What a day it has been. After the news that the judge would unseal documents related to the iPhone 4G and Gizmodo, everyone waited to see what would happen. There were more than a few surprises and some juicy tidbits that came out late today. First, here are a couple of choice quotes from the articles and then links to some of the better stories out there. CNET: Court docs: iPhone finder had no pity for Powell
After Hogan found the phone and realized it was a prototype, Martinson told police that she and other friends tried to talk Hogan out of selling the phone, as it might harm Powell’s career, the court documents show. According to her statement to police, Hogan said: “Sucks for him. He lost his phone. Shouldn’t have lost his phone.”
Jason Snell with a copy of Brian Lam’s email sent to Steve Jobs: Great moments in journalism
Right now, we have nothing to lose. The thing is, Apple PR has been cold to us lately. It affected my ability to do my job right at iPad launch. So we had to go outside and find our stories like this one, very aggressively.
Wired.com: Roommate’s Tip Led Cops to iPhone Finder
Police closed in on the man who found and sold a prototype 4G iPhone after his roommate called an Apple security official and turned him in, according to a newly unsealed document in the ongoing police investigation.
CNET: Apple spurred police in iPhone probe
Apple pressed local police to investigate the loss of a next-generation iPhone a day after Gizmodo published photographs, telling investigators that the prototype was so valuable, a price could not be placed on it, according to court documents made public Friday.
AP: Jobs made phone call seeking return of lost iPhone
It said Gizmodo paid Hogan $5,000 for the device, cracked it open and posted images of it on April 20 despite a phone call from Jobs the day before demanding website editors return the gadget. Gizmodo promised Hogan an additional $3,500 bonus if Apple formally unveiled the device by July, according to Broad.
Daring Fireball: Where in the World Is Jesus Diaz?
Speaking of the stolen iPhone prototype saga, an anonymous tipster emailed me this week claiming that Gizmodo editor Jesus Diaz left the United States and is now in his home country of Spain — and that he decided to leave after California police acted on the warrant against his Gizmodo colleague Jason Chen, because he fears police will learn that it was he (Diaz) who set up the meeting with Brian Hogan for the purchase of the phone.