that's what I said to myself... no wonder Apple wants to distance itself from this event.

I'm still curious, however, how he managed to lose the prototype. Wouldn't they all be kept together? Maybe he was showing off to a friend and they stole it?

If I had been entrusted with iPhone prototypes, I would not have even told anybody about it...

I must say the comments by "bloggerblog" are offensive and shallow, the poor guy is dead after all. Have a little respect.

Sadly however, if he committed suicide he was likely unstable or neurotic to begin with. Like as not he either just totally screwed up and left it somewhere or someone close to him exploited his weakness by taking it.

I can hardly wait for some website to post a review of it and claim that they aren't doing anything wrong by doing so even though clearly there would be actual blood on their hands. Morals are pretty low nowadays, as evidenced by "bloggerblog."

Steve Jobs is obsessed with privacy and security; has been his whole life. It's an obsession that has put Apple at an advantage and also in high legal exposure. How convenient that Apple was able to move production offshore to a country with such a poor human rights record that it allows for employers to beat and imprison their employees in order to maintain secrecy. Are we to believe that this is really the first of such abuses? I doubt it. Meanwhile here in America, Apple's wealthy corporate employees get to keep their fat salaries and civil rights, while blue collar Americans have all lost jobs their tech jobs because they can't be underpaid and beaten to the point of suicide. This is beyond the pale. Is owning an iPod really worth being a party to this? The liberals in Silicon Valley are usually screaming about bring our boys home from Iraq. How about canceling that FoxConn contract and bringing those jobs home to America, Mr. Jobs?

On July 16th, Danyong leaped off of a 12-story building.


Shouldn't that be 'allegedly leaped'?

Foxconn has since admitted to an extremely harsh interrogation conducted by a security chief, including solitary confinement, a house search and possibly beatings.

Or perhaps "leapt from the hands of the security chief, off the roof, and to the ground below"?

And, to Gazoobee, and his Sadly however, if he committed suicide he was likely unstable or neurotic to begin with.

Perhaps, but what led to that? Was it a long-standing condition, or brought on by the torturous tactics of the company's security?

my heart goes out to this poor soul, his family, friends and co-workers. it's inappropriate to find humor or political/economic agenda when a man is dead.

Maybe it has to do with his deep sense of guilt for selling one of the prototypes to a buyer who bribed him and who wants to reproduce Apple's secret. Who knows....

if this is true, and this man committed suicide because he was beaten by personnel at this company, then apple should immediately sever relations with this company. it is an inexcusable breach of human rights. as much as i love apple products, i will not buy from a company that tolerates human rights abuse. it would be despicable.