A New Car for a Teenager’s iPhone Hacking Ability
Early yesterday, I found a very interesting news from mercurynews.com. It amazes me when I learnt about a 17-year old boy possessing the ability to unlock the iPhone. It has been such an amazement for me because the device was to be restricted from being used solely on AT&T Inc.’s cellular networks. The teenager has been given a new car as a reward. I believe the boy deserves it because cracking the code of an iPhone is definitely a lot more valuable than discovering how a Mercedes Benz oxygen sensor works.
George Hotz of Glen Rock, N.J. was the teenage genius. According to the site, Hotz said that he had accomplished the deal with CertiCell. It is a Louisville, Ky.-based mobile phone repair company. The deal was with Terry Daidone, the co-founder of CertiCell. She is the one who promised the boy a paid consulting job for the company. But, Daidone said, “We do not have any plans on the table right now to commercialize Mr. Hotz’ discovery.” There might be but it would not be this time. “However, we are keenly interested in having Mr. Hotz assist our engineers in developing solutions to other software related challenges ….” she added.
Hotz proudly flaunted his luck on his blog. He said, he traded his modified iPhone with a “sweet Nissan 350Z and (three) iPhones.” As written, he said, “This has been a great end to a great summer.”
In appreciation of three more individuals who would be able to unlock Apple Inc.’s popular product, he will be sending the three iPhones to them. It took them about 500 hours or approximately eight hours each day to have the job done. That was since the iPhone was launched last June 29.
At the end of Hotz’s blog, he wrote, “If I ever do anything more with the iPhone, it’ll definitely be posted here.” For that, I believe he has the confident to bring out more of his skill for the device or even any other.
