Teen trades hacked iPhone for new car

[shaian]

SAN FRANCISCO - The teenage hacker who managed to unlock the iPhone so that it can be used with cellular networks other than AT&T will be trading his reworked gadget for a new car. ADVERTISEMENT George Hotz, of Glen Rock, N.J., said he had reached the deal with CertiCell, a Louisville, Ky.-based mobile phone repair company.Hotz posted on his blog that he traded his modified iPhone for "a sweet Nissan 350Z and 3 8GB iPhones.""This has been a great end to a great summer," Hotz wrote.The 17-year-old Hotz said he will be sending the three new iPhones to the three online collaborators who helped him divorce Apple Inc's popular product from AT&T's network. The job took 500 hours, or about 8 hours a day since the iPhone's June 29 launch.Hotz made the deal with Terry Daidone, co-founder of CertiCell, who also promised the teen a paid consulting job."We do not have any plans on the table right now to commercialize Mr. Hotz' discovery," Daidone said in a statement.

[Kurtis]

another great day for geeks everywhereand man was 17 aswellthere is hope

[shaian]

im tellin u duttsget ur crew together and move and take over the world

[NewKingofKings]

I swear he got bumped...

[Kurtis]

im tellin u duttsget ur crew together and move and take over the world

if that wasnt copywritten or sutin i would so take that name

[bank]

badda man

[zlastboss]

I swear he got bumped...

lol he shoulda went to apple and asked for a job with them instead

[DINKY]

thats what i was thinking man got bumped

[JJ]

thats what i was thinking man got bumped

[Guest Scorpzz]

8 hours everyday since June 29thI would of gave up after one day.

[Kurtis]

didnt get bumpedu buy one iphonemodify it, true say it took long, but thats his thing, hes a geek, he was out to crack ita car and 3 iphones for one is a good enough deal for me (being 17 aswell but not that much of a geek)

[DINKY]

my bro was gonna buy one out there but wernt sure if it would work seeing all this at&t stuff it would not of worked over here I guess?

[Kurtis]

nope woulda been locked offn also, its not like the kid gave away the secret to unlockin the phonejus gave away one unlocked one

[DINKY]

hope he remembers what he did and can do it under 5 hours a go

[qks]

so what exaclty did he do to it

[Kurtis]

unlocked it