Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Revenge of the Nerd II

New Jersey nerd George Hotz traded his cracked iPhone for as what describes as "a sweet Nissan 350Z and 3 8GB iPhones."

The 17-year old Star Wars fan agreed to the deal with CertiCell, a cell phone repair company in Louisville, KY.

People in Kentucky have cell phones? I guess it makes it easier to call to try to get on the Jerry Springer or Maury Povich shows.

The three iPhones are being sent to the three online partners who helped Hotz modify the phone while Hotz is keeping the car.

It took the group over 500 hours to complete the process. Nearly 8 hours a day since the iPhone debuted on June 29.

A Nissan 350Z starts around $28,000. If he gets it loaded, I guess around $38k. That's a summer job that pays $76 per hour. Not bad. He was also promised a paid consulting job by the company.

Still bet he didn't talk to one girl since June 29 either.

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