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Another “lost” “next iPhone” has apparently been photographed and dissected..in Vietnam. Is that outside the jurisdiction of the San Mateo County judge who served the warrant on Jason Chen? And is that outside the jurisdiction of the California REACT team? If Apple doesn’t pursue this with the same vengeance diligence as they did the previous case, I wonder how it’s going to look from a legal perspective.  From Redwood City to Vietnam, everyone has the next iPhone Your move, Apple. Groupon’s latest appears to be a good deal for those around Mountain View, looking for a quick & healthy lunch fix under $5.
For your viewing pleasure, a “re-post” of the Groupon deal of the day from the Groupon iPhone App. Yes, I’ll be doing this as often as new deals arrive. Why? Because the Groupon website uses geolocation to give you a few options; and those may not be the best for your location – given that ISPs do interesting things with their connection routes.
If you’re wondering about the “Fresh fare prepared daily” and its relevance to the “In-Home cleaning” deal, that’s because Groupon’s iPhone app often retains artifacts of the previous deal it displayed. A small, amusing price to pay for the deals involved.
Apple is on the steering committee of the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, which is funded by Vehicle Licensing Fund taxes. This team raided Jason Chen’s house and seized all his computers. A few questions immediately come to mind:
This close after the iPad launch, does Apple need to attract the kind of publicity that shows it in any kind of “our way or the highway” light? More importantly, is all this killing the buzz for the next iPhone? I get it, I get it – the whole “We’ll bring the Wrath of God down on you if you do this to us..” thing. Good luck with that, Apple. I just read about the police raid and seizure of computers from the house of the Gizmodo editor (Jason Chen), who wrote the story about ‘the next iPhone’ – from start to finish. While I struggle to consider the alternative that a judge in San Mateo County (home of Redwood City – and the bar where it all began) could find just cause to sign a warrant allowing the police to do so, I think this takes us a few pages down the ‘What Not To Do When You Lose An Unreleased Product‘ handbook. Apple is headquartered in Cupertino. Cupertino is a city in Santa Clara County. The bar where “the next iPhone” was found is in Redwood City. Redwood City is in San Mateo County. Should it have been returned by whomsoever found it, to the owner of that bar? Probably so, yes. So..why did a judge in San Mateo County sign a warrant for a raid-and-seizure at Jason Chen’s house? Did Jason Chen commit a “felony” with that device – as is indicated by the warrant?
The Wikipedia gives an overview of a “felony” as the following: “Crimes commonly considered to be felonies include, but are not limited to: aggravated assault and/or battery, arson, burglary, illegal drug use/sales, grand theft, robbery, murder, rape, and vandalism on federal property. Broadly, felonies can be categorized as either violent or non-violent (property and drug) offenses.” As I understand it, Jason Chen did not steal the device, assault anyone with it, set fire to it or to anything else with it, murder anyone with it or anything else that may seem to fit the ‘felony’ bill. Yeah, I’m on Team Jason for this one. |
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