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Jun 05, 08 - 02:16 pm Comment from: Spark

Ahh... this reminds me of the fervent spy activities of auto reporters and grainy pictures upcoming models on test tracks and disguised mules out on the roads.

Is anyone besides me awestruck at Apple's ability to keep their plans secret? Thousands of employees. Thousands more employee's of manufacturing and distribution partners. Thousands upon thousands of reporters and bloggers and some of the most inquisitive and persistent fans in the world - and we still don't know a damn thing about the look or the content of the new phone.

Simply amazing.

Jun 05, 08 - 02:25 pm Comment from: Dude

With a title like this am I the only one who thought of Jeff Goldbloom in Independence Day when the ships were moving into position overhead....

"30 seconds to save the world? You better have the right phone"

my god I am getting getty with anticipation.

how in the hell do you spell getty anyway?

Jun 05, 08 - 02:34 pm Comment from: Macromancer

If by secret, they mean, via FedEx, then probably yes.

If it's a secret, then how do we know about it?

Jun 05, 08 - 02:40 pm Comment from: Ampar

Sonic boom.

giddy

Jun 05, 08 - 02:42 pm Comment from: Cubert

It's "giddy".

Those photos remind me of some of those back hallway, quick unboxing and then reboxing photos that pop up the night before a keynote.

Jun 05, 08 - 02:43 pm Comment from: Ampar

"giddy"

Pronunciation:
\ˈgi-dē\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): gid·di·er; gid·di·est
Etymology: Middle English gidy mad, foolish, from Old English gydig possessed, mad; akin to Old English god god
Date: 14th century
1 a: dizzy <giddy from the unaccustomed exercise> b: causing dizziness <a > c: whirling rapidly
2 a: lightheartedly silly : frivolous b: joyfully elated : euphoric
— gid·di·ly \ˈgi-də-lē\ adverb
— gid·di·ness \ˈgi-dē-nəs\ noun

Giddy Lee

giddy is the word you are looking for.

giddy like a school girl

MDN Magic Word - faith

As in - I have faith in Apple and Steve Jobs. I have faith they will deliver another amazing product. I want to believe!!!

i agree with Falkirk, how do we not even have the FCC documents for this?

i guess if uncle stevesy can get feist citizenship, he can do anything

Could maybe a forklift driver accidently do some fork damage and then have to check out the damage, secretly using his cameraphone? Just dreaming.

Special FCC exemption?

Jun 05, 08 - 03:27 pm Comment from: Ampar

"How to be Fat, Rich and Happy"
by J. Paul Giddy of the Giddy Oil Company

"how do we not even have the FCC documents for this?"

Sigh. How many times do we have to say this?

The FCC has procedures to allow confidential filings. There are also other methods, such as submitting the filing through a dummy company.

This is a top secret post being filed through a dummy poster to keep my identity a secret.

| POST |:

++The Chair Is Against the Wall++

sayagainsayagainsayagainsayagainsayagain:

++The Chair is Against the Wall++

:|| END POST ||

Jun 05, 08 - 04:13 pm Comment from: January 24, 1984

First, the military covered up the aliens as they moved in to take over. Now the aliens are covering up their latest product - the iPhone brain reader.

It's the beginning of the end.

Does HP scream at the top of its lungs, "We have new printers in these boxes being shipped out today!"

Does MacDonald's shout to the world, "Look at us! Our new all white meat chicken nuggets are leaving the factory today!"

Why is this secretive? Now Apple takes care not to place any identifying markers on the boxes/crates, and makes sure its partners keep their mouths shut, but since when is loading FedEx trucks from an electronics manufacturing plant secretive acts?

Answer: Only when it's Apple. No one gives a sh*t when it's Microsoft, Dell, or some other plain vanilla company. They're just shipping stuff.

why are you guys doing this? why can't you just wait?

@ Dummy Poster,

Shouldn't you repeat "sayagain" only 4 times instead of 5?

Peace.

Jun 05, 08 - 04:20 pm Comment from: ken1w

Apple could probably give the CIA some lessons on secrecy.

It's amazing that someone along the chain to all the Apple and AT&T;stores has not opened one of these shipping boxes and taken a picture.

Jun 05, 08 - 04:21 pm Comment from: MadMac

I'm getting wet with anticipation!

Forbes is lurking in ditches?

Well, it's more research than they bother with for some Apple stories.

Jun 05, 08 - 04:53 pm Comment from: Jubei

I tell you why no one has seen it. Because it looks exactly the same. Or they have skinned to look like a Zune. Millions and Millions of Zune passing around and packing in plain boxes. Since it looks like a Zune, no one cares. LOL

People are stalking an electronics product?
Has there ever been so much anticipation for a electronics product before?

Jun 05, 08 - 05:03 pm Comment from: Jubei

@MacMind

Thats what Ballmer and Gates were hoping when the first introduced the TURD Color ZUNE!

Jun 05, 08 - 06:18 pm Comment from: Ampar

Speaking of spies, check out this photo of the 2008 WWDC from Moscone: http://www.9to5mac.com/moscone-wwdc-2008

Jun 05, 08 - 06:35 pm Comment from: feral

as in i am going to have to be "getty" to afford all the new toys
as in "giddy up already monday!"

Jun 05, 08 - 06:48 pm Comment from: Jubei

@Ampar

Thanks for the link, but I still can't find Waldo.

Jun 05, 08 - 07:19 pm Comment from: Ampar

To Jubei:

I think he might be a sneaky, little hidden file in /System/Library/StartupItems.

I feel sorry for the windows crowd - they dont ever get excited like we Apple fans do!

When the zune came out, no-one even cared what it was.

I cant wait for Monday and I LOVE all the rumors!

You just know that the new iPhone will be impossible to resist. I have my 16gig V.1 iPhone ready to list on Craiglist as I race to the store to buy V.2.

Wonder if the Macbook Air will see a small refresh?

@ Falkirk:

That's because all Apple employees/suppliers have to sign NDA agreements that tell them they will be fired AND sued if they disclose anything about future products. That'd be enough for me to keep my yap shut!

As the Forbes article with the pics indicates, the brown boxes are the same size as the iMacs, so maybe they are just refurb iMacs? Anyone bought a refurb iMac? Do they come in a plain brown box?

Anyway, If I were the warehouse mgr at Quanta's distro center and I needed to make space for a ton of new secret stuff, I'd move all the boring old stuff out to the parking lot to make way for the shiny new stuff that needs protecting from spying eyes...just sayin...

@ Falkirk

And yes, it is positively stunning that they can keep things under wraps as well as they do. They're not perfect at it (think of ThinkSecret and the Mac Mini), but they do a truly remarkable job.

I spell giddy - gtty..geek humor...

Appears that fanboy Brian lost his foil cap, again. Ampar, can he borrow yours for a while? How 'bout you, Sparky?