but when powell staggered out of the bar, he forgot one thing, the iphone. it was found on a bar stool by a college student named brian hogan. this e-mail comes in, and it was this guy claiming that he had this new iphone prototype. getting inside apple's security fort and look at something that is under wraps, but back then, explored power, it was impossible to get anything from them. >> it was incredibly exciting, at that point, apple didn't have a whole lot of leaks. >> then i said, i think it's the real thing, and they want the money. and nick said, anything you want. >> for us, there's no question as to whether we write the story or not. that's what was so disturbing i think to steve jobs, he'd been used to have much more controlled relationship with the press. >> our plan was to take pictures of it, write about it, then return it back to apple. >> hey, i'm jason chen. this is the new iphone. here are some of the new features. >> biggest tech in history. >> hi, this is steve jobs. i want my phone back.