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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Daring Fireball: Gizmodo and the Prototype iPhone

The Phone

The first question is, how did the phone leave Apple’s campus?

Starting a few weeks ago, some number of iPhone engineers who, because of the nature of their work were already familiar with the details of Apple’s next-generation iPhone, were authorized to begin using late pre-production units outside Apple’s campus. Effectively, they became permitted to use these phones as their daily carry iPhones. Strict provisos govern such units. They must remain in cases designed to render them indistinguishable, at a glance, from an (encased) iPhone 3G/3GS. Such units are not allowed to be demonstrated or revealed to anyone. Not friends, not spouses.

continue reading daringfireball.net

Fascinating read for those even marginally interested in tech, tech journalism, ethics.

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