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Lufthansa invites iPhone 'loser' to Germany
« on: April 24, 2010, 12:31:37 AM »
Gary if you decide to go to Germany, Please make sure that Fascist/Dictator jobs has NOT had you implanted with a GPS transmitter and a listening device.


BERLIN — Lufthansa said on Friday that it has invited the Apple software engineer who left an iPhone prototype in a German-style beer garden in California a free trip to "pick up where you last left off."

In a letter to Gray Powell published on the Internet, the German airline said it had "noted with great interest your passion for German beer and culture."

"We thought you could use a break soon -- and therefore would like to offer you complimentary business class transportation to Munich, where you can literally pick up where you last left off," the letter added.

A Lufthansa spokesman told AFP on Friday the letter was genuine.

Technology blog Gizmodo published this week photos of the next-generation phone, saying it had bought the gadget from an unnamed person also at the bar the night that Powell was celebrating his 27th birthday.

Gizmodo then identified the loser as Powell, saying he had left the phone on a bar stool when he left the establishment in Redwood City, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Apple headquarters in Cupertino.

It cited his latest Facebook update as saying: "I underestimated how good German beer is."

It was unclear if he had accepted Lufthansa's invitation to the southern Germany city of Munich, home to a world-famous annual beer festival as well as numerous beer halls.


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Gray Powell Offered Free Beer and Free Flight For Losing iPhone 4G
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2010, 08:21:43 PM »


It would probably be an understatement to say that life for Gray Powell just hasn’t been the same after that eventful day when he allegedly left a prototype Apple iPhone 4G at a German theme pub located in California.

In a rather smart marketing move, the German airline Lufthansa has offered Powell complimentary Business Class transportation to Munich where he can enjoy the “Bavarian Beer Garden Business Lounge, and experience the best that Germany has to offer.” You have to feel for Powell with the instant Internet fame that has been thrust upon his shoulders.

Powell may want to take a break and put a little distance between himself and Steve Jobs but I suspect that it is unlikely that he will accept this offer. Nonetheless, it was a good marketing move on the part of the Europe’s largest airline carrier (when measured by overall passengers).