Ah! So, this means Apple now has to officially support jailbroken phones? Great! So, I guess we'll be seeing things like the opening up of the app store, or iPhones officially supported on all the US cellular service providers, or even official support for alternate OSs on the iPhone?

To be honest, yeah, I heard about that ruling. But I don't see it changing Apple's policies in the slightest. Apple's entire business model is built around total control over the iPod/iPhone/iPad, and if they were ever forced to actually open up the devices, I'm sure they'd drop the entire line like a hot rock. Steve Jobs turned around Apple mainly by focussing on high-margin products and dropping everything else; and keeping iOS locked is one way to keep those margins high.