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Manic! 04-27-2010 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mancini (Post 6927560)
Exactly.

What is known at this point is that the "finder" did not make any attempt to turn in the lost property to the authorities. Then, he sold it purely for profit.



That's insufficient action. What if it didn't belong to Apple in the first place? It still needed to be turned in to the authorities to be claimed (or not).

Do you think police are going to care about a lost phone. Should I call the police every time someone leave a phone at our gas station? What about gas caps, sunglasses, or socks?

Did Apple try calling the phone?

taylor192 04-27-2010 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Mancini (Post 6927560)
That's insufficient action. What if it didn't belong to Apple in the first place? It still needed to be turned in to the authorities to be claimed (or not).

Can you reference the law that says it must be turned into the authorities?

I lost my bball shoes at a gym once, they were in the lost and found box, not the police station.

Edit: I found the law, and holy crap I cannot see this being enforced: http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/s..._2080_2082.htm

By law, my gym would have to turn my bball sneakers over to the cops since they are valued > $100. I'll remember this next time I forget them, cause they are getting sued for just leaving them in the lost and found!

Great68 04-27-2010 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mancini (Post 6927560)
Exactly.

What is known at this point is that the "finder" did not make any attempt to turn in the lost property to the authorities. Then, he sold it purely for profit.



That's insufficient action. What if it didn't belong to Apple in the first place? It still needed to be turned in to the authorities to be claimed (or not).

At the very least, it should have been left at the bar. Perhaps the Apple engineer was going to come back the next day looking for it???

SkinnyPupp 04-27-2010 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by HachiSix (Post 6927559)
I'm not sure if you actually read the actual details but, the original guy who found it at the bar contacted Apple but no one took him seriously. Customer Service gave him a Ticket # for the incident and told him they would call him. No follow up calls were made.

If you found an iPhone at a bus stop, would you call Apple customer support? Hell no! you'd look on it, and see if you could find the owner's identity! And they did that by the way - they knew who the owner was. But instead of contacting him, they called Apple support for some stupid reason ( :troll: )

And 68 is right. AT THE VERY LEAST they shouldn't have taken it home or even looked at it, but turn it in at the bar's lost and found, so the owner could claim it when he realized he lost it.

Anjew 04-27-2010 06:03 PM

how are you gonna contact him if you have his phone.....

impactX 04-27-2010 06:18 PM

The funny thing (or not so funny thing) is that if the Apple employee lost this phone in China, he would probably be dead by now.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10291701-37.html

$_$ 04-27-2010 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 6927789)
If you found an iPhone at a bus stop, would you call Apple customer support? Hell no! you'd look on it, and see if you could find the owner's identity! And they did that by the way - they knew who the owner was. But instead of contacting him, they called Apple support for some stupid reason ( :troll: )

And 68 is right. AT THE VERY LEAST they shouldn't have taken it home or even looked at it, but turn it in at the bar's lost and found, so the owner could claim it when he realized he lost it.


The phone was bricked not long after the developer realized it was gone; apple bricked it remotely.

$_$ 04-27-2010 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by impactX (Post 6927913)
The funny thing (or not so funny thing) is that if the Apple employee lost this phone in China, he would probably be dead by now.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10291701-37.html


My thoughts exactly

Ilagon 04-27-2010 09:47 PM

For those who can't wait for this iPhone to be released:

http://modmyi.com/forums/iphone-news...n-planned.html

goo3 04-28-2010 03:47 AM

Apple's gonna lose millions with the leak. Being able to control how, when, and what to announce during a product launch is much better than having Gizmodo doing it for them.

LiquidTurbo 04-28-2010 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by goo3 (Post 6928580)
Apple's gonna lose millions with the leak. Being able to control how, when, and what to announce during a product launch is much better than having Gizmodo doing it for them.

Yea, I can just picture Steve Job's face right now..

http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/ass..._eljobso_2.jpg

http://cache-03.gawkerassets.com/ass...tomweppler.jpg

http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/ass...26_larrylo.jpg

taylor192 04-28-2010 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adog (Post 6927891)
how are you gonna contact him if you have his phone.....

and it has been bricked.

Expresso 04-28-2010 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 6927789)
And 68 is right. AT THE VERY LEAST they shouldn't have taken it home or even looked at it, but turn it in at the bar's lost and found, so the owner could claim it when he realized he lost it.

I honestly have zero faith in a Bar's Lost and Found, do you?! Some kid working at the bar would've just kept it. And this whole scenerio would've played out again.

SkinnyPupp 04-28-2010 09:15 AM

True! But then he would be the one who stole it, not you! ;)

Graeme S 04-28-2010 11:09 AM

Maybe he did.
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tgill 04-28-2010 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by T.H.C (Post 6927927)
The phone was bricked not long after the developer realized it was gone; apple bricked it remotely.

actually the guy who sold it to gawker (gizmodo) browsed the guys facebook app...

fact is if you buy stolen property unknowingly or knowingly in california you are at fault

BlacknJean 04-28-2010 05:53 PM

fuck the apple nazis

no_clue 04-28-2010 07:12 PM

I predict apple is going to win, a fortune 500 legal team is formidable compared to gawker media. Gizmodo must know it was stolen to pay $5000 for it which will make the shield law void. Hope the 2 million views was worth it!

Sky_2000 04-28-2010 08:24 PM

Wow I didn't know their were so many lawyers on this forum! You guys must all be super rich from your lawyering. What school did you all go to? The school of hard knocks?

1990TSI 04-28-2010 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Superfived (Post 6929734)
Wow I didn't know their were so many lawyers on this forum! You guys must all be super rich from your lawyering. What school did you all go to? The school of hard knocks?


I did, with jay Z

also, I found the phone, and fabricated the whole thing

y'all just got tsi rolled

ecsw 04-29-2010 09:33 AM

NO ONE READ THE STORY? WTF.

The engineer from APPLE LOST IT AT THE BAR on his birthday party after DRUNK.

The guy who found it was trying to return to the engineer but the prototype was REMOTELY KILLED next morning. He CALLED APPLE trying to return, no one believed him.

He then told Gizmodo and Gizmodo bought it. They thought it was fake, but after a week playing with it, Jason (Gizmodo Editor) believed it was real. He documented/photo it and then he CONTACTED APPLE about the phone and ask if that's they are missing a prototype. Gizmodo told Apple if that's indeed their prototype, please send a formal letter to request it back and they will love to give it back.

APPLE was behind one of the company that helped police search the apartment.

If Jason is guilty, he is guilty of depriving Steve's fun of unveiling the new iPhone. BS.

I better don't say too much about Apple, or they will break into my house too.

ecsw 04-29-2010 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by impactX (Post 6927913)
The funny thing (or not so funny thing) is that if the Apple employee lost this phone in China, he would probably be dead by now.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10291701-37.html

he was. He killed himself.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Foxconn-...news-4272.html

Manic! 04-29-2010 02:32 PM

Next time I lose a phone I hope I get the Apple treatment.

Manic! 04-29-2010 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by no_clue (Post 6929618)
I predict apple is going to win, a fortune 500 legal team is formidable compared to gawker media.


Why would Apples lawyers be involved in a criminal case?

jeff19 04-29-2010 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ecsw (Post 6930457)

Fucked up
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