Few days back Amazon released their Instant Video App for iPad with much fanfare. And now the news is coming that Amazon is indeed blocking access to their online video service from the instant video app if your iPad is jailbroken. Unfortunate, indeed, below is the excerpt from the response from Amazon about the same :

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From: “Amazon.com”

Date: Aug 1, 2012 5:33 PM

Subject: Your Amazon.com Inquiry

To: “xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx”

Hello xxxxx,

I’m sorry that the Amazon Instant Video service isn’t yet working on your iPad.

The service is absolutely available to you. What we’re finding is that this specific error is popping up for folks whose iPads have any kind of jailbreak installed. A jailbreak is a program installed on your device that lets you do stuff not necessarily supported by the manufacturer. For example, if Apple blocks access to fictional service provider Orange you can add a thing that gets around that block.

If you do not believe their device to be jailbroken, please see if you have any of the following apps installed on your iPad:

“APT”
“Cydia”
“Installer” (“Installer App” is okay, but just “Installer” is another version of the first, “APT”.)
The presence of any of these indicates a jailbreak, and our service won’t work. From the error message that you provided, it appears your device has been jail-broken. We are unable to provide any troubleshooting for your device.

You will need to contact the site or person where you received the jail-break for your device.

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Best Regards,

David R.

Amazon.com

More details at TheVerge