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I phone hacked!
Posted: August 28th, 2007, 11:41 am
by HenryGale
And it took a 17 year old to do it!
Teen trades hacked iPhone for new car
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.
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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.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_ ... e_unlocked
Posted: August 28th, 2007, 11:44 am
by LUconn
You phone hacked? That used to be the only way before broadband.
Posted: August 28th, 2007, 12:41 pm
by Realist
Man, he looks exactly how I would have imagined.
Posted: August 28th, 2007, 1:48 pm
by blwall1416
LUconn wrote:You phone hacked? That used to be the only way before broadband.
I almost spit water on my computer screen........nicely, done!!!
Posted: August 28th, 2007, 2:42 pm
by LUconn
thanks, I was worried it was too corny. It sounded like something my dad would say.
Posted: August 28th, 2007, 3:00 pm
by El Scorcho
He had a lot of help from a rather large group of people, but now he's getting all the glory. This week four other methods for unlocking the iPhone were also published. AT&T will be the only people who are upset about this.
Posted: August 29th, 2007, 12:34 am
by mrmacphisto
When did he change his name from John Mayer?