SAN JOSE, CA - Conflicting reports are trickling in about a gang of unsavory hucksters selling what appear to be unauthorized iPhone SDK Roadmap tee shirts (see mock-up). The shirts are supposedly imprinted with the highly publicized roadmap invite issued by Apple, Inc. this week for their March 6th iPhone SDK media event. Reports tell of several dozen shirts selling out quickly from various street corner hawkers to unsuspecting morons in and around downtown San Jose starting shortly after 4:00 PM.
According to email messages, the wildly popular "iPhone SDK Roadmap 2008" tee shirts are being sold for $20 each with vendors promising unwitting buyers that the shirts are required to gain access to the special Apple event next week. The shirts ought to have "You got pwned!" printed across the back for those winners of the coveted Bay Area "Ima Nidiot Award".
Others are reporting that poorly knocked-off versions of printed roadmap invites are also being offered with the same promise of exclusive event access. It's unfortunate that these bogus tee shirts will only serve to undermine the value of the authentic limited edition iPhone SDK roadmap shirts Apple intends to hand out at the close of next weeks gathering. See! This is why we can't have nice things! More on this story to follow.
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