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Mossberg Denies 3G iPhone Knowledge

mossburg has just been given a big slap on the wrist from apple by the sounds of it.

who the hell is this guy anyway. i can't stand these self important journalists who think when they say something everyone has to listen.
 
He had a worthy excuse for Steve: "I read speculation about it at MacRumors, and I was just repeating what I heard!"
 
dukishdary said:
this is exactly what i suspected. he was making a ballpark estimate in the heat of the moment. i don't know why anyone ever believed his prediction in the first place! apple release the 3g iphone before wwdc? pfff. not a chance.

the next gen iphone will be announced on june 9th and be available in stores june 30th - exactly one year after iphone 1.0. is it really that difficult to figure out? it won't come any sooner than that. jeez people.
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Well, June 29 if you want to get nit picky about it.
 
I for one personally thank MR. mossberg for his slip up.
During the time he mentioned the iphone 3g becoming available in the next 60 days apple shares went up. in the process I made some nice pocket change. He helped me fund my next iphone purchase and possibly a new macbook pro when they finally get the redesign. :)

I love rumors sometimes depending on the position your in they can be to your benefit. Lucky thing i sold early AAPL dropped 3 points today.
 
The classic denial after a slip-up. Makes it even more obvious that he was correct.

I can't wait to get my hands on an iPhone at last!!! Come to me, 3G!!
 
I thought it was just off hand speculation when he made the comment.

But now, after going to the effort of making a thought out backtrack statement like that - :D
 
uNext said:
I for one personally thank MR. mossberg for his slip up.
During the time he mentioned the iphone 3g becoming available in the next 60 days apple shares went up. in the process I made some nice pocket change. He helped me fund my next iphone purchase and possibly a new macbook pro when they finally get the redesign. :)

I love rumors sometimes depending on the position your in they can be to your benefit. Lucky thing i sold early AAPL dropped 3 points today.
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Err okay... So you previously bought these shares when? (a considerable investment if a few points made the difference in cost of an iphone and pb - I estimate you would have to own at least 200 shares @ ~ $150 each). They have been rising steadily for the last month and you base your decision to sell up on little comment from Walt?

Quite a large short-term investment there mate! But then I suppose the cost of an iphone + powerbook is merely "pocket change".
 
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He has to have some insider information about the iPhone if Apple is going to be using them as the contracted service provider.
 
ebouwman said:
I wouldn't really write-off the possibility, it would make sense that apple releases a major update within one year of releasing the iPhone and absolutely no later.

What i really think is that the 3G iPhone will be released a month or so before WWDC, but not made available till shortly after WWDC. That would also kind of fit with what Walt said.

But then again, what do i know :D



It is blindingly obvious, to duckisdary ;)
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alright, alright. i get it and you don't need to pick on me :)

i stand by my prediction though and am not alone. just check out this morning's rumors from australia:

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ing_australia_for_june_3g_iphone_arrival.html

http://www.9to5mac.com/australian-3G-iphone
 
dukishdary said:
alright, alright. i get it and you don't need to pick on me :)

i stand by my prediction though and am not alone. just check out this morning's rumors from australia:

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ing_australia_for_june_3g_iphone_arrival.html

http://www.9to5mac.com/australian-3G-iphone
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Both articles point to last week in June for Australia. I'm still hoping for second week in June for the States. But with all the info out there, I'm sure of one thing: By July we'll all be discussing when 4G is coming out! lol ;)
 
Poor walt he must feel so bad, ya know backpedalling is hard, but how could walt miss the most obvious solution of saying he heard it on a rumors site, he alluded to this, but it wasnt his flagship argument. i wouldnt be suprised if he purposely starts making false predictions, to cover his tracks, but i bet he doesnt even care, "GTFO im walt mossberg biches"
 
WSJ review copy

I am sure he will have his way before anyone else - maybe he already does?!?

ok likely not months ahead - but at least a couple of weeks ahead of time from the commoner public (WSJ audience etc)...

maybe he will have HIS in 60 days, the rest of us... ???

PS Those FINNs at the Walt conference didn't flinch at all when he pounded the table, nor moved an eyebrow over much anything he said...
 
peterlobl said:
I am sure he will have his way before anyone else - maybe he already does?!?

ok likely not months ahead - but at least a couple of weeks ahead of time from the commoner public (WSJ audience etc)...

maybe he will have HIS in 60 days, the rest of us... ???

PS Those FINNs at the Walt conference didn't flinch at all when he pounded the table, nor moved an eyebrow over much anything he said...
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Both Mossberg and Pogue will have the new iPhones a week before the rest of us.
 
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