Interesting sidebar to this: Apple had completely cut Gizmodo out of prerelease iPad access. In fact, the snub came literally as Gizmodo editor Brian Lam was al

Interesting sidebar to this: Apple had completely cut Gizmodo out of prerelease iPad access. In fact, the snub came literally as Gizmodo editor Brian Lam was already on a plane to meet with Apple on it: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-screws-top-gadget-blogs-no-early-ipad-review-units-2010-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-screws-top-gadget-blogs... While I'm not certain Gizmodo wouldn't have still bought the unit given the way Nick Denton has talked up checkbook journalism the last few years, I do think that the fact that Apple had already cut off all access gave them little incentive not to publish. After all, tech blogging is pretty much an access-reliant venue. Their great miscalculation there is clearly that they weren't expecting Apple to play legal hardball to the extent that they have.