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Originally Posted by DavidinCT
Not sure why people are thinking like this. This is one of Microsoft's childs right now, they really want to see this become big and I can see why.
Hacking or anything on Windows Phone 7 would be shut down so fast it's not even funny. They seem to let us play with 6.5 but, I am sure 7.0 will be a different story.
If you have been here for a long time, you'll know the letters that MS sends when they don't like something and that means stop talking about it ASAP. Trust me when they say it...you stop talking about it (or end up in a big legal battle that would shut most sites down)
I'd bet any "true" hacking will be done underground, and most people would not even know where to look.
With this being said, I see the good and bad with WP7....still at a love/hate thing with it, I guess time will tell.
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It is not illegal to modify software as long as you don't plan to resell it and those that use it are licensed to use it. It is beyond M$ control....The reason why M$ is locking down the platform is because winmo was unusable unless hacked and many did not know about these things so they avoid M$ devices as being faulty...
Their attempt to lock down the platform is to prevent that negative publicity from happening...if a person knows how to unlock, they are more experienced then an average user because they actually seek information rather then rage quit on the phone.
I am not saying I agree with what M$ is doing and I think it will end up in shutdown of their mobile department but they are doing it to try to uphold an image and brand. They won't even have time to worry about people modifying their platform.