The Apple Dev Team has proven that the Apple TV, just out of the starting gate, can indeed be jailbroken. Generally, jailbreaking a device means developers can gain the
necessary root access to develop their own apps or customizations. This particular jailbreak, via the SHAtter exploit that was first used on the iPod touch 4G, is not ready for prime time, according to the developers. It will take more iterations and development work before consumers can being installing third-party apps on Apple TV, said Rob Walch, host of Today in iPhone.
