Search Info On BlackBerries
By Matt Jones
The next generation of iPhone that by hook or by crook disappeared in the Bay Area bar before finally resurfacing in a gizmodo.com story is now heading back to Apple.
The questions that are there over the adventures of the device will take a little longer amount of time to get some answers.
According to the Gizomodo article, Gray Powell who is an engineer at Apple spent some time in beer garden in Redwood. After a few beverages, he left the California water hole and forgot to bring the device with him.
A patron at the beer garden found the device but didn't take the time to give it to the staff at the beer garden. Instead he took it with him and after playing with it for awhile found the iPhone engineer's Facebook page and had the intention of returning it to him by making contact with him the next day. After the person failed to return the device it was wiped clean remotely through the use of the MobileMe Apple service.
The story outlines the details of Powell, including both photos and biographical information. This information was apparently taken from both Facebook and Flickr pages. The one thing that it didn't mention is that the finder was paid $5k for finding it. That bit of information was reported by both the Times and the AP.
Apple of course instantly requested that the phone be returned and this request was eventually met. One has to wonder however, how a company which has been so secretive about new technology could be allowing for employees to be wandering around with such a device outside of secured zones.
Previous iPhones which had the newer software versions running were seen around tow and demoed by engineers. These phones were password protected so leaving a phone at a bar offered no jeopardy.
In comparison, those developing the iPad had to work under super secure circumstance. The device was actually stored in a blacked out room and was tetherd to a stationary object.
Regardless of what goes on there are things that are going to happen and there are mistakes that are going to be made. Whether this was an actual version or just a decoy is yet to be seen.
The questions that are there over the adventures of the device will take a little longer amount of time to get some answers.
According to the Gizomodo article, Gray Powell who is an engineer at Apple spent some time in beer garden in Redwood. After a few beverages, he left the California water hole and forgot to bring the device with him.
A patron at the beer garden found the device but didn't take the time to give it to the staff at the beer garden. Instead he took it with him and after playing with it for awhile found the iPhone engineer's Facebook page and had the intention of returning it to him by making contact with him the next day. After the person failed to return the device it was wiped clean remotely through the use of the MobileMe Apple service.
The story outlines the details of Powell, including both photos and biographical information. This information was apparently taken from both Facebook and Flickr pages. The one thing that it didn't mention is that the finder was paid $5k for finding it. That bit of information was reported by both the Times and the AP.
Apple of course instantly requested that the phone be returned and this request was eventually met. One has to wonder however, how a company which has been so secretive about new technology could be allowing for employees to be wandering around with such a device outside of secured zones.
Previous iPhones which had the newer software versions running were seen around tow and demoed by engineers. These phones were password protected so leaving a phone at a bar offered no jeopardy.
In comparison, those developing the iPad had to work under super secure circumstance. The device was actually stored in a blacked out room and was tetherd to a stationary object.
Regardless of what goes on there are things that are going to happen and there are mistakes that are going to be made. Whether this was an actual version or just a decoy is yet to be seen.
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