by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 21, 2010 | Asides
The Conversation 12: The Gizmodo/iPhone Thing | via 5 by 5 Great audio interview by Dan Benjamin of John Gruber and Andy Ihnatko about the whole Gizmodo/”found” iPhone thing. Includes several references to Coen brothers films and how much this whole story...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 20, 2010 | Asides
A Letter: Apple Wants Its Secret iPhone Back | via Gizmodo The plot thickens. As John Gruber said: The jokey tone of Brian Lam’s post reporting this letter and the focus on the “see, we’re giving it back!” angle, distracts from the most interesting aspect. Lam quotes...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 19, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
Early last winter, shortly after one of the first snowstorms of the season, as my son was walking home from school, he came across an iPod Touch buried in a snow bank. An amazing find for a boy of 11. Kind of a dream come true. And as the saying goes… finders,...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 19, 2010 | Asides
Gizmodo Has the Purported Next-Gen iPhone in Hand | via Daring Fireball Another interesting post from John Gruber on the “found” iPhone. While it stands to reason that Gizmodo paid some pretty good coin to get this unit into their hot little hands,...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 18, 2010 | Asides
John Gruber believes that the photos posted on Engadget of the next gen iPhone are, in fact legit. Personally, I’m pleased that he thinks that they’re sitting in a testbed frame, not a legit iPhone case as, compared to the phone in my pocket, this one...