Could it perhaps have been supplied by Verizon instead? They'd be the ones with the most to gain right now in terms of PR - get all the bloggers to talk about how much better the network is since the hardware itself is a non-story (which is exactly what the ones I've read have said so far).
UPDATE: The footnote in Gruber's article actually says "supplied by Apple" so... guess not. :)
UPDATE: The footnote in Gruber's article actually says "supplied by Apple" so... guess not. :)