{"id":2481,"date":"2009-12-18T18:20:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T18:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nokias-n900-promotional-hackerbox-is-marketing-gone-mad-phones\/"},"modified":"2009-12-18T18:20:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T18:20:47","slug":"nokias-n900-promotional-hackerbox-is-marketing-gone-mad-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/nokias-n900-promotional-hackerbox-is-marketing-gone-mad-phones.php","title":{"rendered":"Nokia’s N900 Promotional Hackerbox Is Marketing Gone Mad [Phones]"},"content":{"rendered":"

One 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<\/a>.<\/p>

Utku, a Product Manager at web design agency Mint Digital, managed to get a Nokia N900<\/a>, 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<\/a>, which was printed on a card on the box, dropped off at his office this morning.<\/p>

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.<\/p>

Corny, yes. Promotional propaganda, true. But it sure does makes me smile. [Nokia Hackerbox<\/a> via Utku<\/a> via SlashGear<\/a>]<\/p>

Re-enactment of the box hacking, below:<\/p>

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