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That set of facts doesn't look good for Brian J. Hogan. Once he suspected what it was he made no effort to return the device, but made a good deal of effort to
by jws 17y ago
That set of facts doesn't look good for Brian J. Hogan.
Once he suspected what it was he made no effort to return the device, but made a good deal of effort to sell it to a tech blog. Err... excuse me, his lawyer wants people to say share it with a tech blog.
- jrockway 17y agoThought experiment: if I lost my phone in a bar, would you think to return it to HTC?
- justinchen 17y agoI'd return it to the bar.
- sh1mmer 17y agoThat's not a very good experiment. HTC have a lot of phone models, Apple has exactly 3 which most tech savvy folks could identify readily.
- 37prime 17y agoIt still has "HTC" logo on it regardless of the models.
- sh1mmer 17y agoSure, but it's hard for a novice to recognise if this is an HTC model they don't recognise or a prototype. Since Apple only has 3 models identifying an Apple phone which is not one of those models is much easier and strongly suggests it's a prototype particularly since Apple is based near the bar in question. HTC isn't they are based in Taiwan (which most people on the street probably wouldn't know).
- rimantas 17y agoIf I lost my phone in a bar, would you think to sell it to Gizmodo?
- mrshoe 17y agoYour phone doesn't belong to HTC, it belongs to you. The prototype iPhone belongs to Apple.
- jrockway 17y agoHow would a "reasonable person" know the difference?
- jws 17y agoAfter I became aware that it was a highly secret prototype or before? Before I would leave word at the bar, on the theory you would backtrack. After I became aware it was a highly sought after prototype I'd extend that to the local police and I'd try to contact HTC but probably fail because they don't want Joe Consumer calling them.