Winner unaware of contest

The winner of Apple's recent iTunes contest, Louie Sulcer, initially dismissed Steve Jobs' personal phone call as a prank, according to Rolling Stone. Sulcer claims to have purchased the 10 billionth iTunes track, Johnny Cash's "Guess Things Happen That Way," while unaware that Apple was running such a promotion.

After the CEO introduced himself as Steve Jobs from Apple, Sulcer said "yeah right, who is this really?" The Woodstock, Georgia resident believed the call may have been placed by his son as a joke. "He does that every now and then — calls me and imitates somebody.” After asking jobs "come on now, who is this" several more times, Sulcer finally gained confirmation after checking his caller ID.

The grandfather of nine reportedly chose the song after listening to a 30-second preview which "had some really good pickin' in it." He admits that it might be time to upgrade from his current iPod nano to a model with additional storage.

by MacNN Staff