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Gizmodo Blows Whistle On 4G iPhone Loser

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-meant-to-do-that dept.

Stoobalou writes "Not content with its iPhone scoop, Gizmodo has probably ruined the career of a young engineer. The tech blog last night exposed the name of the hapless Apple employee who had one German beer too many and left a prototype iPhone G4 in a California bar some 20 miles from Apple's Infinite Loop campus. Was that really necessary?" It also came out that they paid $5K for the leaked prototype and that Apple wants it back.

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  1. Re:Even if it was a deliberate leak, this employee by TheReij · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ugh. Gizmodo is not at fault for Powell's impending career woes. He shouldn't have lost a prototype. It's wholly his fault.

  2. Re:Nothingtoseeheremovealong by pydev · · Score: 0, Troll

    Specs and price points get leaked, not actual hardware

    Why not? Seems to get them plenty of press coverage.

    The iPhone is its big baby

    I hope for them the final version is a bit more exciting than this device; the prototype is little more than an enormously overpriced "me too" product.

  3. Re:Slashdot: by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just to sum up Slashdot so far today:

    Apple Apple Apple Apple Apple. Steve Jobs Apple Apple Apple iPad. Apple Apple iPhone Apple Apple Apple Apple. Apple Apple Apple Cupertino Apple Steve Jobs Apple Apple Apple iPad. Apple.

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    Comment of the year
  4. Re:Profit Motives by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Second that. I have not visited them since after iphone hysteria - one anti-apple comment, and I was banned. Fuck them.