Technologizer

What Will Be at WWDC: Your Predictions!

Friday, June 5, 2009

Apple will announce a new iPhone at next week’s WWDC keynote. It’ll sport a faster CPU, more storage, and a high-res camera that’s video capable, and will introduce a new case material. Rumors that it might include built-in iMovie or do multitasking, however, are false. Also wrong: The scuttlebutt that Apple will launch a tablet computer [...]

Apple Tablet in 2010? Maybe! And Maybe Not!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

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When analysts predict Apple’s plans, I’m instantly, incorrigibly skeptical. With that in mind, I’m regarding Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster’s theory that Apple will release a tablet device next year for $500-$700 as just that: a theory. Munster pieced together his prediction based on multiple pieces of interesting evidence, ranging from rumors coming out of [...]

Most. Boring. Apple. Rumor. Ever.

Friday, February 20, 2009

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Weird but true: Writing the guide to judging Apple rumors which I posted last week was both cathartic and disillusioning. Ultimately, it left me feeling that the best response to about seventy percent of Apple-related gossip is to ignore it: Chances are that it’s wrong, and devoting even a little time to thinking and writing [...]

A Consumer’s Guide to Apple Rumors

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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There are many unique things about Apple, Inc. And one of the oddest of all is the degree to which straightforward reporting about the company’s activities has been drowned out in recent years by a surging sea of rumor, speculation, prediction, and–increasingly—wishful thinking. Everybody, it seems, wants to spoil the surprise of Apple product launches [...]