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FCC leaks Apple's request for iPhone confidentiality
Perhaps Apple should have sent the FCC a request of confidentiality for their request for confidentiality on the iPhone. Engadget has found a copy of Apple's request to the FCC to keep the iPhone under wraps. Whether or not they will (or can) keep Apple's big play into mobile phones quiet remains to be seen, but Engadget quickly speculates at the possibility of slip-ups like this, as well as quick-to-rip off competition from Asian manufacturers, sparking an early release from Apple.
Could June 15th easily become March, April or May 15th? Only time can tell. For now, however, it looks like the FCC might be our best bet for more leaky iPhone bits.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CyBeR said 4:41PM on 2-07-2007
Um, the letters to request confidentiality are always public. Go to the fcc site and you can look all of them up.
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Joe said 5:17PM on 2-07-2007
I can't find a reference anywhere within in the letter to the iPhone. The only place iPhone is mentioned at all is by LoopRumors (who originally posted the letter). LoopRumors does not provide or even hint at the source. If the letter is legitimate (unlikely) it is probably referring to the new Airport Extrteme Super Duper (or whatever it's called now).
Even if the letter is legit all it means is that they don't want the FCC releasing the details before Apple does. As for release during the developer's conference, I think Apple is smarter than that.
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Maikel said 5:41PM on 2-07-2007
Well... It does say "October 12. 2006" on the head of the letter, so I don´t really think this is important news. Back in October, the iPhone was a HUGE secret. Now, everybody, Earthlings or beyond, knows about it...
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Drive-By Comment said 2:28PM on 2-08-2007
The image is fairly clearly a fake. Compare with:
https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=745374&native_or_pdf=pdf
Note the (badly) tweaked date, and the insufficiently blurred signature.
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Andrew said 8:59PM on 2-07-2007
It also does not say anything about The iPhone.
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Steinar said 8:37AM on 2-08-2007
The letter is about the AirPort Extreme base station. Apple requests confidentiality until January 15 and someone has photoshopped that date till June 15.
https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=745374&native_or_pdf=pdf
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Steve said 9:17AM on 2-09-2007
Engadget already updated that this is fake.
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