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. However, analysts said the ruling likely will not have many practical implications for the wireless industry. The ruling which applies to all handsets and not just the iPhone does not require
Apple or other handset makers to allow jailbreaking, but instead does not penalize people who circumvent controls designed to stop jailbreaking.
. "There's no real practical implications here, except for the fact that what is not a particularly common or widespread practice is now legal," Michael Gartenberg, analyst with the Altimeter Group, told FierceWireless. "The risk versus reward is still too great for most folks. The people who were going to do it are probably going to do it anyway."
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. However, analysts said the ruling likely will not have many practical implications for the wireless industry. The ruling which applies to all handsets and not just the iPhone does not require <span class="company">Apple</span> or other handset makers to allow jailbreaking, but instead does not penalize people who circumvent controls designed to stop jailbreaking.<span class="sent"> . "There's no real practical implications here, except for the fact that what is not a particularly common or widespread practice is now legal," <span class="analyst">Michael Gartenberg</span>, analyst with the Altimeter Group, told FierceWireless.</span> "The risk versus reward is still too great for most folks. The people who were going to do it are probably going to do it anyway."
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