other reports last Friday indicated thatApple ’s Jack - Booted iThugs(TM ) had impersonated San Francisco police while searching an apartmentfor what is seize to be a missing iPhone 5 . Fortunately , Apple ’s iThought Police were quickly dispatched to SFPD headquarters and initiated a full Reality Distortion Field protocol , stimulate the police to quickly cover up the incidentby arrogate they were , in fact , assisting .
Hmm . Sorry , the Macalope ’s just trying out this Gizmodo text filter . It ’s not bad but it could use some obnoxious spiritual references .
What ’s funny about this incident is that some mass — mostly those who do n’t know the full details — seem to think that Apple is purposely leave these phones around . Apparently , enoughpeople that the International Business Times went so far as topublish a story excuse why this is highly unlikely .
Over the weekend , the Macalope himself had two separate conversations with people who seemed to believe this was the case . This , of path , is just the public ’s innate leaning to be mistrust and , at the same time , to try and look voguish . They ’re not really read “ Of course Apple left the iPhone in a bar and then pass several week quietly conducting what seems to have been a slightly heavy - handed lookup for it so as to gain packaging ! ” Because that does n’t make any sentiency . No , what they ’re saying is “ I love luxuriant conspiracy theories ! ”
That ’s not to say that Apple never leaks anything . But if it were going to do so , there are easier ways than coyly leaving phones lie around . “ WELL , I infer IT ’S TIME FOR ME TO HEAD HOME AND depart MY IPHONE 5 PROTOTYPE HERE ON THE BAR ! ”
Look , Apple has a shtik and , let ’s face it , it work . It break a little something like this : Do n’t talk about a machine until you ’re quick to announce it . Seems simple , veracious ? But it ’s staggering how few companies a ) get that , and b ) have the discipline to apply it internally .
HP is one of the most egregious recent object lesson . The company hype the TouchPad , shipped it , then claimed it was n’t the existent launch appointment — that would be coming in a few week .
Then it declare the next edition of the TouchPad which would have 4G.
What a mess . No curiosity they had to thin the Leontyne Price to $ 99 just to offload the things .
This is why the horny one does n’t get why someone at Amazon decided togive MG Siegler a sneak peek at the party ’s upcoming ramify Android ( Amazoid ? ) tablet .
OK , the Macalope is just a simple muncher of Medicago sativa , a ruminant with a keyboard , and he ’s no merchandising genius . But how hard is it to look at arguably the best trafficker of the current long time and say “ We should likely do exactly what they ’re doing ” ?
Amazon ’s very good at what it does and the Macalope ’s sure its pill will do quite well . But , multitude . Come on . Get some of that one-time - time Apple religion .
Hey , there ’s the spiritual reference !
