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I find it amusing that your idea of a company being desperate must lie somewhere between Apple announcing the iPhone six months before release and RIM announcing the Playbook nine months before release.

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IIRC, Apple had real iPhones already working at that date, they just needed to clear FCC regulations, which took 6 months. Since they were going to submit a public application to the FCC anyway, it made sense to announce the iPhone first.

Nope, Apple had theirs behind glass as well.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/video-iphone-in-person-be...

they also did an actual demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwhG6LggOQU

Yep, with a camera over his shoulder showing that this isn't fake.

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