Apple to Gizmodo: Return That $5,000 iPhone 4G

[exfileme]

There's something fishy about the whole Gizmodo iPhone 4G acquisition.

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[nicklasd87]

Apples legal department sure is busy lately

 

[haunted one]

Woohoo! Fun fun fun.

Kinda blows the grand unveiling of the phone they had (supposedly) planned for the summer. It would be really dumb if they unveil it in a the way they revealed the ipad, considering everyone's knows about it already LOL

 

[yao]

some shrew advertisement.

 

[tommysch]

I never believed the fact that somebody just figured out this was a prototype... Id say that 99.9% of the people that could have found it accidentally would have been fooled by the casing.

I think this is simply a viral marketing campaign orchestrated by apple to raise interest in the iFail 4G.

 

[Honis]

Gizmodo more than made up for the cost of obtaining the device through it's advertising and increased mind share. I don't think they are to worried about the cost of things.

 

[Guest]

If you lost your phone, and someone found it and posted all your personal data on the internet, wouldn't you sue?

 

[icepick314]

I believe there's previous clause that overwrites ALL other laws...

"Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers"

 

[zoemayne]

Smart move gizmodo 5K for whats soon to be 20 million views and to get their website more famous 5K was a good deal.

 

[Shez]

@icepick314 Ohh yeah! The famous Weeper v. Keeper case.

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

as much as I hate saying it, that iPhone might actually be worth getting, if it has the specs of the "prototype"

 

[matt314]

I wonder what the engineer to lawyer ratio is at apple. I'm betting it is much higher than any other IT company.

 

[Railgun1369]

[citation][nom]jesuslovesbacon[/nom]If you lost your phone, and someone found it and posted all your personal data on the internet, wouldn't you sue?[/citation]

What does that have to do with this? Nothing.

I'm still lauging at all the naysayers from previous articles that showed basically the same backing and cried "FAKE!" all over the place.

Whatever the reason or method that Gizmodo came across this, if Apple is asking for it back, it would behoove them to give it up.

 

[imspecial]

[citation][nom]jesuslovesbacon[/nom]If you lost your phone, and someone found it and posted all your personal data on the internet, wouldn't you sue?[/citation]
Apple remotely disabled the phone....So all Gizmodo could do was marvel at the hardware.

 

[warezme]

all this doesn't really matter now, does it. (the cat is out of the bag) meow

 

[Silmarunya]

[citation][nom]matt314[/nom]I wonder what the engineer to lawyer ratio is at apple. I'm betting it is much higher than any other IT company.[/citation]

As low as it might be, it's still way higher than the Jobs yes-nodder to thinker ratio...

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

gizmodo's response: "You can have $5000 aswell if you want? 😀 "

 

[Guest]

i wonder why anyone even cares about this.

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

[citation][nom]hotdog37846[/nom]i wonder why anyone even cares about this.[/citation]
because it's apple getting pwned... and we love that!

 

[egidem]

Steve Jobs: "Say it!"
Gizmodo: "Say what?"
Steve Jobs: "Say eeeet!!!"
Gizmodo: *sighs* "iStole it"
Steve Jobs: "Good Gizmodo...nice Gizmodo"
Gizmodo: "Can I buy it unlocked for $200?"
Steve Jobs: "Sorry, no"
Gizmodo: "Can I install anything I want on it?"
Steve Jobs: "Sorry, no"
Gizmodo: "Steve, are you even listening to me?"
Steve Jobs: "Sorry, no"