I have been wondering how so many Apple products geek leaked now days. If you go back a few years, Apple was a tight ship and we didn’t know what they had for us until Steve Jobs took to a keynote stage and announced it. Lately, there have been no secrets. We have pretty much known all about most of the new stuff from Apple well in advance of an announcement.
Just this year, we knew all about the iPhone 4 well before launch. What was interesting about the iPhone 4 was the video. Even if Gizmodo hadn’t bought the lost/stolen iPhone 4 and published the photos, there was a video from Vietnam on YouTube a few weeks later that showed the phone very clearly. How did they get one?
Well, now Global Supply Manager, Paul Shin Divine, has been accused of supplying Asian suppliers with confidential Apple information. It is alleged he received at least US$1 million in kick-backs for the information. Was this the source for all the Apple information? I guess time will tell.
I won’t go into all the details of the case as better reporters have already done that and you can read their wonderful words about the Paul Divine case here and here, What I will say is that I hope this does seal up Apple a little. I for one like watching a Stevenote and getting a thrill out of the the new stuff. I haven’t been surprised or even that thrilled by an Apple announcement for a while now and I want that back. Just my thoughts on this, what do you guys think? Comment below.
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I read about this on a fugitive site how come there has been no main stream media cover? are they trying to keep it silent? if so that’s a lot of power ( Paul Divine Apple Inc. manager held in jail until Wednesday accused of several counts of fraud ) http://fugitive.com/archives/26878 I hope this guy fries.
I’d say it has been kept fairly quiet because Apple are masters (or at least used to be) of secrecy.