Gizmodo found a 4th generation iPhone?

[wdb1966]

Harassing journalists is not a good way to endear ones self to new customers...I was considering buying a couple of Mac Minis this week with my tax refund and dual booting OSX & Win7, but now I don't think Apple could pay me enough to use any of their products.
:thumbsdown:

 

[Kaido]

After this fiasco, the tech bloggers will just be smarter to not admit anything about finding a 'lost' prototype and keep leaking out photos/gadget details.

Yup, I foresee more "Mr. Blurrycam" photos in the future instead of "look we found a leaked device" type of posts

 

[ViRGE]

Police seized all of Jason Chen's computers:

http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computers

Good. Gizmodo is a black-eye to real journalism. They probably did more damage to internet-exclusive journalism in a single day than Anand did in the first 3 years of building up AnandTech.:|

I mean really, on what planet is buying stolen goods a good idea?

 

[TheWart]

Harassing journalists is not a good way to endear ones self to new customers...I was considering buying a couple of Mac Minis this week with my tax refund and dual booting OSX & Win7, but now I don't think Apple could pay me enough to use any of their products.
:thumbsdown:

How is the police investigating whether or not the phone was stolen "harassing" a journalist? Chen and Gizmodo thought they were being cute in their handling of the affair, and I can't see how you can call Apple's response "harassment."

 

[Circlenaut]

I think in the end it will all come down to whether the prosecution can prove that Gawker Media knew the phone was stolen or not when they bought it.

 

[Eug]

What is the definition of stolen though?

If the guy actually find the thing in the bar and if he did call Apple once and they just ignored him, I don't consider that the same thing as picking the engineer's pocket. Lots of ifs though.

Also, I find it interesting that although Engadget wasn't willing to pay for the unit, they were more than happy to publish pictures of the "stolen" unit for their own benefit.

 

[TheWart]

What is the definition of stolen though?

If the guy actually find the thing in the bar and if he did call Apple once and they just ignored him, I don't consider that the same thing as picking the engineer's pocket. Lots of ifs though.

Also, I find it interesting that although Engadget wasn't willing to pay for the unit, they were more than happy to publish pictures of the "stolen" unit for their own benefit.

Yea I would guess this is the key part of the story. Did the guy make enough of an effort to get the phone back to Apple? I guess we will find out sooner or later.

 

[stlcardinals]

Yea I would guess this is the key part of the story. Did the guy make enough of an effort to get the phone back to Apple? I guess we will find out sooner or later.

I know I read in one of the news stories somewhere (can't find it now) that the guy who picked up the phone never notified the Bartender or Owner of the Bar. The same story mentioned that the Apple Engineer called the bar several times to see if it turned up.

Who picks up a phone, keys, etc in a bar and doesn't give it to the Bartender?

The other part of the whole Gizmodo story I can't stand is that they openly posted who the Apple Engineer is but they never posted the identity of the guy who picked up the phone.

 

[Pliablemoose]

What is the definition of stolen though?

If the guy actually find the thing in the bar and if he did call Apple once and they just ignored him, I don't consider that the same thing as picking the engineer's pocket. Lots of ifs though.

My problem with that is that if you found an abandoned BMW in a parking lot, do you:

a.) take the BMW and sell it
b.) notify the folk managing the parking lot
c.) call BMW and tell them you found one of their cars?

 

[Kmax82]

My problem with that is that if you found an abandoned BMW in a parking lot, do you:

a.) take the BMW and sell it
b.) notify the folk managing the parking lot
c.) call BMW and tell them you found one of their cars?

Exactly.

This situation would be considered stealing.. even if you left your keys in the car. So why is a cell phone, or other personal property any different?

 

[Eug]

1) The claim was that he called Apple. Whether that's true or not, I dunno.

2) Giz gave it back.