Calling John Appleseed...

It has now been defaced.

http://digg.com/apple/John_Appleseed_s_Mailbox_HACKED_Audio_recording

> Strange that NANPA shows that 408 is a
> suspended are code.

They also show it's in jeopardy (in danger of running out of phone numbers) and that relief planning (overlay, split, rationing) is in progress. (The split is 831.)

The 408 NPA went into service in 1959, so that's at least a plausible explanation.

Probably someone's real phone number :-)

[Neo opens the FedEx envelope and dumps out the contents: a brand new iPhone. He stares at it in amazement. Then the phone rings.]

[The caller ID reads "John Appleseed"]

[Neo touches the screen to answer the call]

NEO: Hello?

JOBS: Do you know who this is?

NEO: [nervously] Steve Jobs?

JOBS: Yes, I've been looking for you, Neo. I don't know if you're ready to see what I want to show you, but unfortunately you and I have run out of time. They're coming for you, Neo, and I don't know what they're going to do.

NEO: Who's coming for me?

JOBS: Stand up and see for yourself.

[Neo peeks above the cube, sees "the PC Guy" from the "Get a Mac" commercials at the far end of the office.]

[Neo swears under his breath, ducks down]

JOBS: Yes.

NEO: How do I get out of here?

JOBS: Well, fortunately, this phone has Google Maps built-in....

yes mike. I have a screenshot of those 1500 messages, with a total plan costing $79 for unlimited data, 1500 text messages, and unlimited data. I guess they decided to squeeze some more money from us.

The poor lady at 405-550-3542 seems really annoyed that I was in turn - disappointed that she wasn't John Appleseed. Don't call her!

i just called in from stuttgart, germany 01:23h (german time) it said:
hi, i´m john appleseed...visit apple.com.

so?
i´ve been there already!

whoever said that they can't see the 80 gb thing is right. apple changed the video. they actually added a part that wasn't there before. it now tells you that "the bar on the bottom shows you how much space is left" and it no longer says 78 or whatever. i think it IS a movie or something, not actually itunes and someone just made a bug. oopsies. unfortunately i deleted my downloaded video already.

I just downloaded the movie (large size) and found nothing of the 80 GB footage whatsoever. Maybe they updated it?

I think it wasn't a precursor to anything.

Take a look at the rate plan screen and it says you get 1500 minutes instead of 200 for that $59.99 + 20. Also, parts of the interface are in Myriad instead of the normal system Lucida font. And the screen zooms in and out very smoothly. Also also, in parts of the screen, it says a little less that 8 gigs of memory.

I think they made a custom program to demonstrate the activation process, maybe in Quartz composer or something, and someone just got a little careless.

you can get voicemail for landlines, or you can have an answering machine

According to SuperPages.com, 408-550-3542 is a landline in San Jose, CA. Service Provider is Pac - West Telecomm. If this is correct, that error message is pretty odd for this situation (because landlines don't have voicemail, or at least mine doesn't).