Poll: Should Gizmodo Be Allowed To Attend iPhone 4 Press Event?

Hell hath no fury like Steve Jobs really, really pissed off at you.

From a post earlier today, we’ve learned that not only has Gizmodo not been granted press credentials for Monday’s Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference (and rumored iPhone 4 announcement), Apple never even responded to their request. Ouch.

(More on Techland: The Story And Aftermath Of The Lost iPhone)

If you remember, a wayward fourth generation iPhone made its way to Gawker’s tech blog via a pay off and questionable ethics. Later, police raided the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen and took most of his electronics equipment as evidence that “tends to show that a felony has been committed or that a particular person has committed a felony.” Now, they’ve thrown in one last shot by blacking out one of the most popular tech blogs from one of the biggest events of the year.

(More on Techland: Did We Just Get Another Glimpse of the iPhone 4?)

So we’re asking you: Is it right that Apple block Gizmodo out of their big iPhone 4 unveil? And how long will their Apple exile last?

http://youtube.com/churchhatestucker Church

I stole Lev’s wallet and now he won’t invite me to his parties. Wah!
http://figerrific.wordpress.com/ figerrific

They should be banned just for being stupid. They paid for an illegal product to try to make it legal? I don’t even know what their defense was, it’s so childish. Couldn’t they just take pictures of it or describe it instead of doing a video of a phone that was a prototype and not even functional.
I guess Gizmodo just had to let the world know that there was an extra slot and that it was still touch screen. They wasted their money and (for me) credibility for a days worth of page hits.
http://www.simonvinkenoog.nl/beeld/Yogi%20-%20Annelies%20Rigter.jpg yogi

Yeah, but Church, you replaced it with season 1 of BSG, right? That’s gotta count for something.
dreinn

Won’t every detail from said event be on Gizmodo’s (and every other) website 15 minutes after it ends? They won’t get invited to the party, but they’ll be able to report on it just like everyone else. It seems a little silly to hold such an event; it seems like it’s just for the industry crowd to rub elbows and say “I was there.”

Besides, any traffic they might lose by not having first-hand reporting was probably more than made up for by the scoop on the stolen one.
hokithehake

Sure, let Cheng attend at the front row, too.
http://thisisablogyo.wordpress.com thisisablogyo

Is the point of these websites not to report on new technology, if something like that gets leaked you can hardly expect them not to report about it. Although I can see why Apple wouldn’t want to invite them, just to be tit for tat.