A TEENAGE hacker who managed to unlock his iPhone so that it can be used with cellular networks other than AT&T will be trading his reworked gadget for a new sports car.
George Hotz said he had reached the deal with CertiCell, a Kentucky-based mobile-phone repair company.
The procedure, which the 17-year-old laid out on his blog last week, raises the possibility of a cottage industry springing up to buy iPhones, unlocking them and then selling them to people who do not want an AT&T service or cannot get it.
The phone, which combines an innovative touch-screen interface with the media-playing abilities of the iPod, is currently sold only in the US.
Hotz posted on his blog that he traded his modified iPhone for "a sweet Nissan 350Z and three 8GB iPhones.
"This has been a great end to a great summer," Hotz added.
The hacker said he would be sending the three iPhones to the three online collaborators who helped him divorce Apple Inc's product from AT&T's network. It took 500 hours, or about eight hours a day, since the iPhone's 29 June launch.
The youth made the deal with Terry Daidone, co-founder of CertiCell, who also promised him a paid consulting job.
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