NewsJune 17, 2007
Bloke using iPhone spotted loose in California!
With 14 days still to go until the iPhone launches in the USA, some Apple employees seem to be becoming a little casual about brandishing their pre-production versions.
The photo below was taken on the Caltrain a couple of days ago and uploaded to Flickr under the title 'Someone using an iPhone on Caltrain'.
The photo shows someone wearing Apple's trademark white earbuds using a device that definitely looks like an iPhone, but of course, the resolution isn't quite good enough to tell whether or not the device is a fake, or even if the photo is genuine.
Speculation immediately grew as to the identity of the mysterious man in the photo (ironically taken using a Treo 755p). The consensus is that it's Mike Matas of Apple which certainly adds some credence to the idea that the iPhone is real.
Expect hoards of iPhone fans to descend upon the Caltrain for the next few days trying to spot Mike.
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