Gruber’s full article includes links to a screenshot, from before Lam locked his Twitter account and Google’s cache.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Obviously, his shiteous wannabe iPhone wasn’t worth stealing. There’s a selling point that Motorola ought to explore in their next ad. It’d be their first with an actual selling point.
You may have noticed that we haven’t been linking to any of Gizmodo’s stuff for some time now. This practice will continue into the foreseeable future.
We recently ran a poll that asked, “Can you trust an Apple-related report from Gizmodo?” The results, based on 4,394 responses, were as follows:
• 46.13% – No. Never.
• 21.69% – Not now, but maybe sometime in the future.
• 12.77% – Yes, but it depends on what’s in each article.
• 12.13% – Unsure.
• 7.28% – Yes, unequivocally. Gizmodo can be objective.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “John K.” for the heads up.]
He probably had an android phone.
Some people take the higher iRoad.
Impossible to steal or lose anyway thanks to Find My iPhone tech.
F$@&”) Jizzmodo
iRony would be if someone beat up his ass for being a frigtard.
Good, don’t link to any Gizmodo crap ever again.
What’s a gizmodo? And why is this so important? Is that the sound of an a**hole opening right before someone f@rts?
Sorry, couldn’t help myself. I have absolutely no respect or compassion for Lam(e) or gizmodo… None.
If I found a Droid phone I’d do the Flamenco and put it out of it’s misery.
Do the right thing, Lam. Give the finder the $5,000 finders fee.
Easy. His phone wasn’t worth taking. The restaurant gave him humble pie for desert.
My neighbor left his Droid on the passenger seat of his car. When he came back he found the front window had been broken and there were three Droids on the seat. Maybe there were only two, he tends to exaggerate at times.
The thing that shows what an utter asshat he is is that he attributes the finder’s act of kindness to be the direct result of his own. He let her have a chair at his table that he was not using, therefore she was nice and returned the phone. So the act of doing the right thing was precipitated by an act of altruism on his part. Narcissism. He was responsible (in his own mind) for her doing a good thing. He flagged it “karma” because he thought he was being rewarded for a good deed.
@HughB: that made me laugh.
MDN: don’t link to anything from them anymore
I’ve found many cell phones, including several iPhones.
I made sure to get each one to their rightful owners, and I always would.
There is no second thought involved in this decision.
I would hope that if someone found mine, they would do the same.
I cant even put into words how much I despise those Gizmodo guys.
I would have taken it apart and mailed it to him. Maybe forgetting a key piece or two.
this guys a real asshole
F Gizmodo
It’s odd that Blam succeeded at erasing the Google cache. What connections does he have at Google anyway?
Eric Schmidt only a few days ago told us we have to change our names in order to escape our internet past. He conveniently left out that friends are excepted.
@HughB: I agree with Sal. Glad I didn’t have a mouth full of water when I was reading your post.
There is the coincidence of the famous lost iPhone, but even if she took his phone that would have been unfortunate, not ironic. Irony depends on the intentions of the first party.
– The Campaign for Real Irony.
Ha, imagine if it was stolen, got hacked and some prick published all Brians stuff and Gizmodo trade secrets like new story ideas, leads and Gizmodo informants in tech companies all over the web using the Gizmo defense: “The Public has a Right to Know”.
@bbock
You’re absolutely right. He’s basically saying that if it wasn’t for his own kindness she would have been a bitch and kept the phone. But his act of grace gave her the altruistic feeling of giving back something that didn’t belong to her. I mean, is it too much to ask that she would have given it back anyway?
Also, what prior act of kindness took place upon Blam that encouraged him to act altruistically? Perhaps he should thank the guy who held the door open, that made Blam feel that maybe this time he won’t be a douche and give a lady a seat.
“Gruber’s full article includes links to a screenshot, from before Lam locked his Twitter account and Google’s cache.”
You see why having your life online can suddenly turn on you?
So he paid ten grand to the dishonest patron who stole Apple’s iPhone prototype, but he’s thankful to the honest patron who turned in his own phone? I wouldn’t call it ironic, I’d call it pathetic.
The hostility towards Gizmodo over their actions with the iPhone 4 prototype aside, I visit their site as frequently, if not more than MDN. I love the stories they cover, their coverage is clever & funny and tgeir commenters are usually brilliant / hilarious. And I’ve yet to read any assholes posting political tripe, as they do here, nor are there any trolls, and there’s far less sniping at & between posters than here.
Dont get me wrong, I LOVE MDN and have been a reader since day 1, but Gizmodo has an excellent, well-hosted (and, yes, well-policed) site. I didn’t write then off just ’cause they did something kind if shitty.