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A guide to Apple rumors, condensed
CrunchGear —
... The McCrackenizer over at Technologizer has a great examination of the vagaries of Apple rumors, pointing out that anything that shows a purported Apple advertisement, anything in patent stage that someone actually finds, or anything said by an analyst is probably wrong. ...
You, too, can dissect Apple rumors like a pro
GMSV —
... . Skepticism, of course, should be the default in these cases, but if you want to fine-tune your analysis, Harry McCracken at Technologizer has generously distilled his years of experience into a set of handy guidelines to help the casual Apple fan decide how much weight to give any given product that pops out of the rumor mill. McCracken advises looking at the evidence being cited and seeing where it falls on a scale ranging from source material you can safely ignore (leaked ads, concept art) to reports that may actually have something to them (for instance, those that fit ...
Linkpost | 2.11.2009
TechBlog —
... - About 40 percent won't wait 'til June. • A Consumer's Guide to Apple Rumors - Excellent guide to telling what rumors have the ring of truth. Part 1 of 3. • ...
Most. Boring. Apple. Rumor. Ever.
Technologizer —
... 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 about it is a waste of perfectly good brain cells and electrons. Better to devote energy to that minority of scuttlebutt that rings true–and even then, it makes sense to regard it from a safe, dispassionate distance, being careful to avoid ...
Taiwan supplier steps up production of Apple netbook rumors
GMSV —
... based on hardware that’s much less powerful than we think customers want. Software technology that is not good, cramped keyboards small displays. … We don’t think people will be pleased with those products. It’s a category we watch, we’ve got some ideas here, but right now we think the products are inferior and will not provide an experience to customers they’re happy with.” So how much stock to put in this speculation? The usual amount of salt is warranted, but according to Harry McCracken’s handy Consumer’s Guide to Apple Rumors , you may not want to dismiss it out of hand. ...
Fifteen Things I’d Like Apple to Tell Us About the iPhone Today
Technologizer —
... I’ve pretty much given up making Apple predictions these days, but I’m allowed to hope for specific things, right? And divvying up all possible Apple announcements into “could happen” and “seems unlikely to happen” isn’t the same thing as making predictions, is it? ...
Apple Tablet in 2010? Maybe! And Maybe Not!
Technologizer —
... 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 Asian component supplies to Apple’s acquisition of chip company PA Semi to the company’s portfolio of multi-touch patents. I don’t think anyone on the planet has a decent record ...
Take Technologizer’s Apple WWDC Prediction Challenge
Technologizer —
... Analysts and other pundits do a lousy job of predicting what Apple will do next. Rumors about the company are often sheer fantasy. I’ve guessed wrong so many times that I’ve mostly given up trying. With ...
Hey, Let’s Design the iPhone 3GS’s Successor!
Technologizer —
... and we’ll therefore see the next big makeover around June of 2010–although as the phone increasingly becomes the company’s primary hardware product, I think we’re more likely to see new versions and various tweaks throughout the year, as we do with Macs today. And for no particular reason, I’m calling it by a name I know it won’t have: the iPhone 3GS2. (”The 2 is for second-generation.”)
Oh, and please don’t call these Apple predictions–this is…idle speculation. Nothing more. ...
Apple Rumors: The Early Years
Technologizer —
... may be a Web site for IT professionals, but in the early 1980s it was a weekly publication for microcomputer users, and its pages are as good a record as you’ll find of the era’s industry chatter. Including lots and lots of stuff about Apple. So in this second installment in our once-in-awhile series on Apple rumors and predictions, we’ll check out tidbits from InfoWorld stories (1980-1985). My goal is not to mock, but simply to see what folks thought Apple would do, what they thought it meant…and whether any of it came to pass. ...
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