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Apple Demands Prototype iPhone Back

jav6454 said:
It's a prototype, not the real thing. In all cases, Apple just wants the prototype back before more beans are spilled.
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You do not understand what the word "prototype" means.

There is no "prototype" being field-tested at 8 weeks from launch.
 
arn said:
It's not a legal letter. Giz asked for a "formal letter" for Apple claiming ownership. Basically the letter is just that, a formality.

arn
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I bet that was so they could get Apple to confirm the authenticity of the device. :rolleyes:
 
I don't get why Apple is being so nice about the whole thing. Usually something as simple as a picture gets immediate cease & desist letters, yet showing video, picture, and describing features only gets a letter asking for the phone back? That just doesn't add up to me. Either this was a prototype that Apple has given up on and that's why they aren't too worried about it or it's some type of hoax. If it was the real thing it just seems as though Apple would have had these pictures and videos down within the hour.
 
polignac said:
They killed the next iPhone revision. Thanks to them wanting their 15 seconds of fame, the whole world suffered.
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Stop whining. Gizmodo did nothing of the sort. Hell, if anything, I'm way more excited now for WWDC than I was yesterday. I can't wait to get my hands on one of these.
 
kiljoy616 said:
This story gets stranger more and more. If true apple is been very civil about the whole things, strange to see apple just basically asking for it back. No demands or punitive damages, just, "hey can we have it back"
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It's called courtesy.
 
It's kind of funny. I think those that have said this was all setup from the beginning, just might be right.

It seems like that :)
 
jav6454 said:
Too much mass media... everyone will be posting them. Also, there is no NDA to prevent either Gizmodo or MR to not post the images.
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What's with this bizarre myth on Macrumors that if you haven't signed an "NDA" you can publish whatever you want?
 
I think they should donate the device to the iPhone Dev-Team to make sure a Jailbreak is ready once it comes out :)
 
Personally, I just lost all respect for Lam and now consider him a bonafide idiot. Granted, who WOULDN'T want to be the one to break the disassembly of a prototype iPhone? But to make public the efforts of another person/company when you know without question that it goes against their wishes and has cost them millions of dollars in development is completely pathetic, IMO.

Honestly, I hope that Apple sues the pants off Gizmodo and I hope they win big.

Oh what compromises the media and bloggers will make simply to break a story. :rolleyes:

BTW, does anyone know if any laws were broken by not immediately returning an item that you know was lost or stolen?
 
What about the little guy?

I think it's smart for Gizmodo to give it back, and completely in the media spotlight. Makes them look like a great partner to Apple. And I would guess that there will be one ex-Apple employee who has been terminated from their job, for undisclosed reasons, looking for new employment at Gizmodo.
 
coleridge78 said:
What's with this bizarre myth on Macrumors that if you haven't signed an "NDA" you can publish whatever you want?
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Because you can. Now, if Apple wants the pictures down, they have to ask. If they want them down by force, legal is the path.

coleridge78 said:
Yes, for next year's version. Not for one to be released in less than eight weeks.
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You'd surprised at the bugs you can find even in a well built prototype a week from production or release... see Toyota.
 
ladeer said:
i assume you didn't come to macrumors.com seeking legal lesson, so i am not gonna give you one. but no, you don't talk about demands or damage in a letter like that. in a complaint filed to the clerk of the court yes, not a letter bt parties.
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If I want legal lessons I get my two friends who are attorney, real ones, so unless you have a JD and been practicing for at least 5 years don't come back with what lesson I am looking for. I made a personal comment, I do understand that they would have to file to the clerk of court but this information is not new.

As I have stated before this seem to be a very informal letter, and find it perplexing how civil Apple is been, considering they are not know for been civil at all when it comes to their dogmatic secrecy.

This mistake if it is a mistake, seems to put Apple in a different light than they have ever been since I can remember, Apple is not know for making a mistake like this considering how much effort they put to keep everything hush, so hush that even the board of director for a time did not know that Steve Jobs was sick. This issue if I call it that, is way on left field when it comes to Apple.

Peace.
 
douglasgb said:
Just like The Hunt for Red October!
"Call it whatever you want to... a Coast Guard safety inspection."




If you buy a stolen car the police don't refund your purchase price when they recover it.
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Hence the capitalized, bolded, "HA" lol
 
I agree with all posts above about suing gizmodo...they buy the prototype for 5 grand, disassemble it and post pics on the internet, generate a lot of buzz, and they even name the employee and the guy who picked up the phone...what the f!

this is wrong...revealing the guys names on the internet...

and i hope apple sues gizmodo...and now they should come out with an even better looking iphone than this:D

read a comment on gizmodo :

Great. Now we'll never know if it will blend.
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:D
 
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