Apple's sour grapes?

According to The Inquirer, Apple are playing it very safe when it comes to reviews for their new and slightly improved iPhone MkII.  It would seem only those who have given raving reviews of Apple's products in the past (and are likely to play ball in future) are getting their hands on the much anticipated handset.

When it comes to reviewing stuff I've been sent I, perhaps naively, say exactly what I'm thinking.  If that cuts me out in the future, so be it.  But then, so far, I haven't had to worry about advertisers (this is a VOX blog so I don't get any of the revenue) and so far I've had the good fortune of getting products I mostly like, supplied by folk that don't mind me speaking my mind.

I never liked the original iPhone and, in all honesty, wouldn't go out of my way to check out the new one.  However I do love the genuine enthusiasm of their staff under the cube on 5th.  Even when they knew they wouldn't get a sale out of me (I was upfront about my "window shopping") they continued to enthuse about the products they were selling.