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Think it's interesting that John Gruber got a review device provided by Apple. I don't recall them ever really reaching out to bloggers in the past. I wonder i

Think it's interesting that John Gruber got a review device provided by Apple. I don't recall them ever really reaching out to bloggers in the past. I wonder if Gizmodo got one?

marcc 16y ago
MG Siegler over at TechCrunch did. He just published his review, which was pretty much the same as John's. But Gizmodo... ha. That'll be the day!
- nightshowerer 16y ago
  No problem, but she's a he.
mqt 16y ago
It seems that a bunch of bloggers received pre-release Verizon iPhones for review. It's probably because expectations have already been set for the iPhone 4 and Apple doesn't need to worry about reviews negatively affecting initial sales. It's not often that you see two reviews for essentially identical products from the same source. This was a pretty smart move by Apple. http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/verizon-iphone-review/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/verizon-iphone-review/ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/technology/personaltech/03pogue.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/technology/personaltech/03... http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/02/verizon-iphone/ http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/02/verizon-iphone/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/02/verizon-iphone-review/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/02/verizon-iphone-review/
Jonnyrealed 16y ago
Apple invited Gruber as press to the iPhone 4 Antennagate conference last year. He was also invited to the opening of the Philly Apple Store. Apple isn't the only one reaching out to Gruber — Google sent him a Nexus S for review as well (which I don't think he ever got around to writing).
- 37prime 16y ago
  But Grubber was not invited to the Verizon iPhone announcement. https://twitter.com/gruber/status/24937327675580416 https://twitter.com/gruber/status/24937327675580416
  - Jonnyrealed 16y ago
    That was Verizon's event and they sent out the invites.
    - 37prime 16y ago
      Which was actually an Apple Event in disguise. Gizmodo, Ryan Block and Leo Laporte were not invited.
      - Jonnyrealed 16y ago
        Macworld wasn't invited to Verizon's iPhone event too.
        rufo 16y ago
        My (uneducated) guess is that Verizon handled the event, but Apple passed along a blacklist to Verizon.
BigZaphod 16y ago
Could it perhaps have been supplied by Verizon instead? They'd be the ones with the most to gain right now in terms of PR - get all the bloggers to talk about how much better the network is since the hardware itself is a non-story (which is exactly what the ones I've read have said so far). UPDATE: The footnote in Gruber's article actually says "supplied by Apple" so... guess not. :)
flyt 16y ago
Apple has warmed to Gruber in the last year. One of Steve Jobs' replies to a customer email quoted him directly and said that he was "very insightful" http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/10/steve-jobs-responds-to-iphone-sdk-complaints-intermediate-layers-produce-sub-standard-apps/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/10/steve-jobs-responds-to-ipho...
- Jonnyrealed 16y ago
  "and positive" don't forget that ;)

Think it's interesting that John Gruber got a review device provided by Apple. I don't recall them ever really reaching out to bloggers in the past. I wonder if Gizmodo got one?

marcc 16y ago

MG Siegler over at TechCrunch did. He just published his review, which was pretty much the same as John's. But Gizmodo... ha. That'll be the day!

nightshowerer 16y ago
No problem, but she's a he.

mqt 16y ago

It seems that a bunch of bloggers received pre-release Verizon iPhones for review. It's probably because expectations have already been set for the iPhone 4 and Apple doesn't need to worry about reviews negatively affecting initial sales. It's not often that you see two reviews for essentially identical products from the same source. This was a pretty smart move by Apple. http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/verizon-iphone-review/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/verizon-iphone-review/ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/technology/personaltech/03pogue.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/technology/personaltech/03... http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/02/verizon-iphone/ http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/02/verizon-iphone/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/02/verizon-iphone-review/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/02/verizon-iphone-review/

Jonnyrealed 16y ago

Apple invited Gruber as press to the iPhone 4 Antennagate conference last year. He was also invited to the opening of the Philly Apple Store. Apple isn't the only one reaching out to Gruber — Google sent him a Nexus S for review as well (which I don't think he ever got around to writing).

37prime 16y ago
But Grubber was not invited to the Verizon iPhone announcement. https://twitter.com/gruber/status/24937327675580416 https://twitter.com/gruber/status/24937327675580416
- Jonnyrealed 16y ago
  That was Verizon's event and they sent out the invites.
  - 37prime 16y ago
    Which was actually an Apple Event in disguise. Gizmodo, Ryan Block and Leo Laporte were not invited.
    - Jonnyrealed 16y ago
      Macworld wasn't invited to Verizon's iPhone event too.
      - rufo 16y ago
        My (uneducated) guess is that Verizon handled the event, but Apple passed along a blacklist to Verizon.

BigZaphod 16y ago

Could it perhaps have been supplied by Verizon instead? They'd be the ones with the most to gain right now in terms of PR - get all the bloggers to talk about how much better the network is since the hardware itself is a non-story (which is exactly what the ones I've read have said so far). UPDATE: The footnote in Gruber's article actually says "supplied by Apple" so... guess not. :)

flyt 16y ago

Apple has warmed to Gruber in the last year. One of Steve Jobs' replies to a customer email quoted him directly and said that he was "very insightful" http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/10/steve-jobs-responds-to-iphone-sdk-complaints-intermediate-layers-produce-sub-standard-apps/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/10/steve-jobs-responds-to-ipho...

Jonnyrealed 16y ago
"and positive" don't forget that ;)