I understand that you work for a major television network, yack on the biggest radio station in your market, are syndicated in 127 newspapers, have a well-travelled weblog, produce a popular podcast, routinely sit in Amazon’s top-100 for technical publications, or just know a lot of really, really important people.
Unless your name is Walt Mossberg, David Pogue, or Steven Levy, or you’re planning a big spread for BusinessWeek, Forbes, or Time, Apple is going to treat you pretty much like any journalist who isn’t a blogger. PR may take your calls. Heck, they might even return them. But you’re not getting the next iPhone, iPod, or Macintosh before the rest of the world. Get in line and get over it. Link
[none of the A-list bloggers got an iPhone to review, not even TechCrunch or Engadget - the situation isn't likely to change with Apple developing the iPhone nano]