中国的iPhone girl---小错误出大名^_^WATER

谁也不曾想到，一位来自iphone中国工厂的员工不经意间的几张照片会在互联网上卷起风暴。

事情起源于8月20日，一位网友在苹果传闻（ MacRumors ）论坛上传了三张美女照片（她的名字目前还没被公布）。

“不知这是否正常，我在英国的家里收到崭新的iphone，刚在iTunes激活了它，就发现屏幕图像（一般为自设）已经被设置好了。”Markm49uk写道。“照片里的那个人在生产线上喜笑颜开---还有其他人发现了吗？”

照片引起了中英两国新闻媒体的关注。今天早上《中国南方早报》查明照片里的人是iphone的代工厂商、台资企业富士康的员工，有关人士确认她是在深圳的一家工厂。

富士康一位女发言人解释道，这位员工拍照或许是为了检测设备，但她忘了删除了。另一位富士康有关人士告诉《南方都市报》记者，这位神秘女孩并未被解雇，这也与苹果传闻论坛里一些评论事先所预料的一致。

当美联社联系到苹果公司，他们与往常一样不发表评论，但我想这或许会丧失一个绝佳的机会。

苹果公司应该鼓励那些亚洲的生产员工把她们的照片-- -甚至是她们的名字---放在iphone手机上，ipod和苹果笔记本可以玩一个小花招，这样顾客们就知道谁在制作他们的设备。苹果公司甚至可以为他们的员工制作一个模本：“加利福尼亚设计。中国深圳[设计者名字]制造。”(Designed by Apple in California. Built by [insert name here] in Shenzhen, China.(一般在apple的背面下角你会发现有这一行字)。

当然不是每个机器里都有这么一张照片，所以得到一个就像是中了头彩。这又是件助Apple在竞争中立于不败之地的利器，而且这样可以使他们的产品更加个人化。

Impulsive moment brings fame to Chinese “iPhone girl”

When a fellow worker in Chinese iPhone factory casually snapped her picture, neither could have imagined the Internet buzz they would generate.

It started when a visitor to MacRumors posted three pictures of the winsome young lady (her name has not been released) in an iPhone forum on the site Aug. 20.

“Not sure if this is or is not the 'norm' but I just received my brand new iPhone here in the UK and once it had been activated on iTunes I found that the home screen (the screen you can personalise with a photo) already had a photo set against it!!!!” wrote Markm49uk of Kingston Upon Hull. “It would appear that someone on the production line was having a bit of fun - has anyone else found this?”

The photos attracted enough attention that news organizations both in the U.K. and China soon took an interest. This morning the South China Morning Post tracked down someone at Foxconn Technology Group, the Taiwan-based contractor that builds the iPhone for Apple, who confirmed the girl works in a factory in the city of Shenzhen.

The spokeswoman explained that the workers may have taken the photos to test the device but neglected to delete them. Another Foxconn official told China’s, Southern Metropolitan Daily that the mystery girl had not been fired, as several of those commenting on the MacRumors forum had predicted.

Apple as usual had no comment when contacted by the Associated Press, but I think it could be missing a big opportunity here.

Apple could encourage factory workers in Asia to put their photos -- or even their names -- on the iPhones, iPods and Macs they build as a fun gimmick so customers could see the person who built their device. Apple could even supply a template for the workers: “Designed by Apple in California. Built by [insert name here] in Shenzhen, China.”

Not every device would have a photo of course, so getting one would be like winning a raffle. It could be one more thing that would set Apple apart from the competition and make its products even more personal.

Why not?