iPhone 4G saga

Image source: TUDream at http://twitpic.com/12ijf7

For those of you who missed out the iPhone saga, heres a summary of the whole hoohaa (in reverse sequence)...

23 April - Jason Chen's house was raided by R.E.A.C.T. (Computer Crime Police), seized 4 computers, 2 servers and more. http://gizmodo.com/5524843/

22 April - Gizmodo server overloaded because of the spike in increasing readers. [Graph from quantcast]

19 April - Apple formally requested for the iPhone. http://gizmodo.com/5520479/a-letter-apple-wants-its-secret-iphone-back

19 April - Gizmodo confirmed iPhone's owner via phone. http://gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone

19 April - Gizmodo got the leaked iPhone prototype for $5000 and posted the specifications and photos. http://gizmodo.com/5520164/this-is-apples-next-iphone

18 April - Engadget confirms the identity of iPhone by inspecting the leaked photos of iPad. http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/18/iphone-4g-proof/

17 April - Photos of leaked iPhone found their way into Engadget's gallery, but Engadget was unable to confirm the identity. http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/17/iphone-4g-is-this-it/

19 March - Apple bricked the stolen prototype remotely.

18 March - Apple engineer abandoned the iPhone prototype on bar stool after enjoying the fine imported ales at Gourmet Haus Staudt. http://gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone

20 Feb - TUDream posted a series of photos believe to be next gen iPhone. http://twitpic.com/14ge1m

13 Feb - iResQ claimed they have the next generation iPhone sample part. http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/13/is-this-the-face-of-the-iphone-4g/




---  Just few things running thru my mind. ---

► I wonder where TUDream got the leak photos back in Feb? He is sure resourceful.

► Gizmodo and Apple are the companies that get the most from this saga. Gizmodo's readers increased by near 5 times compared to previous weeks. Gosh! look at the stats:

Source: Alexa