Found iPhone likely to be new model!

[tomato]

Yeah, I sure did!!! I was just gonna post about that


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...3D33.DTL&tsp=1


un f'ng believable!!!

"After Chen, 29, posted photos and details about the phone, Apple acknowledged the device belonged to the company, and Gizmodo returned it. "

What's the problem, then?

[Gideon]

Hm.

Lets see. How about they bought property that didn't belong to them?

In the state of California, if you find an item of value greater than $100 (IIRC, the dollar amount may be slightly different these days) it must be turned into the police department. If after a set amount of days (I forget I think it may like something like 3 years?) no one has claimed it, it is legally yours. Failure to do that means the item is considered stolen and selling it is also illegal. (Obviously)

Even though Gizmodo gave it back they still paid $5,000 for property that wasn't theirs (they KNEW the engineer that lost it, they were told where his Facebook page was from the guy that found it) opened it up and posted pictures on the internet and then told Apple they could have it back a week later.

I realize that this a company, and one that people aren't too favorable of. However under CA state law what Gizmodo did was illegal. They withheld property from it's rightful owner and also may be argued that they committed industrial espionage by posting pictures of the "new design"

(IMO I think that it's NOT the 4G iPhone, there's NO pictures of any boards or processors, and since Gizmodo posted the first contact Apple made that just said give it back, I doubt Apple barted with them about not showing pieces, so more than likely they didn't show the board and bits is because it's probably just a 3GS board because it's more rational to think that this is an engineer piece that's used for testing one specific piece, in this case the forward facing camera given the engineer's job was as such)

Anywho, makes for a hilarious Dilbert:

[tomato]

Hahaha, Dilbert FTW !!

[why?]

lol, sounds like somebody thought they were above the law, and now they are paying for it. Seriously buying stolen, or lost property, how can anyone be dumb enough to think that is ok?

[Kal-El]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36875060...ets/?GT1=43001

Former Navy cryptologic technician may have shopped prototype around

By Sarah Jacobsson
updated 2:53 p.m. ET, Fri., April 30, 2010

The iPhone-gate saga just gets more intriguing: According to reports from Wired and CNet, two of the major players involved in the sale of the iPhone prototype to tech blog Gizmodo have now been identified.

The case has taken several twists and turns since an Apple software engineer left the iPhone prototype about a month ago in a bar in Redwood City, Calif., 20 miles from the company's headquarters.

The phone was purchased for $5,000 by gadgets Web site Gizmodo, which shared photos and information about the device, made by one of the world's most secretive technology companies. The new model is due to be announced in June.

In an article published Thursday, Wired reportedly identified the finder of the prototype using "clues on social network sites," and confirmed his identity with an unnamed source.

The finder, Brian J. Hogan, a 21-year-old resident of Redwood City, Calif., received the money for handing the prototype over to Gizmodo. According to a statement by Hogan's lawyer, Jeffrey Bornstein, Hogan believed the payment was for allowing Gizmodo exclusive access to the phone — and Gizmodo told him "there was nothing wrong in sharing the phone with the tech press."

Meanwhile, in an article published Thursday, CNet reported that Hogan "had help" in finding a buyer for the phone. According to CNet, 27-year-old University of California at Berkeley student Sage Robert Wallower was the go-between for Hogan and the tech sites.

Wallower, a former Navy cryptologic technician, previously worked as a computer security officer at Securitas and possesses "top-secret clearance," according to his LinkedIn profile (cached version; live page unavailable).

Wallower told CNet in an in-person interview that he was not the person who found the phone, and that he did not see or touch it in any manner. He said he did know who found it, but he didn't identify anyone else.

Wallower reportedly shopped the device around to technology sites on behalf of Hogan. Records indicate that Wallower and Hogan may have been students at Santa Barbara City College at the same time.

CNet also reports that at least three people were connected to the sale: Hogan, Wallower, and an as-of-yet unidentified person.

Wired also reports that people identifying themselves as Apple representatives visited Hogan's home and asked to search the premises. A roommate refused to let them in.

Hogan has been interviewed by investigators, but has not been charged with a crime — and he is willing to cooperate with authorities, says his attorney.

San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe told Wired Wednesday that the person who found the phone is "very definitely one of the people who is being looked at as a suspect in theft," and that "that's what we're still gauging, is this a crime, is it a theft?" Wagstaffe declined to confirm whether or not Hogan was the finder.

Bornstein released a statement to the Web site about his client: "He regrets his mistake in not doing more to return the phone ... Even though he did obtain some compensation from Gizmodo, Brian thought that it was so that they could review the phone."