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i want a free iphone :(]]>Jun 28th 2007 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
I don't know it seems like Apple can do no wrong.. next year, they'll bring out 4 more iPhones in all price categories and give Nokia a run for their money.

As for "we don't know whether it will be a hit" - who cares? With the initial hype alone, the development costs are as good as covered. The upside is limitless. Potential outcomes can be good, awesome, or off the charts for Apple. The only question is whether Apple will win less or win more. ]]>Jun 28th 2007 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 30th 2007 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
Anyways. Whatever. iPhone, iDon'tCare, iCanAffordiT but iThink it sucks. iVote for Nokia.]]>Jun 28th 2007 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
Don't be so sensitive. That was one pretty good (read, funny) reply.]]>Jun 29th 2007 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
"a bunch of retards with down-syndrome"

Go play in the road. ]]>Jun 28th 2007 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
"I swear, engadget and tuaw are going down the drain, I remember when the commentators here used to be fairly intellectual individuals, now it's like we have a bunch of retards with down-syndrome hooking us up with our flaky fodder, and all we can do is lower ourselves to their mentally handicapped state."

^
|_ By the looks of that run-on, you are clearly not part of that group of "fairly intellectual individuals."]]>Jun 29th 2007 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
.. you are a freaking idiot. ]]>Jun 28th 2007 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
I know there will be those that will find a way to leave a negative comment about this.. but dayum... for once in your life.. can't you just say "well done?"

I dunno about you, but that's the kind of company I want to work for.... where the one at the top is as passionate about the product as he/she is about the bottom line.

Well played, Steve.

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Who wants to bet that the reasoning is two fold:
1. This was a condition of the deal with AT&T so they can gain the subs.
2. Who better to pimp your super phone then your employees who got it for free?

Good move Steve, good move!]]>Jun 28th 2007 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
god why am I not employed in Apple.]]>Jun 28th 2007 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
Wrong. Just wrong. People certainly haven't stopped buying iPods now that they're ubiquitous. Also, 20,000 Apple employees is not - by any stretch of the imagination - "everyone." I promise that there's going to be a whole lot more than 20,000 people owning and using iPhones. And - remarkably - I don't think that'll deter still more buyers.

What's more, the more of a public presence the iphone has (that is, the more real in-the-flesh units people see in public), the more people will begin to suspect that the iPhone may be worth its exorbitant pricetag (the rationale being that plenty of other people have decided it's worth the $500-$600, maybe they're right).
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I do NOT want to bash or be pro-mac/pc but the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is donating billions (thanks to Warren Buffett)to "enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and, in the United States, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology."

like I said, sorry but I think Microsoft beats Apple in charity...
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Thanks!]]>Jun 28th 2007 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
What's not ok is this: BillG =! Microsoft. M$ is not donating that money, Bill Gates is. Sheesh. Giving stuff to your own employee's isn't even charity. Bill Gates stopped running Microsoft like a decade ago and is phasing himself out of Microsoft to concentrate on philanthropy. Steve Jobs has been running Apple for 10 years and is still continuing strong.

Microsoft probably still donates a lot more to charities than Apple, simply due to the size disparity between the two organizations, but this is not a point or comparison that you have bothered to make.

Thus, is it meaningless and pointless to compare the charitable contributions of the richest man in the world who is devoting most of his time to philanthropy, which you have mistaken for the actions of a software company, to a company-wide gift at a different company that you subsequently mistook as a charitable act? Yes, yes it is! The fact that I'm pointing this out to you is depressing.

Your post falls in the category of statements that are entirely devoid of any sense or reason, it reminds me of the simpson's quote from Lenny and Carl:

Lenny: If you ask me, Muhammad Ali in his prime, was much better than anti-lock brakes.
Carl: Yeah, but what about Johnny Mathis versus diet pepsi?
Moe: Oh, I cannot listen to this again!

Yay for all my friends at Apple! I'll soon have several dozen people who's iPhones I can muck around with.]]>Jun 28th 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
I'm just putting this here for the sake of sharing info. This is NOT a dig on Gates. Besides, they seem to be trying to fix things.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/12/gates_ethics_review/]]>Jun 28th 2007 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 29th 2007 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/
I really hope no one brings in comparisons of his philanthropy and that of Bill's. 'Cause that would really just be disgusting.

Anyway, go Steve! That is really nice of the guy, and I guess it's a reward to all the Apple employees for keeping their mouths shut, even from their families, for so long about their work.

Hats off to the guy!]]>Jun 28th 2007 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/28/jobs-pulls-an-oprah-12m-in-iphones-for-all-apple-employees/Jun 28th 2007 4:02PM