Easy trade: unlocked iPhone For a ‘Sweet' New Car
The teenage hacker who unlocked the iPhone so that it can be used with cellular networks other than AT&T
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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,” Mr. Hotz wrote.
The 17-year-old Mr. 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 eight hours a day since the iPhone's June 29 launch. Mr. 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,” Mr. Daidone said in a statement.
Associated Press,August 28, 2007 at 6:40 AM EDT