Here are your Apple Rumors and AAPL news items for today.
Apple Introduces New Lottery System to Combat Hong Kong Scalpers: Apple’s tussles with scalpers in Hong Kong have gotten so bad that the company was forced to revise the online Apple store that serves the region. The new page, launched Monday, includes a lottery system that requires users to submit extensive personal information, including a government issued photo ID and ID number, to secure an iPhone 4S reservation. Reservations had previously been doled on a first-come first-serve basis, but scalpers set up automated systems online to secure those reservations as soon as they were made available. Apple delayed shipments of the iPhone 4S in Beijing and Shanghai earlier this month following the phone’s initial release, as violence between customers and scalpers was beginning to break out at the company’s retail outlets.
T-Mobile Increases Support for iPhone Users: When Apple began offering unlocked iPhones�phones that can be used on any compatible network regardless of carrier�last summer, T-Mobile USA quickly claimed that 1 million consumers had flocked to the Deutsche Telekom-owned network. While that claim was disputed by some, it did seem to indicate that there was an audience for the iPhone in T-Mobile’s customer base even without Apple�s official support. Even as both companies continue to dance around an agreement to officially bring the iPhone to T-Mobile, the telecom is continuing to serve those customers who have purchased unlocked devices. According to a report from TMO News (via 9 to 5 Mac), T-Mobile is starting a new program that will make “common procedures” and “information about features and specifications and other basic device questions” available to iPhone users starting Monday. The company is also updating its own iPhone page on its community website. The short version: There are enough iPhone users on its network for T-Mobile to provide basic customer support features specific to the device.
New Apple Employees Work on Fake Projects as a Test: Inside Apple author Adam Lashinsky spoke with a former Apple engineer during his appearance at LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) last week. Fortune‘s Philip Elmer DeWitt captured the exchange and posted it online in a Sunday report. The engineer revealed some intriguing facts about the inner workings of Apple, specifically that newly hired engineers are tested for trustworthiness before they�re allowed to work on significant products. “A friend of mine who’s a senior engineer, he works on�or did work on�fake products for the first part of his career, and interviewed for nine months. It’s intense,” the engineer said.�
As of this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned stocks. Follow him on Twitter at�@ajohnagnello�and�become a fan of�InvestorPlace on Facebook. For more from the company, check out our previous�Apple Rumors�stories.
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