US Teen Trades Hacked iPhone for Nissan 350Z

PieGuy107 writes to mention that seventeen-year-old George Hotz of Glen Rock, NJ has made the trade of the summer. Hotz traded his hacked iPhone for a new set of wheels (Nissan 350Z to be exact) and 3 more 8GB iPhones. "[Terry] Daidone, who's the co-founder of Louisville, Kentucky-based CertiCell, has apparently also offered the young man a paid consulting job, but stresses the company doesn't have 'any plans on the table right now to commercialize Mr. Hotz' discovery'."

Monday called

[Anonymous Coward]

they want their story back.

I'd feel terrible

[gcnaddict]

if the 350Z had a salvage title on it...

Life's lessons...

[feepness]

The poor kid is absolutely boned come tax time.

1996 called

[Anonymous Coward]

It wants its pop culture reference back.

Re:Hackability...

[Anonymous Coward]

But but... it can't possible have the Real Internet (tm) on it! Steve said so!

Re:Irony?

[tftp]

It likely does now.

Now the question is

[Dachannien]

...does he call it Hotz Wheels or the Hotzmobile?

digg

[Anonymous Coward]

I was a devout /. reader and dismissed digg.com. Lately I find myself reading digg more than /. because I read this about 2 days ago there. Still love /. but it seems to be more of a filtered digg a day or two old.

Re:Hackability...

[tgd]

Yeah but when you buy name brand instead of Walmart, you know your shoes were made by eight year olds, not five year olds. My morals are worth another $30.

Re:1996 called

[IthnkImParanoid]

You fool! The proper reply is: 1992 called and wants David Spade's only good joke back.

Re:Life's lessons...

[Anonymous Coward]

Do people under 18 pat taxes?

Sure do. Some also scratch taxes on the belly.

keep hacking

[koutkeu]

Next step: Hack the 350Z and trade it for a jet

Re:digg

[justinlee37]

filtered digg

I wouldn't underestimate the inherent value of putting a filter on that ... thing.

Re:Hackability...

[Pearson]

I don't YET consider it a value when it doesn't offer 3G support

It's got even better than 3G; it's got 8 GB!!

Re:Smart Trade

[wwwillem]

So the whole deal is about a 17 year old's steady hand work. :-) We all remember the result of that .....

Hack it via brute-force Slashdot cliche

[Neuticle]

How?
  In Soviet Russia, if CDMA, for one, bows down to our new beowulf-cluster-of-iPhones overlords, GSM would hack you! and cover Natalie Portman in hot grits, you insensitive clod!

...if I can some how show that netcraft confirms Holy Grail is dying, it just might work.

/brain hurts from just writing that