People lose their iPhones all the time. But it’s not often that a super-secret prototype of a not-yet-released iPhone is carelessly left on the floor of a local drinking establishment.

But apparently that’s what happened, according to two different gadget blogs. That this would happen to a company like Apple, which takes secrecy and security of its products (remember how Apple announced its iPAD) very seriously, is surprising. Apple has not yet said there even is an iPhone 4G although it’s a safe bet there will be based on the pattern of the past three years. Steve Jobs has said that new iPhone software is coming “this summer,” but the company has stopped short of acknowledging that new hardware is in the works.

Normally the first time we see a new Apple product it is in Jobs’ hands while standing on a stage in front of an audience of geeks and journalists. So what happened this time?

For more on this story, read The leaked ‘iPhone 4G’: How did this happen? on CNET News.

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