Eye on Apple Hype: Secrecy, Coverup, and Bugs
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2010-05-13 19:54:19 UTC
- Modified: 2010-05-13 19:54:19 UTC
From the hype! hype! hype! dept.
Summary: Apple is said to be likely to be sending out thugs once again in order to catch hypePhone hype poopers; the HypePad has technical problems that Apple acknowledges
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Apple Has Lost 3 iPhones. Is It Losing Control, Too?
Apple has lost not one, but three prototype iPhones in the past year. That’s a perplexing development for a company that is famously tight with security.
A leaked fourth-generation iPhone popped up in Vietnam this week, with a detailed video and teardown photos that show the ins and outs of the hardware. That video follows an iPhone lost in March, and put on display by Gizmodo in April. And there may be a third iPhone prototype out there somewhere — the one whose disappearance reportedly led a Chinese worker to commit suicide in 2009.
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Whatever the case may be, Apple is likely tracking down the people who ended up with the latest prototype to determine where it was sold, and ultimately, who sold it.
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Apple promises fanbois iPad WiFi fix
Apple has promised an iPad software fix for fanbois complaining of WiFi problems on the Jobsian handheld.
That also means the company has actually acknowledged the problems exist, but it says that only a few fanbois are affected.
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