Verizon iPhone Prelaunch Testing: "Acme" Code Name, Text Check-Ins to Ensure Security

[Themaeds]

If there were performance problems with less than two weeks before the public release, would Verizon really have enough time to do anything about it?

And if an employee missed the 12-hour deadline, what would they do? Send thugs after them?

I am hearing if they missed the deadline they would become the first members of the Human Centipad

 

[MacMan86]

It's saying that they had to sign NDA's above and beyond the normal NDAs they would sign for every unreleased device.

Probably something saying if they get caught leaking something, Steve Jobs can rip their still-beating hearts out of their chest or something like that.

No, NDAs are pretty common, the article was referring to the fact that the contents of the NDA seemed to be a bit heavier than usual. Including not referring to the iPhone by name, even in internal dialogues.

Fair enough, thanks

 

[JAT]

But what is particularly interesting are the security methods reportedly employed to help ensure that the handsets remained in the possession of the testers, a system that required testers to manually report in on their devices every twelve hours.

Why the departure from "Can you hear me now?" every minute?

 

[Glideslope]

Simply LOVE IT! "Jobs, James Jobs". or more likely, "Cook, James Cook".

 

[bmwhd]

No, NDAs are pretty common, the article was referring to the fact that the contents of the NDA seemed to be a bit heavier than usual. Including not referring to the iPhone by name, even in internal dialogues.

I can confirm this from my source. He deals with NDAs all the time but was surprised at the teeth in the one he had to sign for the test unit he had.

 

[louis Fashion]

Great! Now what's cook'n for the Verizion iPhone 5?

 

[RaggieSoft]

Acme, huh? Based upon a recommendation from Wile E. Coyote, I have always found Acme to be a reliable supplier.

Now that made my day!! Thank you.

 

[Eriamjh1138@DAN]

It's SUPER Genius!

 

[Doctor Q]

Now that the secret about "Acme" is revealed, they'll have to come up with a new code name next time. Perhaps they'll pick "NotAcme".

 

[MacMan86]

Now that the secret about "Acme" is revealed, they'll have to come up with a new code name next time. Perhaps they'll pick "NotAcme".

"Acne"

 

[bmwhd]

Great! Now what's cook'n for the Verizion iPhone 5?

Stand by. What I do know is Fall time frame, single platform for both AT&T and Verizon. But then again, everyone knows that by now Oh, and OTA firmware from this source too.

 

[MacMan86]

Stand by. What I do know is Fall time frame, single platform for both AT&T and Verizon. But then again, everyone knows that by now Oh, and OTA firmware from this source too.

Care to give any info? Your post history seems to be full of mentions of this 'source' (along with name dropping yourself as an iOS dev at irrelevant times). Are we talking Apple source? Carrier source? Imaginary source?

 

[paintblock]

Because no one would notice the "via iPhone" when you're testing your facebook app and say "Hey, aren't you a Verizon engineer?"

 

[AppleScruff1]

Really? Obviously I'm not in that area of work but I would have imagined NDA's were fairly standard for this kind of thing...

Except that with Apple if you break the NDA you are executed hit man style.

 

[MacMan86]

Except that with Apple if you break the NDA you are executed hit man style.

Ha. Since leaving Apple I've broken the NDA on the odd occasion, I'm still standing.

Wait, there's a knock on my door, back in a minute…

 

[res1233]

No PIN Code = Pit Stop to German Bier Garden.
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I'm curious. Why do you always put 3 trailing slashes at the end of your comments?

 

[Steelers7510]

So I'm guessing that "I promise not to get hammered in a bar" is now in that NDA that they signed.

 

[MarximusMG]

If there were performance problems with less than two weeks before the public release, would Verizon really have enough time to do anything about it?

I'm thinking probably not. I thought that was interesting as well.

 

[ilovemyibook]

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Because no one would notice the "via iPhone" when you're testing your facebook app and say "Hey, aren't you a Verizon engineer?"

If you have an iPod Touch it will say that it's from an iPhone.

 

[bmwhd]

Care to give any info? Your post history seems to be full of mentions of this 'source' (along with name dropping yourself as an iOS dev at irrelevant times). Are we talking Apple source? Carrier source? Imaginary source?

Good morning to you too

You seem the type that would have been stepping off 20 paces at dawn 150 years ago with just about everyone you met.

If you'd actually read my posts, you'd know that I have an established record of carefully bringing forth information from a well placed VZW contact when I can do so without jeopardizing that person as VZW take their NDAs very seriously. For example - VZW has been known to "suggest" that employees not use social networking to indicate their current location, let alone what they're actually working on.

Anything I've posted has been information I've surmised based on my interaction with this person or as in this case information they shared that has become public knowledge prior to my commenting.

 

[caspersoong]

Why was this leaked at this particular time? Interesting.