Considering how Sol Trujillo likes to roll with the big dogs, I always imagined him walking through the streets with a small army of special forces agents protecting him from the scum of the earth (and us regular folks). But it turns out he actually enjoys rubbing shoulders with the little people — so close that they can casually walk away with his special prototype HTC phone running Windows Mobile 6.5.According to Jen Dudley-Nicholson’s story on the Herald Sun, the Telstra boss was given either a HTC Touch Diamond 2 or Touch Pro 2 to play around with the new Windows Mobile platform and test it for bugs. But somewhere in Barcelona an enterprising thief managed to separate him and the phone, embarrassing Telstra and opening Microsoft to a raft of Industrial espionage threats.
Apparently a Telstra spokesperson denied that it was stolen from Sol himself, but instead from some other senior Telstra representative. Either way, I reckon at next year’s MWC, we might actually see Sol (or whoever’s running Telstra next year) surrounded by beefy security guards so this doesn’t happen again…
[News.com.au - Thanks Josh!]
Chundles
February 19, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Well, Sol would know all about pick-pocketing. That’s what he’s been doing to the Australian public for the duration of his post…
Hi-yo!
Report Permalinkadam
February 19, 2009 at 12:12 PM
So true Chundles!
Report PermalinkAnd it’s funny and ironic that this article is “brought to you by Yes Optus” !! LOVE IT!
Paul Q
February 19, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Funniest thing about this story is the fact it has been “brought to us by Optus”
Report PermalinkLucas
February 19, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Haha “brought to you by Yes Optus”… i wouldn’t have even noticed it unless you guys hadn’t said any thing. Thanks for the laugh.
I agree whole heartedly with you Chundles… made me chuckle too.
Report PermalinkAndy
February 21, 2009 at 7:32 AM
It is good thinking to protect himself from the scum of the earth.But,how Sol Trujillo manage the ‘dogs’?
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