On the iPod Announcements...

[Gonzlobo]

Apple got this one perfect.

Please, I like my iphone, but there's 20 things that should be better. It's far from perfect.

 

[Markleshark]

I'm actually quite disappointed in the handling of this. If it;s dead remove it, or at least say 'We're working on coming to some kind of agreement'

Bitterly disappointed.

 

[nbs2]

It is disappointing that there have been no updates, and it has been handled strangely. But looking at the terms of the contract, as spelled out by arn, we do know how this affair ended:

Katie's terms are as follows: She gets a phone + service to provide her blog services with a minimum of 5 posts a week (that number chosen by me). If she blogs for 6 months, she retains ownership of the phone. If we stop before that, MacRumors regains ownership of the phone. Either side can cancel at any time. This is a long term plan, and not a $700 one-time review that some people have suggested.

Just for my own morbid curiosity, I've been following this blog to see if she can meet it. It hasn't met expectations since week 2 (only three posts that week). That being said, the terms may have been adjusted. But, even if the 130 post requirement to retain ownership of the phone were spread out over the 2 year contract, the just-over-one post a week requirement was first missed at the end of August.

From a legal psychology standpoint, I'm curious to see how this ends.

 

[Blue Velvet]

Sorry Blue but i find that rather hypocritical given one or two rude posts you have written to me on the boards that i found unacceptable especially from a mod.

There's a difference and the difference is, and since you wish to publicly know... is that you have provoked them and deserved them. And this public raking over the coals of Katie's blog, morbid curiosity and all is just pathetic and incredibly ghoulish. Leave Katie and Arn alone, no-one owes anyone an explanation... there is no conspiracy, no cover-up.

I'm locking this thread for now. If the blog continues, then it can be unlocked or if we hear something else, then it can also be revived... but right now, this type of scrutiny is really unsavoury, laced as it is with some degree of schadenfreude.