'Trusted sources', Apple strategy to weed out leakers?
Is it possible that some, not all, of these 'sources' are intentionally fed believable but (sometimes) specific (untrue or plain obvious) details on a future Apple product with the objective that Apple or one of their trusted vendors can find the work in their organisation? IE, make someone feel important by telling them ("Hey, it's black, thicker and got GPS"). As Apple/their vendor have specifically leaked this information to a specific individual (who may be under NDA), they will then know who the individual is because only ONE person was 'leaked' those three characteristics. (Black, Thicker, GPS). This could be what doomed Think Secret re the Asteroid leak. IE, it may have been a fake project leaked intentionally to a specific (trusted) individual, who broke that trust and was tracked down because he/she was the ONLY one guided into the trap. (This is similar to newspapers/publishers that sometimes make hard to spot typos in complex country names to entrap copycat journalists/writers.) BTW, I will be surprised if Apple have not radically overhauled the iPhone. To make it in Europe it will need a lot more functionality, including an FM Radio with RDS, Stereo Bluetooth (I use it on my Sony Ericsson K800i every day), an optional clipon and fold out mechanical QWERTY keyboard, an auto-focus camera with a flash - and most importantly, a removeable battery. Else why not just get an LG Secret? (The spec if not too shaby. Not a smartphone, but syncs with a PC and has a great feature set for it's size.)
