

The iPhone saga gets even more interesting...







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RE: It's probably not about Apple...
By ICBM on 4/26/2010 10:21:58 PM , Rating: 1
Yes it is just a phone. If this was a first generation iphone prototype, then it would be a slightly bigger deal. Since every iphone release since then has been the same thing with tiny improvements makes it a relatively boring device.

People saying this is the problem with journalism I think don't really understand. Are these people saying it is better to just wait to report on press releases put forth by governments and people instead of digging in and trying to find things out for themselves.

Giz gave the device back, willing. They never claimed ownership. You could consider the money as paying to access the device. Journalist do this all the time with informants and buying information. This may be slighlty below some of your ethics, but alot of journalism is.

I stick by my original statement placing all the blame on Apple. If they let the device loose, then that is their bad. I understand Steve himself monitors the prototypes, so this egg is directly on his face.

By porkpie on 4/26/2010 10:56:13 PM , Rating: 1
"Giz gave the device back, willing."

Giving the phone back after publishing all its secrets is rather like giving the farmer back his daughter after you've already impregnated her.

By robinthakur on 4/27/2010 12:20:46 PM , Rating: 2
This may be slighlty below some of your ethics

Yes. Yes it is. Gizmodo knew what they were doing when they published this exposée on "just a phone" (LOL!) the stolen property they paid $5000 to "access" which billions of dollars and an entire worldwide industry rides on. If for no other reason than the gross invasion of privacy they carried out by naming the individual that 'lost' the prototype, they are the lowest of the low.

Where the concept of 'jouranlistic integrity' is concerned I don't think it really expected to apply to Consumer Electronic Sites...they aren't war reporters. Expect repercussions....

