I totally agree that this on the surface sounds like a ploy by Apple! The only thing which sort of suggests otherwise is the fact that the guy that found the phone was paid $5000 (by gizmodo) for it, and there has been police searches in gizmodos locations.
This could also, of course be part of the ploy, but I hope (and think) not. (Since the guy selling the phone has not been found (AFAIK), he could very well be an Apple employee) On Apr 28, 4:17 pm, scphantm <[email protected]> wrote: > why does it have to be anything more than an engineer that probably > shouldn't have had it to begin with got drunk in a bar and forgot it? > > On Apr 28, 3:19 am, Kim Saabye Pedersen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello Posse > > > Warning: this following is pure speculation > > > Listening to episode 303 and the talk about the "lost" iphone 4 made > > me wonder why none of the posse members thought the "loss" was > > actually made on purpose by Apple as an example of viral marketing [1] > > - as the loss made a lot of headlines in all media around the world, > > including all leading newspapers in Denmark. By losing the phone Apple > > has gotten a lot of awareness about the fact that the phone is coming > > and the technical specs that it has. Hence they have kept the medias > > attention on Apple and the iphone and away from the competitors. > > > 1:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
