That is ... everyone who's an Apple employee, reports the ThinkSecret blog. One of the great things about sleek, expensive, highly desirable gadgets is that they make excellent gifts. You might feel selfish buying one for yourself. But, assuming one can actually afford it, who wouldn't want to give one away? That's one way that Apple will get the market to mass distribute the iPhone.
Reminds me of something my former employer did a few years ago. At the end of a fun but unremarkable Christmas party, the owners (I was not yet a partner) brought out several shopping bags stuffed with pretty little boxes. Guess what was in those boxes? It was so exciting that people actually screamed. Very Christmassy, too, as the owners got to play the role of very hip, contemporary Santa Clauses.
In the meantime, I'm making my list, checking it twice ....
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