applegazette.com — The iPhone is a VOIP phone made by Linksys. Cisco, their parent company, has owned the trademark since 1996.They will be announcing their product in a few hours.Brian Lam, of course, was aware of this when he made his post last week, stating that the iPhone would be announced on Monday.
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streetstealthDec 18, 2006
Wow. I think we all may have learned a lesson today.
charlesnorbertDec 18, 2006
Digging the first part of the title. We already know the second part. Brian, you are going to make the front page again. Not quite the same thing this time is it?
time2goDec 18, 2006
I love social backlash.
canadiens1160Dec 18, 2006
So everyone got duped, and now they're annoyed they didn't have the foresight to ignore an internet rumor?
norbiuDec 18, 2006
Tough crowd.
Closed AccountDec 18, 2006
Brian Lam didn't technically mislead or deceive us, but that doesn't mean he isn't technically a prick.As other have said elsewhere on Digg, he staked his reputation on this (and by extension, Gizmodo's), and as far as I'm concerned, right now that rep is in the mud. It's not like we're short of other sources for tech news. I for one will be going elsewhere.
sancho320Dec 18, 2006
I thought the whole thing was pretty funny. Did you really believe that Apple would release a product of this caliber less than a week before Christmas? They have never done that before, why would they start now with a brand new product? "I've already said too much." – BL