A group of researchers is claiming that they ve found a root exploit that enables them to jailbreak the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet made by Research In Motion. In a video demonstration of the jailbreak, one of the researchers shows off the ability to change the settings on a PlayBook and says that he also has the. ability to install the Android Market app on the tablet. The video does not explain exactly how the root exploit works or where the vulnerability in the device lies, but the video shows that the researcher, known as. Neuralic, has the. ability to make system-level changes on the PlayBook.
Source: https://threatpost.com/rim-playbook-jailbroken-researchers-claim-120111/75947/