iPhonegate got more interesting on Monday, as Gizmodo editor John Chen’s computers were seized by police under warrant from a Superior Court Judge in San Mateo County. But more interesting is the philosophical question this raises about Apple’s relationship to technology: does Steve Jobs hate blogs?

Gawker Media demanded the property be returned, citing a California law that protects journalists from having to turn over unpublished material in a search. An key question, posed by Gawker head Nick Denton: “Are bloggers journalists? I guess we’ll find out.”

Earlier this year in the press advance for iPad, Jobs’s reticence about the open-source trend championed by the blog world and tech platforms like Firefox was highlighted in a New York Times article: “‘Steve believes in old media companies and wants them to do well,’ said a person who has seen the device and is familiar with Apple’s marketing plan for it, but who did not want to be named because talking about it might alienate him from the company. ‘He believes democracy is hinged on a free press and that depends on there being a professional press.’”

Beyond the new mobile platform, Microsoft also introduced the two first devices that will run Kin. The Kin 1 and Kin 2 are already polarizing the Internet with their consumer-esque design. Can these two phones help launch Kin, or will people shy away?

The Kin 1 and Kin 2 are interesting devices...and I don't mean interesting in a good way. Shared features of these two devices include sliding form factors with physical QWERTY keyboard, solid cameras, on-board storage and of course the identical Kin software. As Microsoft explained to me, the Kin 1 is for feeding and the Kin 2 is for feasting. Both are, well, somewhat goofy looking.