Well, an NDA is an NDA. Whether he meant it or not, the terms are very clear.
Yep. He apparently asked if it was okay to show an ipad to some folks in line as it was after midnight and didn't think it would be a huge deal if he took a 3g and not just a wifi only.
But it was. Possibly due to FCC issues that they weren't approved for use 'in the wild'
And that is different the iPhone guy. His was a more public mistake, but he was allowed to be using it where he was -- he was just stupid in leaving it there.
Assuming he left it and it wasn't found in his pocket. This is one of the concerns the DA is looking into. As we only have Gizmodo's version of the truth which seems to be changing daily. There is a strong belief that their public attitude about anything for a story, especially about Apple may have encouraged someone to directly steal the phone from the engineer. Or at the least the guy saw a chance for a free iphone (which is why he didn't give it to the staff etc) and lifted it and got very lucky.
Here's the Mac version of the app store, except it's in addition to other methods of acquiring software, not in place of.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/
Actually the talk is that they are phasing that section out. Because having it on their site implies some of kind review/approval which they don't do on Mac OS apps.
If you are pick pocketed, you go to the police; this guy called the bar.
Powell called the bar hoping it had just fallen out of his pocket. that's not illogical.
Also, do you know what the recovery rate for iphones reported to the police is. Zero. Any 'finder' with any sense knows to wipe the phone to cut off any 'find my iphone' type stuff. So it can't be location traced. And Apple won't hold a phone that comes up under another name because I might have sold you that phone but the registration was never transferred. The only real reason for a police report is if your insurance requires it to get them to pay for your replacement purchase.
Yes, Apple makes money, if that's what you want to point out, but they could be making even MORE money while providing users with more options.
You are welcome to that opinion but Apple doesn't agree and the buyers spending millions a year don't agree.
Personally I'm glad that Apple isn't just about making scads of money hand over fist. Tossing in everything can be a disaster. Yes it can be annoying that Apple does things slowly but generally it is done well when the time comes. So I can live with it. As can millions of others it seems
From Wozniak we know two things: He showed the iPad to Wozniak. He was fired.
And a 3rd thing, also from Wozniak. He has said that he was not told that it was a 3g unit and had he known he would have told the guy to turn it off and get it out of there because it couldn't be off campus at that point in time.
THAT is the issue that got the guy fired, not simply showing an ipad after midnight on release day.
No, it isn't. If you've ever done a product rollout of a tech product you would understand that the timing of release of information to the channel is critical. In the specific example you've cited, providing any information provided to the "geniuses" is pretty much equivalent to releasing the information to the general public. There's no way to control information once it is provided to 1000 retail employees.
Exactly.
Plus I'm sure that some information is received before hand. Video, training sheets etc. I doubt there's ever been a product that released that they knew absolutely nothing about before hand.
And if you shop with Apple enough you know that for the first week if not two when something comes out the 'repair' is simply to replace the whole unit, generally with another one off the sales shelf. Which doesn't require a lot of training to do. During that time, the techs can do any training they need.
