this is one of those stories that is almost too good to be true, yet there it is. Apparently some Apple engineer “lost” one of the pre-production / test versions of the yet to be announced version 4 of the Iphone. Someone happened to find it, and apparently for a few dollars (10k, apparently) he gave his find over to the people at Gizmondo, who played with the new phone. They didn’t get all that far considering Apple quickly did a remote bricking on it, but they have shots and some reviews of the new software they saw.
Interesting featuring include the case (perhaps ceramic) which should help signals get in and out. A Front facing camera is also an indication that Apple might be going down the “visual phone call” route at some point.
It’s an interesting read, check out the full story here. Let’s just say that the buzz out there is suggesting that Apple isn’t very happy about this at all. I wonder if Gizmondo might find themselves with a whole lot less access to Apple for the next little while?