Apple asks FCC for broad secrecy on iPhone 4 documents
updated 03:50 pm EDT, Fri June 18, 2010
Some information already public knowledge
On June 4th, shortly before the announcement of the iPhone 4, Apple sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission requesting confidentiality on a broad range of certification documents, reports say. These included photos of the device, as well as diagrams, schematics and bills of materials. "Although Apple has begun to market the device publicly, these documents reveal technical and design information that has not been publicly disclosed," the letter reads.
Apple regularly works to keep its certifications secret, but some oddities are said to exist in the iPhone 4 request. Short-term confidentiality, for instance, is asked for on photos of elements that have long since been made public. The letter also discusses permanent confidentiality for details revealed to developers at last week's WWDC 2010 sessions, although attendees were asked at the time not to share some data with the public.
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This is standard MO for anyone registering their product with the FCC. Look at any other vendor's device and you can see that they have asked for some information to be withheld from public viewing for at least a little while. The FCC filing was most likely done before WWDC.