Jailbreaking is the process of opening your iphone or iPod Touch to run unofficial apps bypassing Apple's distribution and approval process. The analogy is that you're "freeing" the phone from the prison walls of Apples overbearing control. If Apple had it their way, jailbreaking would be illegal. But as it turns out, of now, you bought the iPhone, it's yours, you can do whatever you want with it. So let's learn how to jailbreak.