Man swipes prototype phones from Sony Ericsson, is caught
By Donald Melanson 
posted January 14th 2009 6:01PM
posted January 14th 2009 6:01PM
Details are still a bit fuzzy on this one, but reports out of Sweden say that a 35-year-old man swiped a batch of prototype phones from Sony Ericsson's Lund offices on Monday or Tuesday and was then promptly arrested on Wednesday after police discovered the prototypes, along with a hundred other phones, at his home. According to Sony Ericsson, the man was not an employee but had a "working relationship" with the company, and apparently used a pass card to gain entry to the building. Police also found a laptop with some unspecified contents at the man's home, and say that the total value of the theft was about 750,000 kronor, or roughly $90,000.
[Image courtesy Skånskan.se, thanks Örjan]
[Image courtesy Skånskan.se, thanks Örjan]
Blurry pics or it didn't happen.
Come on, you swipe hundreds of phones and no pics for the gadget blogs?
Not quite. The only good ones are the Japan-market ones.
I'm surprised a regular SIM card or unlock code isn't used to gain entry into SE's offices :) Pass card? How anti-phone :p
This working relationship talk is interesting. I wonder what he did. Obviously not intelligent enough to think he wouldn't get caught. Oh well.
Hi :)
Omg. Maybe my all previous M610i proto were from him ?
BR M.K