The Mike Abundo Effect

Between Chinese labor practices and Steve Jobs’ perfectionist whitewashing, this girl will probably lose her job. Let’s help her out and give her fifteen megabytes of fame. A new iPhone shipped to the UK comes with adorable photos of the Chinese girl who made it.

If Apple PR is smart, they’ll spin this into a humanizing positive — sort of a Chinese Ellen Feiss. Unfortunately, Apple PR isn’t very smart.

The FCC just approved the HTC Dream, the first handset to carry Google’s upcoming Android mobile OS. A confidentiality request attached to the application asked the FCC to keep the details quiet until November 10.

That suggests the Google phone will launch November 10. Are you getting one?