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[Parallax]

it sure looks a lot more like zune with some htc thrown in. cant say, i dont like it.

i wasnt too fond of the original zunes design, but the 2nd gen designs had me. its a shame that they dumped them.

 

[Mar]

I'm still using the 'old' 3G model, and will continue to do so. Until they add an FM radio to it. Then I'm upgrading day 1.

Small feature, but makes all the difference for me. I needs my radio on the morning commute. At the moment I'm having to carry an iPhone and a Nano to cover my audio commuting needs.

Here's hoping.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

They've an obligation to return it and they certainly don't have the right to disassemble it

Completely OT, but do people really conract "they have" (in this situation/tense) ike that? Lmfao.

 

[noah111]

Posted?Awesome read so far. :lol

 

[Keylime]

I'm still using the 'old' 3G model, and will continue to do so. Until they add an FM radio to it. Then I'm upgrading day 1.

Small feature, but makes all the difference for me. I needs my radio on the morning commute. At the moment I'm having to carry an iPhone and a Nano to cover my audio commuting needs.

Here's hoping.

Ever try a radio app?

WunderRadio can tap into just about any radio station across the country and stream it to your phone.

 

[Vitruviux]

Love the flat, minimalistic industrial design.

The thing looks like a...

 

[giga]

Posted?Awesome read so far. :lol

Wow, they revealed the employee?

 

[Epcott]

Wow! I thought for sure it would have a 3D screen. I wonder if this is the model Verizon is getting??

 

[Keylime]

Posted?Awesome read so far. :lol

Wow, I can't believe the dude's name is so public. :lol

 

[Meier]

Posted?Awesome read so far. :lol

Poor, poor Gray. I love that it's come out who lost it and everything.. this is all kind of priceless. He has a really douchey name -- I'm sure he's got well to do parents with a name like that. He'll live.

 

[Gouken]

Megapixels don't mean shit. What matters is the quality.

exactly.

 

[Kowak]

Posted?Awesome read so far. :lol

poor guy, I wish they told you how they managed to secure it.

 

[Pctx]

Posted?Awesome read so far. :lol

Holy shit!!!! Epic!!!

 

[grkazan12]

For the 3G owners, all I have to say is now is the time to upgrade, compared to the 3Gs the 3G although very good, feels ancient in comparison. Really hope it keeps the new design scheme and that it's not some early version.

Edit: Awesome Story

 

[Keylime]

I love how Apple remotely wiped it with MobileMe. Shit is so sci-fi.

 

[LCfiner]

Incredible. On the plus side, he probably got to meet steve jobs much sooner than he expected... And live to tell the tale.

:lol

 

[BocoDragon]

For the 3G owners, all I have to say is now is the time to upgrade, compared to the 3Gs the 3G although very good, feels ancient in comparison. Really hope it keeps the new design scheme and that it's not some early version.

Someone asked for directions last night, and watching how quickly my friend used Google maps on his 3GS made me, a 3G user, really jealous. It's choppy as hell on my 3G.

Hopefully this new iPhone is a similar speed upgrade

 

[numble]

Wow, so this was lost a month ago.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

There's no reason to out the guy like that. Fucking Gizmodo.

 

[noah111]

Yeah, poor guy though.. I mean, someone disabled the phone remotely literally the day after it was lost, so I wonder if that someone was Apple themselves or the guy in isolation. If the latter then I also have to wonder when he actually told a big shot at Apple, or if he did that day at all. It's an interesting, sad, yet slightly funny story, and in the end great break by Gizmodo (whether it costed them or not tbh).

 

[Mar]

Ever try a radio app?

WunderRadio can tap into just about any radio station across the country and stream it to your phone.

A radio app that relies on the internet to stream is no good for my commute. In Sydney there are areas I go through with no 3G, let alone the fact that Australia has terrible data caps. While my phone is bought and paid for by work, I don't think they'd enjoy seeing the bill every month after streaming internet radio every morning, even if it did work.

 

[BocoDragon]

There's no reason to out the guy like that. Fucking Gizmodo.

It's cruel.

But Gizmodo probably needed to publically account for how they acquired the phone... and this will combat the idea that Apple deliberately leaked it.

 

[Kowak]

On facebook it says Gray Powell works for Apple and Sony ericsson

 

[numble]

There's no reason to out the guy like that. Fucking Gizmodo.

Yeah, if he was fired, any tech company that might hire him now knows him as that untrustworthy guy.

 

[Darko]

Posted?Awesome read so far. :lol

RIP

 

[LCfiner]

One thing the story doesn't explain is why the guy who found the iPhone stopped trying to contact Gray after the phone got wiped. Unless he completely forgot the name he had seen the night before the phone got wiped, he could've tried contacting him again.

Instead, it's: "yada yada yada, we got the phone."

 

[BocoDragon]

On facebook it says Gray Powell works for Apple and Sony ericsson

Makes sense if he programs cell baseband software.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

It's even worse when you consider that they protected their source, but they won't extend that courtesy to this poor schmuck. It's not like he fucked a kid or something, he just misplaced an iPhone, and now everyone knows his name.

 

[BocoDragon]

One thing the story doesn't explain is why the guy who found the iPhone stopped trying to contact Gray after the phone got wiped. Unless he completely forgot the name he had seen the night before the phone got wiped, he could've tried contacting him again.

Instead, it's: "yada yada yada, we got the phone."

$5000-$10000 dollars.

It's even worse when you consider that they protected their source, but they won't extend that courtesy to this poor schmuck. It's not like he fucked a kid or something, he just misplaced an iPhone, and now everyone knows his name.

Protecting the source was probably part of the deal.

 

[abq]

Kinda douchy to reveal the name of the employee. Wasn't the prototype a big enough scoop?

 

[Gary Whitta]

Yeah I don't think it's really cool that they outed this guy with his his full name and facebook info complete with photos. What interest does that serve other than the prurient? What's the point of humiliating this guy publicly? Sure, tell the story of how the phone was lost but don't dogpile on the poor guy and make an internet joke out of him. But again, we are dealing with the same guys who thought it was hilarious to walk around CES shutting down TVs with universal remotes.

 

[pxleyes]

Posted?Awesome read so far. :lol

Best tech reveal story of this century, bar none. Absolutely stunning, and the lengths to which Apple went to conceal the new device are both admirable and really clever for in-field testing.

 

[noah111]

It's even worse when you consider that they protected their source, but they won't extend that courtesy to this poor schmuck. It's not like he fucked a kid or something, he just misplaced an iPhone, and now everyone knows his name.

The cost of working for a company as big as Apple? You also gotta remember one guy handed them the phone and the other didn't.

Not saying they have the right or anything but it's not the least bit surprising tbh. I think we would've found out his name sooner or later anyway.

Kinda douchy to reveal the name of the employee. Wasn't the prototype a big enough scoop?

:lol :lol

Spoiler

no such thing

 

[LCfiner]

It's even worse when you consider that they protected their source, but they won't extend that courtesy to this poor schmuck. It's not like he fucked a kid or something, he just misplaced an iPhone, and now everyone knows his name.

I know. It's very one-sided reporting of the story. Kinda like how'd you tell a story at a bar to impress someone but leave out all the tawdry bits that don't make you look so good.

Well, at least it appears that the part about the phone being lost at a bar was true. It wasn't stolen from apple campus.

Still, pretty much everyone involved in this is a major douche. :lol

 

[Jill Sandwich]

For the 3G owners, all I have to say is now is the time to upgrade, compared to the 3Gs the 3G although very good, feels ancient in comparison. Really hope it keeps the new design scheme and that it's not some early version.

Edit: Awesome Story

Sold my 8Gb 3G on eBay last week, got a fair £255 for it, despite it having 2 scratches on the screen and a crack on the dock connector. I'll definitely be getting a case for my next one.

 

[benita]

Looks cool.

Won't be upgrading from my 3gs regardless of whether it ends up being the final design.

 

[Keylime]

A radio app that relies on the internet to stream is no good for my commute. In Sydney there are areas I go through with no 3G, let alone the fact that Australia has terrible data caps. While my phone is bought and paid for by work, I don't think they'd enjoy seeing the bill every month after streaming internet radio every morning, even if it did work.

Well you got me there

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I know. It's very one-sided reporting of the story. Kinda like how'd you tell a story at a bar to impress someone but leave out all the tawdry bits that don't make you look so good.

Well, at least it appears that the part about the phone being lost at a bar was true. It wasn't stolen from apple campus.

Still, pretty much everyone involved in this is a major douche. :lol

meh. this kid took a prototype out of the prototype super lair (strike 1), past security (strike 2), off campus (strike 3), and allowed himself to become intoxicated to the point where he actually managed to forget to take exceptional care of the device.

this is his fault alone. he will receive no sympathy from me, as he deserves none. a man that irresponsible really doesn't need to be anywhere near a respectable computer company's campus.

this is an INCREDIBLE breach of trust in the face of a known fears of a situation just. like. this.

 

[sruckus]

People think. This is *Apple* - they know what phone and who it was. They probably inventory that stuff all the time. They remote wiped it for God sakes and I think they'd be suspicious when that employee no longer has a phone to test.

 

[noah111]

Also, if it's been lost for a month, i'm disappointed in the Apple ninjas.. I mean, couldn't they find the location of the phone when they (or he) swiped it using MM? And even if not, wouldn't he know where he initially lost it at least and ask the bartenders etc?

I don't know, it seems like the guy may have lost it on purpose somehow? Instructions from Apple? I don't know anymore!

 

[Rentahamster]

Hmm, gotta agree that it's a dick move by Gizmodo. Outing's not cool, m'kay....

 

[LCfiner]

meh. this kid took a prototype out of the prototype super lair (strike 1), past security (strike 2), off campus (strike 3), and allowed himself to become intoxicated to the point where he actually managed to forget to take exceptional care of the device.

this is his fault alone. he will receive no sympathy from me, as he deserves none. a man that irresponsible really doesn't need to be anywhere near a respectable computer company's campus.

this is an INCREDIBLE breach of trust in the face of a known fears of a situation just. like. this.

Oh, I'm including him in the list of douches. He was very irresponsible with the phone and should have known better.

But the actions of the person who found it who then sold it plus gizmodo who outed the original engineer also rank up there.

 

[ocadman]

Gizmodo continues to stay classy.

 

[numble]

meh. this kid took a prototype out of the prototype super lair (strike 1), past security (strike 2), off campus (strike 3), and allowed himself to become intoxicated to the point where he actually managed to forget to take exceptional care of the device.

this is his fault alone. he will receive no sympathy from me, as he deserves none. a man that irresponsible really doesn't need to be anywhere near a respectable computer company's campus.

this is an INCREDIBLE breach of trust in the face of a known fears of a situation just. like. this.

Those two strikes probably aren't breaches. They do have to test it in the wild, after all. We may never hear his side of the story--he might claim it was pick-pocketed or whatever.

 

[Gary Whitta]

People think. This is *Apple* - they know what phone and who it was. They probably inventory that stuff all the time. They remote wiped it for God sakes and I think they'd be suspicious when that employee no longer has a phone to test.

I think the issue is less to do with Apple, because they obviously already knew exactly whose phone was lost, and more to do with making a public spectacle of the guy for the sake of it. Not to mention how it might affect any chances of getting another job, which seems like it might be something he'll have to do in the future. "It says here you used to work for Apple... oh I remember you, you're the guy who got shit-faced and left proprietary company tech in a bier keller! Well, thanks for coming in!"

 

[KHarvey16]

Apple knew he lost it before Gizmodo contacted the guy if you look at their conversation.

But anyway, what would you guys have done if you found it? Honestly I wouldn't have said a word and just returned it to them. This isn't really a huge moral issue or anything, but that's just kind of the way I am. And who knows, maybe there'd be one with my name on it come June .

 

[sruckus]

I think the issue is less to do with Apple, because they obviously already knew exactly whose phone was lost, and more to do with making a public spectacle of the guy for the sake of it. Not to mention how it might affect any chances of getting another job, which seems like it might be something he'll have to do in the future. "It says here you used to work for Apple... oh I remember you, you're the guy who got shit-faced and left proprietary company tech in a bier keller! Well, thanks for coming in!"

eh I'm sure Google wouldn't mind hiring him. This is an expensive lesson, but I'm sure he'll learn. Plus, not everyone is so anal when it comes to products as Apple so it's not a fact he won't be hired anywhere. I'm not even sure Apple will fire him now - they'll look douchey in a year full of doucheyness - they don't need any more.

 

[evil ways]

Shitty move by Gizmodo to out the guy, but I guess it's damage control for them in case Apple goes with the "stolen prototype" story.

 

[got2bekidding]

Apple knew he lost it before Gizmodo contacted the guy if you look at their conversation.

But anyway, what would you guys have done if you found it? Honestly I wouldn't have said a word and just returned it to them. This isn't really a huge moral issue or anything, but that's just kind of the way I am. And who knows, maybe there'd be one with my name on it come June .

I would have returned it and asked for a job, since it would be obvious that I'm trust-worthy.

 

[noah111]

Apple knew he lost it before Gizmodo contacted the guy if you look at their conversation.

But anyway, what would you guys have done if you found it? Honestly I wouldn't have said a word and just returned it to them. This isn't really a huge moral issue or anything, but that's just kind of the way I am. And who knows, maybe there'd be one with my name on it come June .

Talk is real easy my friend. :lol Imagine seeing not only the phone for the first time, but the new OS as well (remember when this took place). Not only that, but the fact that you can make thousands off of giving it to someone like Gizmodo.. Yeah, I don't think I would have returned it no questions asked. Probably would've blackmailed Apple so I can see what they're working on (or meet Jobs) or some shit. :lol