereview.com/iphone-tutorials/iphone-jailbreak/)
Jailbreak is the process of hacking an iPhone to free it from Apple restrictions. .

We all know jail break, any idea when the phrase jailbreak was conceived?

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Just a guess, but, in this context, probably about when Apple put the restrictions on iPhone use.

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jailbreak (n.)
also jail-break, "prison escape," 1910, from jail + break (n.).

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[quote=Murali]We often see the usage of this word "jailbreak" with regard to the iPhone. According to this link (http://www.appleiphonereview.com/iphone-tutorials/iphone-jailbreak/)
Jailbreak is the process of hacking an iPhone to free it from Apple restrictions. .

We all know jail break, any idea when the phrase jailbreak was conceived?

Thank you

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LukeJavan8 #192109 07/28/2010 12:21 AM
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I'm not sure I see what the question is. Do you mean when did the phrase jail break become the single word jailbreak?

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[mantle of invisibility e]

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Originally Posted By: Jackie
[mantle of invisibility e]




"Mantle of Invisibility" ???


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LukeJavan8 #192133 07/29/2010 3:17 AM
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You asked any idea when the phrase jailbreak was conceived? . The answer to that is in my post directly above yours, so I figured you didn't see it! My invisibility cloak, don'tcha know.


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