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Originally Posted by DJprestige21
Having taken journalism courses and mass communication, the front facing camera is going to revolutionize the way we talk on the phone today.
At this point I seriously doubt it. The iPhone's apps alone give it the upper hand as far as day-to-day usefulness.. Way too many conveniences in that regardOriginally Posted by jus4lafs
Originally Posted by ATLien Seeko
Originally Posted by supa vegetto
i've been a blackberry user since 06'.. never thought i'd say it but granted it comes to verizon this summer.. i'm in.
Basically.... You'll be back...
Originally Posted by DJprestige21
Having taken journalism courses and mass communication, the front facing camera is going to revolutionize the way we talk on the phone today.
Originally Posted by Jking0821
Originally Posted by DJprestige21
Having taken journalism courses and mass communication, the front facing camera is going to revolutionize the way we talk on the phone today.
I would actually like to hear how you think this is going to happen.
I really don't see my self ever using it. I only really talk on the phone when i am out or on the go. And a lot of time its just more convenient to put my head set on or blue tooth and toss my phone in my pocket. I don't know when il have time to sit down and look at my phone. Not to mention that this would only work iphone to iphone. So if the person im calling doesn't have one its useless.
Hopefully they do a better job with the feature because video calling phones with front facing cameras have been out in europe and asia for years now and it tanked sales wise. Nearly every 3G phone sold there has a front facing camera.Originally Posted by DJprestige21
Having taken journalism courses and mass communication, the front facing camera is going to revolutionize the way we talk on the phone today.
Cool story bro (I had too). Naw, real talk, that was, good %+%! GizOriginally Posted by NKEAIR
http://gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone
The story on the lost iPhone
for some reason when i read this, i thought it was a joke by gizmodo, totally sounds like it
Originally Posted by NKEAIR
http://gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone
The story on the lost iPhone
for some reason when i read this,
i thought it was a joke by gizmodo, totally sounds like it
[h1]How Apple Lost the Next iPhone[/h1]
TheGourmet Haus Staudt. A nice place to enjoy good German ales. And if youare an Apple Software Engineer named Gray Powell and you get one toomany beers, it's also a nice place to lose the next-generation iPhone.
The 27-year-old Powell—a North Carolina State University 2006 graduate and talented amateur photographer—isan Apple Software Engineer working on the iPhone Baseband Software, thelittle program that enables the iPhone to make calls.
Onthe night of March 18, he was enjoying the fine imported ales atGourmet Haus Staudt, a nice German beer garden in Redwood City,California. He was happy. The place was great. The beer was excellent."I underestimated how good German beer is," he typed into thenext-generation iPhone he was testing on the field, cleverly disguisedas an iPhone 3GS. It was his last Facebook update from the secretiPhone. It was the last time he ever saw the iPhone, right before heabandoned it on bar stool, leaving to go home.
Knowing how ferocious and ruthless Apple is about product leaks, those beers may have turned out to be the bitterest of his life.
[h2](Almost) Impenetrable Security[/h2]
Until now, Apple's legendary security has always worked perfectly.Perhaps there was a blurry factory photo here, or some last-minuteinformation strategically whispered to some friendly media there. Butwhen it comes to the big stuff, everything is airtight. At theirCupertino campus, any gadget or computer that is worth protecting isbehind armored doors, with security locks with codes that change everyfew minutes. Prototypes are bolted to desks. Hidden in these labs,hardware, software and industrial-design elves toil separately on thesame devices, without really having the complete picture of the finalproduct.
And hidden in every corner, the Apple secret police, a team ofpeople with a single mission: To make sure nobody speaks. And ifthere's a leak, hunt down the traitor, and escort him out of thebuilding. Using lockdowns and other fear tactics, these men in blackare the last line of defense against any sneaky eyes. The Gran JefeSteve trusts them to avoid Apple's worst nightmare: The leak of astrategic product that could cost them millions of dollars in freemarketing promotion. One that would make them lose control of the product news cycle.
But the fact is that there's no perfect security. Not when humans are involved. Humans that can lose things. You know, like the next generation iPhone.
[h2]Lost and Found[/h2]
Apple security'smighty walls fell on the midnight of Thursday, March 18. At that time,Powell was at Gourmet Haus Staudt, just 20 miles from the company'sInfinite Loop headquarters, having his fun. Around him, other groups ofpeople were sharing the jolly atmosphere, and plenty of the goldenliquid.
The person who eventually ended up with the lost iPhonewas sitting next to Powell. He was drinking with a friend too. Henoticed Powell on the stool next to him but didn't think twice abouthim at the time. Not until Powell had already left the bar, and arandom really drunk guy—who'd been sitting on the other side ofPowell—returned from the bathroom to his own stool.
The Random Really Drunk Guy pointed at the iPhone sitting on the stool, the precious prototype left by the young Apple engineer.
"Hey man, is that your iPhone?" asked Random Really Drunk Guy.
"Hmmm, what?" replied the person who ended up with the iPhone. "No, no, it isn't mine."
"Ooooh, I guess it's your friend's then," referring to a friend whoat the time was in the bathroom. "Here, take it," said the RandomReally Drunk Guy, handing it to him. "You don't want to lose it." Afterthat, the Random Really Drunk Guy also left the bar.
The person who ended up with the iPhone asked around, but nobodyclaimed it. He thought about that young guy sitting next to him, so heand his friend stayed there for some time, waiting. Powell never cameback.
During that time, he played with it. It seemed like a normal iPhone."I thought it was just an iPhone 3GS," he told me in a telephoneinterview. "It just looked like one. I tried the camera, but it crashedthree times." The iPhone didn't seem to have any special features, justtwo bar codes stuck on its back: 8800601pex1 and N90_DVT_GE4X_0493. Next to the volume keys there was another sticker: iPhone SWE-L200221.Apart from that, just six pages of applications. One of them wasFacebook. And there, on the Facebook screen, was the Apple engineer,Gray Powell.
Thinking about returning the phone the next day, he left. When hewoke up after the hazy night, the phone was dead. Bricked remotely,through MobileMe, the service Apple provides to track and wipe out lostiPhones. It was only then that he realized that there was somethingstrange that iPhone. The exterior didn't feel right and there was acamera on the front. After tinkering with it, he managed to open thefake 3GS.
There it was, a shiny thing, completely different from everything that came before.
[h2]The Aftermath[/h2]
Weeks later, Gizmodo got it. It was the real thing. Once we saw itinside and out, there was no doubt about it. We learnt about thisstory, but we didn't know for sure it was Powell's phone until today,when we contacted him via his phone.
Gray Powell: Hello?
John Herrman: Is this Gray?
G: Yeah.
J: Hi, this is John Herrman from Gizmodo.com.
G: Hey!
J: You work at Apple, right?
G: Um, I mean I can't really talk too much right now.
J: I understand. We have a device, and we think that maybe you misplaced it at a bar, and we would like to give it back.
G: Yeah, I forwarded your email [asking him if it was his iPhone], someone should be contacting you.
J: OK.
G: Can I send this phone number along?
J: [Contact information]
He sounded tired and broken. But at least, he's alive. Andapparently, he may still be working at Apple. As it should be, becauseit's just a !*$!+@+ iPhone. It can happen to everyone, Gray Powell,Phil Schiller, you, me, and even Steve Jobs
Unlike Apple's legendary impenetrable security, breached by the power of German beer and one single human mistake.
Additional reporting by John Herrman; extra thanks to Kyle VanHemert, Matt Buchanan, and Arianna Reiche
Send an email to Jesus Diaz, the author of this post, at /gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone">http://gizmodo.com/552043...ple-lost-the-next-iphone">[email protected].
damn...they ruined this dudes LIFE...
I'm sure Apple Black-Balled him in everyway...dude probably has a rap-sheet dating back to his teenage years full of petty crimes and what not they just hacked into his file...
you have 30 days. They might or will charge you a 10% restocking fee as well. I'd say keep it as much as possible then return it since your gonna have to pay a restocking feeOriginally Posted by dopestop
do you know how many?I think its been 10 days..Originally Posted by loskickking23
u gotta a few days to return it!Originally Posted by dopestop
I got a 3gs last week!!!
noooooooooooooo...
is there anything I can do
I had to pay a $150 security deposit, will I lose it?
How so? Video chat, as a concept, is cool. But how many scenarios can you think of where you'd like to stare into a 4" screen for 30 minutes? I wouldn't want to use it in public b/c I don't want some idiot looking over my shoulder. Its bad enough having people look @you texting. Now they're gonna be making appearances in your convos w/your boss/gf/mum. And if you're @home, you can use your laptop. Two scenarios I can think of: 1)you work in sales and you can show someone a product remotely 2)you need help and you can show show someone your problem in real time. But even then, any product worth showing video of probably requires an in-person visit, anyway. And you guys swear like its impossible to prepare a video ahead of time w/a quality camera. You think you're gonna send your real estate agent to a house and the buy it cause it looked to be in good condition during your video chat? Over/Under 18 months til there's a YouTube or LiveLeak video of some kid video chatting while getting hit by a car? $500 on the under. Rack me.Originally Posted by Diego
Originally Posted by TacC4
and most of you seem to be taking these improvements in a vacuum. i can't think of a situation where i would want to video chat w/someone using a phone.
This argument is as stupid as people getting moist over a phone we have not seen in operation.
SUCKAFREE85 wrote:
But dam, imagine your girl wanting to video chat and you're somewhere you're not supposed to be with somebody you're not supposed to be with.
OptimusPrimeAPhiA wrote:
All iPhones can be remotely disabled using mobile me and I'm sure this phone had that active.
Originally Posted by TacC4
How so? Video chat, as a concept, is cool. But how many scenarios can you think of where you'd like to stare into a 4" screen for 30 minutes? I wouldn't want to use it in public b/c I don't want some idiot looking over my shoulder. Its bad enough having people look @you texting. Now they're gonna be making appearances in your convos w/your boss/gf/mum. And if you're @home, you can use your laptop. Two scenarios I can think of: 1)you work in sales and you can show someone a product remotely 2)you need help and you can show show someone your problem in real time. But even then, any product worth showing video of probably requires an in-person visit, anyway. And you guys swear like its impossible to prepare a video ahead of time w/a quality camera. You think you're gonna send your real estate agent to a house and the buy it cause it looked to be in good condition during your video chat? Over/Under 18 months til there's a YouTube or LiveLeak video of some kid video chatting while getting hit by a car? $500 on the under. Rack me.Originally Posted by Diego
Originally Posted by TacC4
and most of you seem to be taking these improvements in a vacuum. i can't think of a situation where i would want to video chat w/someone using a phone.
This argument is as stupid as people getting moist over a phone we have not seen in operation.
SUCKAFREE85 wrote:
But dam, imagine your girl wanting to video chat and you're somewhere you're not supposed to be with somebody you're not supposed to be with.
OptimusPrimeAPhiA wrote:
All iPhones can be remotely disabled using mobile me and I'm sure this phone had that active.
Originally Posted by SUCKAFREE85
Originally Posted by DJprestige21
Having taken journalism courses and mass communication, the front facing camera is going to revolutionize the way we talk on the phone today.
It really is.
But dam, imagine your girl wanting to video chat and you're somewhere you're not supposed to be with somebody you're not supposed to be with.
Fail.
Originally Posted by OptimusPrimeAPhiA
Originally Posted by Jking0821
Wait so this is all we get
• Front-facing video chat camera DONT CARE
• Improved regular back-camera (the lens is quite noticeably larger than the iPhone 3GS) DONT CARE
• Camera flash DONT CARE
• Micro-SIM instead of standard SIM (like the iPad) DONT CARE but don't really know what the difference is
• Improved display. It's unclear if it's the 960x460 display thrown around before—it certainly looks like it, with the "Connect to iTunes" screen displaying much higher resolution than on a 3GS. DONT CARE
• What looks to be a secondary mic for noise cancellation, at the top, next to the headphone jack CARE
• Split buttons for volume DONT CARE
• Power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic DONT CARE AT ALL
Originally Posted by ludex360
what does it matter if he lost the phone or not? you guys are all talking about it so apple won