How nice to see Steven Levy, the technology editor of Newsweek without being in the middle of a mugging!

I ran into Steven today in our New York newsroom as we were switching out of the chair in Studio N for live appearances on Weekend Live with Bret Bair.

The last time I saw Steven we were on 5th Avenue in front of the Apple store, when I was doing a live interview with him, when suddenly a man (I use that term loosely) grabbed my microphone and ran off with it!

The guy didn’t get far, and lost his balance after running into another cameraman. The incident was all over YouTube, and I still get asked about it all the time. The good news is, mugger was arrested, and I am still keeping tabs on his case with the Manhattan D.A.’s I have since learned, the microphone mugger didn’t have a record, but has been charged with a felony. Last time I checked he had gone through two defense lawyers and is fighting the charges. Although, I’m not sure how you do that when your crime is caught on live television.

I still haven’t picked up an iPhone, despite it’s popularity. Perhaps, the whole thing just left me a little jaded. Steven Levy, however told me today, that he got one … in fact, he had the entire long version of the live mugging from YouTube on his iPhone and showed it to me!