OT - Teen trades hacked iPhone for new car

[Dhuepaxuz]

Tue Aug 28, 6:03 AM ET

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.

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.

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[pico]

congrats. i love happy endings. i hope at&t won't sue him.

[ShamsWoof10]

This is a good example that if you are that good at what you do then you don't need a degree... A friend of mine with an IQ of 165 once told me that... 17 years old and he is already that good before college....nice!!!

Got to go toast to the last three digits of my posts...

[Tchocky]

Wow...I guess obsession really does pay off. What can seem like a big waste of time for most people can result in a big payday at some time in the future. This is what I tell myself as I spend several hours a day handicapping games.

[pico]

Wow...I guess obsession really does pay off. What can seem like a big waste of time for most people can result in a big payday at some time in the future. This is what I tell myself as I spend several hours a day handicapping games.

[ShamsWoof10]

Wow...I guess obsession really does pay off. What can seem like a big waste of time for most people can result in a big payday at some time in the future. This is what I tell myself as I spend several hours a day handicapping games.

Everything is relative my friends... "A big waste of time" is a good example.. What can be a big waste of time to one may not be to another..i.e. a result in attaining more money makes it worth the time in most people's perspective but spending your whole life chasing money can also be considered "A big waste of time" from another perspective...

In reality money is simply... paper with ink on it...

[LargeMouthBass]

Wow...I guess obsession really does pay off. What can seem like a big waste of time for most people can result in a big payday at some time in the future. This is what I tell myself as I spend several hours a day handicapping games.

Ditto...

[SBR Lou]

I don't think there will be legal action taken against the kid. He outsmarted the Apple programmers, good for him. If anything they should offer him a job if he really is a boy genius with computers.