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"Microsoft's new iPhone"? BIG Newspaper mistake!

news.com.au — If you look at the first paragraph in this link, the story goes: "HACKERS have unlocked Microsoft's new iPhone, allowing it to be used by any network." All I have to say is, good game.

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 27, 2007

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  • dustedotnet, on 10/10/2007, -1/+251Just in case they decide to be smart and edit it out:

    http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3315/teenagerunlocksmicrosofey7.png
  • Ramble, on 10/10/2007, -11/+128Man that kid is ugly.
  • HunterTV, on 10/10/2007, -0/+105Damn, could they have picked a more unflattering picture of that kid.
    Photographer: "Okay, great. Now, just for fun, look deranged as possible... *cilck*... Perfect. Thanks."
    Reporter: "You're going to use that last shot aren't you, just to be a dick."
    Photographer: "Yep."
  • godofpumpkins, on 10/10/2007, -1/+83wow, they could've used a better picture of him...
  • 10goto10, on 10/10/2007, -5/+78I heard it's gonna get its ass kicked by Yahoo's GPhone
  • Azimuth1, on 10/10/2007, -3/+70I didn't know anyone actually used Safari in Windows.
  • Trention, on 10/10/2007, -9/+75OMG a mistake in a newspaper! OMFG FTW!
  • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -7/+51That's one ugly ass dude
  • technoredneck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+35Apple's Surface table-top computer ain't got nothin' on RedHat's Xbox 360.
  • aiya, on 10/10/2007, -6/+39i was reading the paper this morning and saw it. heres a scan of it
    http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r107/aiya_au/microsoftiphone.jpg
  • emmanuelsotelo, on 10/10/2007, -17/+42Here is a screenshot in case they correct their error:
    http://i16.tinypic.com/5xpz5fs.jpg
  • Jedeye459, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22Perhaps they will get it correct with Apple's table top computer.
  • hadak, on 10/10/2007, -8/+28Using IE(6/7) for Windows is worse than Safari.
  • neofactor, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22I think the News is just so use to say "Hacked" and "Microsoft" in the same sentence that it was just reflex. Way to go Fact-Checkers! At least "bad" news for apple... is spun to be a Microsoft flaw. Apple PR really know how to spin stuff!
  • sjug, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Just for the screenshots, notice the Quick Launch toolbar.
  • z00k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17http://bayimg.com/GAgiMaabG - Original image (Mirror)
    http://bayimg.com/gagInAaBG - Scan of actual article out of paper (Mirror)
  • Xionbox, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18Ah! They took the article off: 404, page not found! lol
  • dustedotnet, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Wait, what?! IT'S DOWN ALREADY?!

    gg news.com.au
  • camix, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Veeery Nice!! I didn't know Borat had a little brother.
  • knightboat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14"my gf"

    Buried as inaccurate.
  • chingy1788, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Sony Wii, and the Nintendo Playstation 3
    I'm viewing this on my Dell MacBook Pro

    I spose i shouldn't talk...
    I once said "...Pearl Harbour in Australia..."
    that was year 9
  • Atomic1fire, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14and dont forget gaming on that nintendo playstation portable
    while arguing over its superiority over the sony ds
  • Jholder112233, on 10/10/2007, -5/+17http://digg.com/apple/Safari_Browser_The_Ultimate_Porn_Browser

    Question solved =]
  • DrMickhead, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11When newspapers so prestigious as the Herald Sun are making incredibly minor research errors, you know the whole system is crashing down.
  • phntm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10it has 'iPhone' in the title, it's on diggs frontpage, where's the mistake?
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9and her standards are clearly low?
  • Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Indeed. Why the ***** is this here? It says Apple all over it, but makes a single mistake.
  • dafragsta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8You get NOTHING! You LOSE! Good DAY sir!
  • mrfreeziexp, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10but he's a geek so he has to look stupid... /sarcasm of course.
  • juicebag, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8He is a HACKER ON STEROIDS!
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Just goes to show you that there is no difference between Apple, Microsoft, Google, HP, etc. to 90% of the world. Large tech companies are large tech companies. They don't care about the massive Apple vs Microsoft debate that rages on in most internet sites. Should we educate them, or just tell them that we are here to put the magic smoke back in their computers?
  • SierraAlpha, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Somebody has no life.
  • antdude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7DuggMirror caught it: http://duggmirror.com/apple/Microsoft_s_new_iPhone_BIG_Newspaper_mistake/ (the non-cached/copied one is gone).
  • ncaauwe, on 10/10/2007, -6/+12Ha! I made sure to print the page to a PDF myself to show in case it's fixed.
  • joshuaer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Mistakes happen i can understand that but did any one look over the article at all before sending it to print, that is an easy mistake to catch.
  • ElectricDoodie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Even you girlfriend thinks he is ugly? Does that mean she will go out with anyone, and doesn't think anyone is ugly? Might as well have said, "My girlfriend goes out with ME, and she still thinks he is ugly!"
  • bkemper, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8How does the Quick Launch bar prove that this person (or people in general) use Safari only when they want a screen shot?
  • sybesis, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9mehehe too funny
  • shunpike, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6i use it - in fact i am using it now, but only becuase Vista and FireFox arn't agreeing 4 me at the moment and i can't be arsed to download Opera.
  • LMaxey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5if you haven't associated the words Apple and iPhone then you probably shouldn't work with a newspaper
  • mglmouser, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Or paid for. I can't imagine anyone would make that mistake with all the pompous fanfare there's been since the launch. It's about as uninformed as anyone could be.
  • teh_techie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4OMFG FTW? WTF... IMHO
  • Vich, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The photo caption still says apple, which makes the error all the more peculiar.
  • fareed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4It's not a typo. A typo would be "Aple's new iPhone".
  • DeFex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4minor mistake. whoop de do.
  • mascot4hire, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5correction: it's a non respected newspaper from Melbourne in Australia
  • 46reasons, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Who ***** cares? You guys digg the dumbest *****.
  • chrysb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Is this newspaper considered a major newspaper in Australia? Otherwise, who cares.
  • ddaug4uf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3typos, misspellings and omitted words are understandable, but if this guy had done any research at all before writing this piece, surely Apple would have been on his mind instead of Microsoft.
  • bunnybash, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4not sure if you know that the Herald Sun is not really a tabloid, it is a respected newspaper from Melbourne in Australia...
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