Tiago Espinha

A collection of (mostly) tech related content on topics that I encounter in my day to day.

Lufthansa offers Gray Powell flight to Germany

April 22, 2010 less than 1 minute read

Everyone who follows the technology world would know the name Gray Powell. This is the name of the lad who lost his prototype iPhone 4G at a German beer bar. Well, guess what? Lufthansa is offering him a business class flight to Munich for him to “pick up where he last left off”.

Image of the letter after the jump.

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