Is Stan Sigman handing out iPhones?

We got a hot tip on the TUAW line this evening from our loyal correspondent Mikal... he writes:

On May 12, Stan Sigman, CEO of AT&T Wireless (Cingular), was the commencement speaker at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. He graduated from WTAMU in 1970. He spoke at 2 ceremonies. Readers may remember him from the iPhone Keynote. He was the awkward one with the notecards. The big news is that he presented the president of WTAMU, Dr. O'Brien, with what he claimed was "the first iPhone in Texas." Dr. O'Brien even held the iPhone up for the crowd to see at the ceremonies. I have a friend who works at the event center where the ceremonies were held who was running sound for both occasions. He took a video with his Treo that he is going to give me as soon as he gets done at the ceremonies. Obviously it will not be the best quality video, but I will submit a link to it whenever I receive it later today.

If Sigman is really handing out iPhones to friends and colleagues... well, he's a good man to get to know. And "Dr O'Brien" has a serious eBay opportunity on his hands. The video is up now.

Thanks Mikal!

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We got a hot tip on the TUAW line this evening from our loyal correspondent Mikal... he writes:On May 12, Stan Sigman, CEO of AT&T...

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artifex

Commencement speeches should not be product ads.

May 14 2007 at 8:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

John Laur

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That was pretty much his commencement speech at WTAMU also. Not joking -- really it was.

May 13 2007 at 3:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

takagawa

Oh THAT guy? Gees him at the iPhone keynote was a mistake. Steve or someone should have read his speech and did some serious summarising.

His speech was, "This is a revolutionary phone, and AT&T is proud to be part of it" over and over again, with the words re-arranged and re-phrased for over 12 minutes.

May 13 2007 at 6:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mikal stevens

My pleasure!

May 12 2007 at 11:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply