Paid by Apple? He doesn't need to be paid by Apple. Have you seen his sponsorship prices[1]? Of course part of the reason he does what he does is because it'

Paid by Apple? He doesn't need to be paid by Apple. Have you seen his sponsorship prices[1]? Of course part of the reason he does what he does is because it's paid off so well for him through blogging as a business. His business has been his own creation, though, and that in and of itself is quite impressive. I don't know if every word is genuine, but one doesn't have to be on an official corporate payroll to make money through coverage/praise of a popular subject. To answer your question seriously, he has mentioned getting early demo devices by Apple (for a couple years, he's been in the in-crowd of journalists to do so) but I sincerely doubt he's a puppet paid under the table. [1] : http://daringfireball.net/feeds/sponsors/ http://daringfireball.net/feeds/sponsors/