Teen Hacker Gets Sweet Reward

The teen who unlocked the iPhone from AT&T trades the device in for a car and a paid consulting job.

George Hotz, the New Jersey teen hacker who unlocked his iPhone from AT&T and used it on T-Mobile, is trading in his phone. In its place he’ll be receiving a new car and a consulting job.

 Hotz made the deal with Louisiville, Kentucky cell phone repair company CertiCell. He wrote on his blog that he’ll be receiving“a sweet Nissan 350Z and 3 8GB iPhones. This has been a great end to a great summer.”

Hotz, 17, will send the phones to the online collaborators who help him make the hack, which took him 500 hours.

Certicell has no plans to try and commercialize the hack. But it knows a good thing when it sees it – the company has given Hotz a paid consulting gig.