Teen trades hacked iPhone for 'sweet' car
 

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- 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.
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George Hotz, of Glen Rock, New Jersey, said he had reached the deal with CertiCell, a Louisville, Kentucky-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.

dude is a super Nerd!

Sweet. Good for him. Maybe he can score a nice gig out of it too.

nerd needs a hair cut.

that kid is super bad

It's McLovin.

looks like his nose has already been adjusted once before cyber hustler your too late or is it a bad angle picture.

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I'm getting DatingGolds iphone and doing the same thing

I bet all the girls will be on his dick.

350z??? Ashame that young people don't ever realize what they have... He could have gotten enough to buy 10 of them... easy! :pimp

heh, kid got himself a good deal...

Man kids are getting smarter. At 17 I could barely use a computer let alone hack something. Wonder what apple has to say about all of this?

Apple still has no comment....right now i am sure they r working round the clock to fix what they think he did lol

didn't he post the directions for doing the procedure online? I read a news article saying he didn't want people to make money off of his discovery, yet he takes a free car :1orglaugh

well done!

What an idiot...

He could have sold the information and made millions.

Not a bad deal for a singular iphone though. He can make more.

should have went this route.

Is this not illegal?

Go hack anything else and you'll have your ass a lawsuit.

I'm waiting for Apple to take the kids car and his wages from that job he landed once they sue his ass.

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8 hours a day hacking a phone...woot thats an awesome summer for a 17 year old kid

heh! dumb statement of the day! :thumbsup

You don't think being 17 and spending 8 hours a day playing with a phone is kind of ridiculous?

Nice trade off, I'd say

Here's his blog: http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/

looks like John Mayer a bit..

lol :thumbsup

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Teenager A spends eight hours per day breaking his back loading trucks or working construction in the hot sun. At the end of the summer, he has skin cancer and a used Pinto.

Teenager B sits in his air-conditioned house eight hours per day hacking an iPhone. At the end of the summer, he has moderate national fame, a new 350Z, a cushy job waiting for him, and three new iPhones.

It's amazing to me that people would think Teenager B is the one who did the wrong thing.

SpaceAce

what an idiot, why would you want a car over a nice sum of money?

I can practically see him regretting this decision down the road.
Assuming the car is $35,000 - he still pocketed $70 per hour. :thumbsup

I think even with the cool car he still wont get laid. lol

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you might be surprised how many fairly good looking geek girls there are out...