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George Hotz, better known as GoeHot in the iPhone community, has announced the ever-coveted “untethered jailbreak” for the iPhone, iPod touch and potentially… the iPad. What does “untethered” mean? We’re glad you asked, because this is an important day in iPhone hacking history. Jailbreaking has historically been done by hacking the iPhone OS with a computer application — ZiPhone, Pwnage Tool, Redsn0w, QuickPwn, Blackra1n — they’ve all required the use of a computer to jailbreak your device. In the early days, users were actually able to do it through a website, but those security flaws were patched long ago by ‘the powers that be’ at Apple.

Anyways, GoeHot’s new jailbreak is done directly from the device and eliminates the need for a computer. It doesn’t appear to need the complicated steps of entering DFU mode, and it doesn’t show his pretty little face during the jailbreak. This will practically put all of the unlockers in the audience out of business… assuming there’s an unlock available after the jailbreak. It’s common practice for knowledgeable people to unlock iPhones (for a fee) for the less tech-saavy… take a look at the video below, it seems pretty simple to us.

Here’s the post from his website:

See the video here.

I believe it meets the requirements for a good video.

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.

We’re guessing that he has the software done and ready to go, he’s just playing the cat and mouse game for the time being. Apple is widely expected to release iPhone 3.2 along with the iPad release. The iPad itself is actually running 3.2 — the same software that developers are using to work on their updates for the iPad. If he holds onto the software until that release, Apple won’t be able to release a fix for the hole until the next update to the iPhone OS. Hold onto it for a little while longer, George.