He has apparently been ID's, courtesy of the police raid. And that has got you wondering how far Apple is willing to go with this. You can't really treat it any way other than the purchase of stolen goods, yet Apple is probably imagining industrial espionage charges or similar.
I think they simply screwed up... and became subject of their own sensationalism game. A launch already June 7 means the device we saw was the real thing, and then you gotta wonder what iSteve will say up there on stage. He will have his usual overload of superlatives (super, smart, amazing, fantastic, intelligent...) but likely be short on actual news. On Apr 28, 11:42 pm, bell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > 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.
