CertiCell Hires George Hotz

While the debate over selling the secrets of unlocking the iPhone continues, George Hotz is already laughing all the way to the bank. Hotz, the 17-year-old hacker who unlocked the iPhone, is now working for CertiCell, the company that traded him a Nissan 350Z and 3 iPhones for his unlocked iPhone.

Hotz is known for being the first person to unlock the iPhone so it can work with GSM networks like T-Mobile and, more importantly, European networks. Certicell has taken a big interest in this and hired Hotz on as a consultant to their company. CertiCell plans on having Hotz teach their employers how to unlock the iPhone. Whether or not CertiCell will try to commercialize the discovery is still unknown.

Terry Daidone of CertiCell says "We do not have any plans on the table right now to commercialize Mr. Hotz' discovery. However, we are keenly interested in having Mr. Hotz assist our engineers in developing solutions to other software related challenges including software updating, reflashing and memory elimination of repaired and or refurbished cellular handsets"

Whatever CertiCell's plans are, they will soon have the capabilities to unlock the iPhone.

[via CertiCell]