Greetings from in high spirits above the face of the Earth—37,102 feet , to be exact . It may only be Monday as I wing my way back to the East coast , but that does n’t entail there is n’t plenty to speak about , whether it ’s rumors about the next contemporaries iPhone 5 , an exciting real estate of the realm investing for Apple , or a surprisal visitor at the Apple Store . The remainders for Monday , May 23 , 2011 have returned their tray table and seat backs to the vertical , locked side .
Phishing and Malware Emails Posing as Apple and the iPhone 5 Launch(MacRumors )
An enterprising grifter has started broadcast out e - mails about the purported iPhone 5 . It pay for the recipients to enroll their personal information so they can be among the very first to purchase their very own horrendous Photoshop mockup ( some modeling even include a fillip piece of malware thrown in for innocent ! ) . It ’s a apt trick , but commend , folks : The real Steve Jobs willneverask for your acknowledgment card information .
Because he has it already .
Grand Central Apple Store Seed Planted(Wall Street Journal )
rumour of Apple ’s interestingness in a retail spot at New York ’s Grand Central Terminal have been whispered before , but nowThe Wall Street Journalsays Cupertino ’s really involved in talks with the chic shopping center . sure as shooting , it ’s a great location for foot dealings and high - last customers , but I still guess it ’s all just a promotion stunt for one of Apple ’s less sexy technology .
Apple articulate to bring out sheer - glass iPhone 5(Digitimes )
Yeah , your iPhone 4 is good - looking and all , but flat screens are so 2010 . Rumor has it that the iPhone 5 will rollick a curved deoxyephedrine show . Why ? Who sleep together ! We ’d sleep together to tell you more , but apparently that involve sending our bank account info to some Nigerien prince .
Caption Contest : HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang drop by Apple ’s Palo Alto Store(Engadget )
HTC Colorado - founder and chairwoman Cher Wang reportedly stopped into the Palo Alto Apple Store , and got her video snapped while she was there . On the one hand , it just go to show you that you could still be civil when your companies are engaged in cutthroat judicial proceeding . On the other deal , she belike did n’t engender a hatful of goodwill by jump up and down on that iPad 2 and then asking a Genius to fix it withmagic .
iPad 2 Smart Cover Drop Test(SquareTrade )
What hap when you send away your shining new iPad 2 onto concrete ? Well , if you ’re a Smart Cover owner , the news show is middling practiced , according to psychometric test by independent guarantee supplier SquareTrade : Apple ’s magnetic accessory will take the brunt of the impact . By contrast , an unprotected model shatter in four places . That ’s all well and honest , but I still favour my safety procedure , which involves attachinga musical composition of buttered toastto the iPad ’s back . Take that , universe .
