Jailbreaking and jailbreak apps are officially coming to Microsoft Windows Phone 7 thanks to ChevronWP7 Labs. We already know Microsoft has a different approach to dealing with jailbreakers compared to Apple and Sony, which is a pretty interesting move by the company. The company will be officially supporting homebrew apps on their WP7 devices. For those of you who don’t already know about it, ChevronWP7 was a tool that was released to jailbreak Windows Phone 7. The team was welcomed by Microsoft so they can work together and the same team is the one working behind the ChevronWP7 Labs that will allow you to install homebrew apps. The following is what the ChevronWP7 team has posted: As announced on the Windows Phone Dev Podcast, we will soon be launching an approved Windows Phone unlocking service as part of ChevronWP7 Labs. This will be available to developers across all skill levels and all regions. The service will require a small fee — currently via PayPal — to offset costs but we assure you it will be more affordable than the App Hub. Those who wish to write and immediately publish apps are recommended to sign up to the App Hub instead. It’s pretty nice to see Microsoft taking a totally different approach to jailbreaking and hacking in general. Thinking about it from a different perspective, for a company like Microsoft who is coming in late to the smartphone age of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android OS, taking a different approach to hacking compared to its competition can be a successful strategy. At the same time, we wonder what new heights the ChevronWp7 team will take the Windows Phone 7 platform to. They seem to be chock full of potential and with everything being supported by Microsoft, this could appeal to a whole new crowd and possibly make more users jump ship to WP7 smartphones instead. On the flipside, some people might enjoy the chase of getting for example a jailbroken iPhone or a rooted Android phone knowing that it isn’t supported by the company behind the devices / OS. Whats your take on Microsoft’s move? Are you a WP7 user who is excited to see where ChevronWP7 will take the platform? What kind of WP7 homebrew apps would you like to see being released? Let us know in the comments below! As usual, stay tuned for more tech news and info by following us on Facebook, Twitter and/or by subscribing to our RSS Feed. Authors: