On the other hand, I've worked as a contractor for a company that build handsets, and they were very paranoid about their new products and I guess Apple would be the same. I doubt that they'll allow an engineer to walk out with a piece of new hardware unless they don't mind is going to be seen "in the wild".
On Apr 28, 8:20 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > That's as likely as any random crackpot conspiracy theory. > > The problem is of course if (however unlikely it may be), somehow > proof that apple intentionally created the situation where a > journalist could now go to jail leaks out, apple is going to lose > billions in assets one way or another, between brand damage and legal > proceedings. Rather obviously not worth the risk, and there are plenty > of simpler ways to leak it. > > On Apr 28, 9:19 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.
