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					Originally Posted by mithrilG60  Or Apple instructed him to "lose" a pre-release prototype to get the market-hype and spin started up.... | 
	
 Very interesting...
 
but doubtful. Why? Hype? They don't need any more hype, they will sell a  bazillion of them. 
 
Plus the CEO of Gawker (parent of company of Gizmodo) tweeted that Apple doesn't do that, and certainly not to Giz.
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					Originally Posted by LasciviousXXX  AppleInsider is reporting that it cost them a  cool 10k | 
	
 
He also tweeted $5,000.