Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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Well, given the fact that she's an *MS*-NBC employee (as in Microsoft-NBC)... I think it's possible her 'attempt' to answer a call on the iPhone might not have been purely genuine.
I hope you don't really think this. For one, Microsoft sold their majority stake years ago and according to the plan are supposed to be totally divested by now.
Call me a cinic but, I think it's a possibility worth mentioning, yeah, absolutely. There's definately some degree of ownership as everytime a Microsoft related story is reported or presented on MSNBC they always disclose affiliation.
Another way to look at it is to ask what might be more likely
1) Apple shipped iPhones that arent able to receive a call, perhaps in haste to meet their deadline which would consequently flush their reputation and the goodwill behind this launch down the drain.
2) A newswoman who is able to read prompters and queues all day long in real time well enough to consistently deliver a polished presentation is unable to find the giant green button with the phone on it and press gently (although it did somewhat look as if she had pressed below it).
3) In the bitter throws of heated competition between two rivaling giants who stand to lose or gain many multiple billions of dollars and dominance over new and contested markets that will utimately yield unknown sums of money decided to pull a string or two between contacts from one organization to another, ultimatley making a phone call asking a journalist or two to throw some cold water on the competition's red hot hype, which unfortunately is six to twelve months ahead of any response you might be able to deliver....
Yeah... I think that's possible and ultimately the most probable. I'm not saying I feel that it's wrong for a side, when engaged competitively, to take such an action. If they have the option, they should. It's business.
Perhaps I'm completely off base in my line of thought, I dont know however, I'm always willing to voluteer that. But, why does it strike you so severely that someone would have that outlook?
-Brian A.