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Apple Employees Flaunting iPhones in Public Like Crazy (w/Picture)

cultofmac.com — In case you haven ’t heard, this weekend marked the iPhone’s coming out party. Though the iPhone actually goes on sale this Friday, Apple employees decided to take the iPhone out into the world one week early. How do I know? Two personal acquaintances ran into Apple folks breaking out their 3-in-1 revolutionary devices in San Francisco on Saturday.

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  • interg12, on 10/11/2007, -18/+75i wonder if Microsoft employees ever "flaunted" the Zune? how funny would that have been?
    • darkmaninperth, on 10/11/2007, -1/+30Zune?
    • Philodox, on 10/11/2007, -1/+33Flaunting your Zune is kind of like flaunting your gramophone.
    • Litespeed, on 10/11/2007, -10/+0Yeah there was a video going round a while back with some MS dude showing off the Zune outside a nightclub.
      • JJayguy23, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Wow, Microsoft and nightclub just do not go together! :-)
    • championchap, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Sometimes I think that not everything out of Alex Albrechts mouth is total crap, i've even agreed with him about some things. The Microsoft Surface for example, Kevin was way off on that.
      But then he comes out with something like "The Zune is a good media player!" and everything he may have said before is null and void.
    • bubut, on 10/11/2007, -17/+2I have a Zune and I have to admit I am quite impressed. Sure there are problems, but it is worlds better than a POS ipod. Sound and video quality are leagues better.
      • cernicalo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Ha ha haa aaahhhhhhh ha hah hha ahha auch
    • artofwar420, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3Dude the Zune IS a good player, I have one, yes I'm not ashamed of it, why all the unfounded hate? That's right it doesn't have an apple logo (sorry). Don't hate what you don't know. I was a Zune hater (didn't know why) but once I got a deal for 190 dollars, well I got one. I love it.
    • ahknight, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7OMG, what's that brown thing hanging off your pants? Oh, it ... plays music ... oh ... okay. Does it work with iTunes? Oh ... okay ... yeah. Good luck with that, okay?
      • nickerbocker, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3Does iTunes work with anything but an iPod?
      • 1of42, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Obviously if something doesn't work with iTunes it automatically sucks.(Not really)

        iTunes isn't even that great of a media player - the sole reason it's so popular is that it's the most intuitive interface with the iPod.
    • barkeep8, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1they probably did, this almost looks viral to me... ;)
  • wonderwes, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3"...this dude from apple is conspicuously busting out his iphone."
  • mrgreenjeans, on 10/11/2007, -5/+41"That’s how brazen Apple folks were with their iPhones these days."
    That cracks me up...how BRAZEN!
    • JJayguy23, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1BRAZEN! BRAZEN! BRAZEN! lol!
    • zybch, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2And apple fans still wonder why everyone else hats them!
      • xerexes1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Hats them?
      • coolfactor, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4Yah, speak for yourself there zybch. It's unbelievable how the tides have shifted in the past year and you're gonna be left out to sea with your Windows PC.
  • accidental, on 10/11/2007, -3/+155A blurry picture of 1 guy with an iphone is hardly flaunting in public like CRAZY
    • cobra1122, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8/nod
    • ColinCampbell, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Blurry picture of iPhone = -1 point
      Guy was wearing Big Lebowski t-shirt = +10000 points.

      Photo wins.
    • Cbeck527, on 10/11/2007, -9/+6BUT IT'S APPLE, EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT AND EXAGGERATED!!!!1
    • totallyAMAZING, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0But don't forget how REVOLUTIONARY it is, because no phone has ever been able to play music AND have a camera too!!!
  • totorototoro, on 10/11/2007, -5/+52Wow, even Wired has been reduced to ***** hyperbole and useless stories about this product. Pathetic.
    • pyro789x, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8This is how non-geeks feel about having to listen to another news story about the latest thing paris hilton did.
      "OMYGAWD TODAY IN PRISON PARIS TOTALLY CHOSE A HAMBURGER OVER TACOS! MORE AT 11!"
      • diggimator, on 09/19/2008, -0/+1Maybe because the tacos were served cold.
    • invader, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2After the iPhone comes out, Wired will probably write an article about how Digg was flooded with hype and useless stories on the iPhone. Since, you know, Wired is owned by the same company as Digg-competitor Reddit and they have a history of Digg-bashing..
  • Prokaryote, on 10/11/2007, -6/+22If you've got it, flaunt it.
    • JJayguy23, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Boy, I know you want it.
    • barkeep8, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If you've got it, take blurry pics and viral advertise it.... It's worked on almost EVERYONE that's reading this thread....
    • imnotminkus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0from the blog responses:
      "He’s looking to get laid. Plain and simple."
  • Malik112099, on 10/11/2007, -10/+27I wonder if it has more games than the PS3....
  • Evildudetx, on 10/11/2007, -13/+7I can't wait to see how badly this does......
    • kelly, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6I can't wait to rub it in your face when it does well.
    • rdoger6424, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1John Dvorak's with you on that one. I can tell.
  • volanin, on 10/11/2007, -9/+5iAmBoredOfThisHype
  • marcus_r, on 10/11/2007, -11/+46In other news, Digg users can't stop posting ***** stories about this "revolutionary" device.
    • TheRealDeal, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6The device rocks! Sorry if that bothers you.
      • stupidStan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Really... how hard does it rock? How long have you owned it to be able to say that?
        'Duke Nukem Forever' rocks too then!
  • claphands22, on 10/11/2007, -10/+5Am I the only who thinks Apple does this secretive crap for marketing reasons?
    • badjoke, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Uhh, it's obvious. That's the whole point, to build hype.
    • JJayguy23, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Nope.
    • tripline, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Of course they do. Someone had to approve it and this was their thinking. It adds to the fluff and hype.
  • zombiedictator, on 10/11/2007, -18/+30Perhaps Kevin should just change his DNS records to point to apple.com instead with all these lame iPhone stories. Jesus Christ, IT IS A SMART PHONE/IPOD. Yes, it's cool, but it comes attached with a ***** provider at an exorbitant rate. Do we need multiple iPhone stories a page?

    I can't wait until the barrage of iPhone unboxing threads due out Friday. Might as well change my homepage from digg to Apple to save myself the troub;e.
    • moofer, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Uh... you think Kevin posts all the stories to digg? The reason so many articles about the iPhone make it to digg, is because people seem to like reading about it. Even you. You seem to find it necessary to read and post on the subject.
    • phpfreak, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5At what exorbitant rate? Plans have not been announced.
    • perozo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1too much caffeine?
    • manitoba98xp, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Solution: temporarily block the Apple topic.
  • wazzledoozle2, on 10/11/2007, -13/+8Maddox speaks the truth.
    http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant
    • implied, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3It truely is the best page in the universe. Maddox never fails..
    • d0ug18, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Can't we all just get along?
    • randomgeek, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1As someone posting this from a Mac: That's ***** funny. Maddox, ftw!
    • coolfactor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Haha, that was great!

      (posted from a Mac)
  • aywwts4, on 10/11/2007, -11/+5It hasn't even launched yet and I am already sick as hell of it.

    Buy this amazing unsubsidized iPDA, it has no features a PDA doesn't have, infact it has less, and it costs considerably more, still needs to be locked into a service provider.

    All it is is the "hip" PDA (this isn't your grandfathers PDA) that costs a hell of a lot more to pay for the form factor and the advertising budget.
    • badjoke, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Who ever said it was a "PDA"? It's a smart phone with user-friendly features and great attention to design.
    • JJayguy23, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I was sick of it, but then the 20 minute guided tour renewed my interest. It really did! :-)
  • adml_shake, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3if you think thats an iPhone more power to you. Look a lot like one of the treo's ( i think thats what it is) that my boss has.
  • scronline, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3oh whoopty friggin do! The device is going to be an expensive piece of cow dung. Real cost of that little machine that's an EXTREMELY limited computer is close to $1k when you factor in the service charges that you'll be roped into. Buy a friggin notebook for cripes sakes
    • badjoke, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2They aren't buying a phone so that they can play games or make spreadsheets.
  • FaytlND, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3It says iPhone people!!!!! Digg! Digg! Digg!
  • killeryugi, on 10/11/2007, -2/+26Damn, I would be afraid of flaunting my iPhone.

    Crazy apple fanboys will kill over an iPhone.
  • hoovcluck, on 10/11/2007, -5/+8Wow these guys are so cool! I wish I was that cool then everybody would talk about me!

    The world is about to end and all we think about is the friggin iphone!

    The worst part is the thing makes national news in a time of war!
  • mateo60, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9More proof that Wired is becoming more and more worthless. I've been a subscriber for years and lately, I've been finding less and less rich content. =( Its a shame too. It used to be so good.
    • ours, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I stopped renewing my subscription after a year. Between the 1:2 ration of advertisement/content and all the "magic revolutionary" articles talking about the next miracle in tech... I got tired of it.
  • internetslacker, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I predict a news story about the iPhone tomorrow will be: "Apple Employee Shows Off iPhone in Public, Gets Stabbed In Face & Robbed". The real question is, who will be the first to digg it? Not the guy who got stabbed in the face for his iPhone, I tell you what.
  • anothertechy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0sorry bastard
  • Snotrocket, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Big deal. He works for apple. If they didn't want him to use it they probably wouldn't have given it to him. It's not like he's selling it on ebay.
    • ours, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1He would make a killing selling it on ebay. I would do that! Let the fanboys pay my next vacations :-).
  • Hangender, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2Fags, someone should jump them and take their iPhones.
  • bluechips23, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Well, as some one already commented this here, "if you have it, flaunt it". Besides that, it's an excellent way to create buzz marketing about a product which is going to launch in next few days.
  • IllBeBack, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3In other news, an Apple emplyee seen just moments earlier brazenly flaunting his iPhone was dragged into an alley and beaten severely. The only missing item? His iPhone. They didn't take the $80 in cash in his wallet.
  • Sp4nk, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3Okay, stop using the word "revolutionary." The iPhone is not a revolution. I've had a PocketPC for 3 years that does the exact same thing. If it could beam phone calls and music straight into my head without giving me an enormous ***** tumor, I'd call it a revolution.
  • randomgeek, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8I like Apple, OS X, Macs, and I think the iPhone is neat.
    But this "story" sucks. Marked as lame.
  • tripline, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Big deal. I'd be more impressed if the million AT&T (Cingular) employees were flaunting the iPhone.
  • joshaidan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Sounds like last minute testing to me. Just think... what would happen if one of those employees discovered a critical bug before Friday? No more parties!
  • TheRealDeal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3What's with the infrared shot of the iPhone?! Guess the pic was taken by covert ops.....
  • mannymix03, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1its 4 days till launch guys, you can stop with the whole "iphone sucks", just give it 4 more days and it will quiet down
    • SuperCujo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Nah, it is only going to get worse from Friday...
      Millions of unboxing, hacks, scratched screens, disassembly, etc. stories...

      I really can't wait...
      /sarcasm
  • htdub, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1These dudes are trying to "Break some Necks"

    From my shoe gangsta collecting days.

  • astanhope, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6OMFG!!!!!!! I SAW SOMEONE WITH AN IPHONE AND I WET MY PANTS!
  • dafragsta, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4"I refuse to jock even though it’s a research op."

    Research Op? Refuse to jock? This is surely the newspeak of the modern day `07 yuppie man.
  • twit987, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4awesome. a blurry pic of someone using a ***** phone.
  • Kwipper, on 10/11/2007, -4/+4I am starting to really dislike Apple. Their smugness of the people representing the company and their users of their products are making me want to stomp a mudhole in all of their smug asses.

    I propose that the next time you see someone flaunting an apple product so everyone can see, you snatch it from their hands and break it, right in front of them. Then stand back and watch them cry.

    ***** OFF APPLE!
  • sych0, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3if ya got it ***** flaunt it
  • realLogical1, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3I'm so sick of crApple and the iphone.... They'll probably only have 100 of them ready for Friday and then go on backorder for 6 months. The only people buying them will be people that like to get ripped off with the monopolistic and expensive package they will have to buy to get one.
    • neilbakker, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1***** - In case you've got your head up your ass, it's not Apple posting these ***** blog stories on Digg... I'm sure if you asked people at Apple, they'd be embarrassed by the super hyperblogging going on about every last detail of the iPhone...does it wipe my ass too Mr. "to quick to blog a ***** story just so they can get onto digg's homepage".
      • Caruthers, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yeah, I'm sure Apple is really upset over the free advertising it is receiving
  • k3nt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7"this weekend marked the iPhone’s coming out party"

    I knew the iPhone couldn't keep it a secret for long. It's just so pretty it's obvious. =)
  • dpogni, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1someone at my school was 'flaunting' his too. *****
  • Simba_Is_Moses, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5you can threaten my life but the iPhone is not a revolutionary device. it doesnt do anything new except it has a touch screen and built in flash memory. you'll digg me down because you know i speak the truth. im not saying it sucks and I don't want it i'm just saying that it isnt revolutionary.
    • subliminal727, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'm just tired of all of my rss feeds being hijacked by iphone news...and its getting worse now
  • JWCrease, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4when it's < 200 and unlockable, let me know
  • SqlByte, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Will there be a iPhone section too on digg ?
  • ScottBookG4, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Okay, I now officially don't give a crap about iPhone "news coverage."

    k, thx bye
  • kessel, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1thats not a skull shirt, its a parody obey giant shirt.
  • bfaulk04, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1So what?
  • MarkOfTheDead, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"whoa where'd you get the iphone?"
    "i did some stuff for this guy who works at apple.....anybody got any scope?"
  • hydroplane, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE ~ FLAVA FLAVE
  • abbazabba, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1http://www.myspedspaced.com/noiphone
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