Curioser and Curioser... The siezure of Chen's gear may be initself illegal: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/04/26...ure-of-gizmodo-editors-computers-was-illegal/
Saw a great tweet today about this REACT raid. As I said earlier in the thread, I have serious problems with the way Gizmodo acquired and reported on the new iPhone. But I have an even bigger problem with corporations using the police to do their bidding. I would bet my life that before these computers are returned, Apple will be given access to them.
Didn't this happen with the 3GS ? By that it was 'found' in a airport a few months before release ? As they say there's nothing wrong with raising your profile and getting everyone talking about a product before it's even hit the market. A very clever ploy be it real unit or not.
I already posted that, keep up GOO According to Reuters, there may be legal grounds for the search and destroy as it's an investigation in to a possible "theft".
This has all gone too far now. I can't even be bothered to explain my position on it exactly. Lets just say that I hate how the entire thing has unfolded and I disagree with the views and actions of all parties involved in some way. I wish someone would just sweep this away under a carpet somewhere, everyone could forget it ever happened, and that Apple could launch the new iPhone this summer the way they originally intended.
Guy who 'found' the phone tracked down? http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/dude-apple/ This is interseting, especially in light of the finder's ascertion that it wasn't about monetary gain:
Someone lost another one This one has turned up in Vietnam in the hands of a man who likes to hit it. As it's there, there's a good chance it's a production model - it looks a bit cleaner with better seams and the screws have disappeared from the bottom.
Humm .. so besides hitting it and not putting a sim card in he's done nothing with it ? Makes me think it's a scam, considering he's not shown an app running or any features of the os. But then i could just be a doubting tomas ) >
This year's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference runs from 7th-11th of June, if nothing happens on one of those days then I'll eat my keyboard.