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December 18th, 2009, 18:40
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_nokiahackerbox.jpgOne lucky guy in the UK found himself on the receiving end of a very cool Nokia promotion, where he had to hack open a PC-controlled box, revealing a shiny new N900 inside (http://gizmodo.com/5346818/nokia-n900-maemo-is-a-phone-makes-the-n97-look-silly).
Utku, a Product Manager at web design agency Mint Digital, managed to get a Nokia N900 (http://gizmodo.com/tag/nokian900/), copy of Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3, and a few other presents out of the box by following the commands at hackerbox.co.uk (http://www.hackerbox.co.uk/), which was printed on a card on the box, dropped off at his office this morning.
They plugged it into a MacBook via USB, but couldn't get any joy. After connecting it to a Windows machine, they followed the commands, and judging by the photos, the sentence "connecting people" worked like magic, and the box opened with a cloud of smoke.
Corny, yes. Promotional propaganda, true. But it sure does makes me smile. [Nokia Hackerbox (http://www.hackerbox.co.uk/) via Utku (http://utku.tumblr.com/post/288975694/christmas-has-come-early-in-a-mysterious-shiny-black) via SlashGear (http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-hackerbox-makes-geeks-work-for-their-n900-video-1866381/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashgear+%28SlashGear%29)]
Re-enactment of the box hacking, below:
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SKG1bHZta1LO40brY_m0zNbH8k0/0/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SKG1bHZta1LO40brY_m0zNbH8k0/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SKG1bHZta1LO40brY_m0zNbH8k0/1/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SKG1bHZta1LO40brY_m0zNbH8k0/1/da)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/7CMGTeJq5Cg
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/7CMGTeJq5Cg/nokias-n900-promotional-hackerbox-is-marketing-gone-mad)
Utku, a Product Manager at web design agency Mint Digital, managed to get a Nokia N900 (http://gizmodo.com/tag/nokian900/), copy of Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3, and a few other presents out of the box by following the commands at hackerbox.co.uk (http://www.hackerbox.co.uk/), which was printed on a card on the box, dropped off at his office this morning.
They plugged it into a MacBook via USB, but couldn't get any joy. After connecting it to a Windows machine, they followed the commands, and judging by the photos, the sentence "connecting people" worked like magic, and the box opened with a cloud of smoke.
Corny, yes. Promotional propaganda, true. But it sure does makes me smile. [Nokia Hackerbox (http://www.hackerbox.co.uk/) via Utku (http://utku.tumblr.com/post/288975694/christmas-has-come-early-in-a-mysterious-shiny-black) via SlashGear (http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-hackerbox-makes-geeks-work-for-their-n900-video-1866381/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashgear+%28SlashGear%29)]
Re-enactment of the box hacking, below:
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SKG1bHZta1LO40brY_m0zNbH8k0/0/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SKG1bHZta1LO40brY_m0zNbH8k0/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SKG1bHZta1LO40brY_m0zNbH8k0/1/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SKG1bHZta1LO40brY_m0zNbH8k0/1/da)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7CMGTeJq5Cg:XIEiPPEFAfM:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/7CMGTeJq5Cg
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/7CMGTeJq5Cg/nokias-n900-promotional-hackerbox-is-marketing-gone-mad)