iPhones on the ground!
The iPhones are on the ground! According to AppleInsider the first shipments of iPhones have arrived from Asia and are under armed guard pending their release on Friday. They note dryly that such guards are normally reserved for diamonds, gold, and such. Apparently Apple is also going so far as to ban cellphones and notebooks with built-in iSights from their back storerooms so as to prevent pictures from leaking out. This is crazy; the next thing you know they'll be shutting down traffic to transport them! The funny thing, though, is that these precautions probably are reasonable.
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Ryan said 9:22AM on 6-26-2007
And how are these precautions reasonable?
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z said 9:43AM on 6-26-2007
i see the PR monster is having its cake .. do they even need to do this to keep the buzz going? i mean lets face it .. its not the ps3 ;) (SAME PRICE THOUGH)
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cycomachead said 11:50AM on 6-26-2007
only Apple only Apple would ban its own products for is back rooms.
hey what if you're a Genius working on an intel/g5 iMac/MB/MBP ? can't you just use that iSight? I wonder how many store managers are going to follow that order.
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zer0her0 said 1:41PM on 6-26-2007
Am I the only geek here that remembers Magic: the Gathering cards being shipped around in armored cars under armed guard during the height of their popularity?
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