Oh Unkie Walt, you toy with us so. Just a couple days after promising that the 3G iPhone would be
out within 60 days, the Moss-man is saying that he was simply making a prediction based on the same data as the rest of us: price cuts, dried-up inventory, and all kinds of rumors. That's not at all what it seems like on the tape, but sure. Walt also thinks that a little meta-media-analysis is due here, asking Silicon Alley Insider, "If I knew when this date was, why would I announce it in the middle of a sentence at the Finnish embassy, rather than report it in the Wall Street Journal?" Excellent point, but you might want to be a little more careful the next time you flatly declare "The iPhone will be 3G in 60 days" with no caveats and the cameras running, okay?
posted Apr 8th 2008 3:42PM
Whatever?
don't think i've ever heard that as a question before
are you sure.
my balls are on fire?
well get your boyfriend to put them out?
don't be jealous Mike, you know we'll always have something special
since when is gonorrhea special?
see how he treats me, Mike? not like you did. you were tender and caring. not like that voyeur billmao or that envious sdh!
Much like Woz, he's simply trying to push product and clicks (in this case). To be honest Mossberg as about as much clout as a technology writer as my 68 y/o grandmother. I think he's arrogant, pushy, and "matter-o-fact" on a great many things out there - and in THIS occasion he was called out ON VIDEO (so he couldn't renig it).
Fuck Mossberg. I put him in the same category as The Woz (The Was) and Devorak. It's sensationalism and deeply seeded desire to "feel" important. Maybe it's a sign of senility and age.
Just my 10c, cuz my 2c is free. (and I'm over 30, for the record ... so this isn't a 15 y/o getting even).
whatever?
don't think I've ever heard that as a question before.
This is why I prefer engadgetMOBILE. Less clowns posting.
@juice, i'd rather be a clown than a no-talent ass clown!
no seriously though, what is your serious assessment of this seriously important piece of news that would behest your grave and sober analysis of Mossberg's faux pas? just a tip: put down the PBR first, we're not playing beer pong here, mmkay?
@ Juice, **Shhhhhh!** you'll make them move over there (he-who-must-not-be-named-lest-he-think-everyone-is-picking-on-him-again-and-start-namecalling)
I love how off-topic this whole thing is right about now. It's almost fitting considering how out of place Mossberg's comment about 3G was if that video was indeed from a Finnish embassy. If anything, this redaction on his part just affirms that 3G iPhone is closer than we thought before. I have to admit that safari on the iPhone is mindblowing compared to Pocket IE, Opera Mini, Opera Mobile, even Skyfire Beta on my HTC Mogul. This might be a compelling reason to re-evaluate my mobile device lineup...
This is seriously how my little sister talks.
hahahaha, juice's huge non-clown contribution on the engadget mobile page was "i don't like this guy." groundbreaking stuff, almost even more groundbreaking than this uber serious article posted by engadget.
but to be fair, he just said "less clowns posting." so essentially he is not purporting the absence of clowns there, just a lower population.
thanks anonymoose, your reason and beauty are unparalleled in all of the universe.
whomever?
He probably bought apple stock that day and sold it some time later. lol.
You are correct. Less clowns. Not more. So please stay put. As far as Mossberg goes this guy should go back to politics and leave the mobile devices to professionals. His iPhone "review" was horrible IMHO.
Jobs: "We'll let Mossberg live...for now"
He was just trying to make it even. Remember when Gates said Windows 7 will arrive by 2010, just last week!!
The sad thing about this entire episode is that Mossberg is probably right. Think of the big bang Apple could make by releasing iPhone 2.0 software AND the 3G phone at the same time. I get really hot just thinking about it. Excuse me as I go relieve myself.
*grabs tissue, locks bedroom door*
^touching yourself?
what the fricken fracken? when will anything come out on time? you know what? i'm going to take a dump. it's going to come out in 2 minutes.
*10 minutes pass*
uhh, i was just joking about the 2 minutes thing. was more of a "feeling"
*grunts and pushes*
was it more than a feeling?
that's it. i'm choosing that as the theme song to my life. when i go to the bathroom, when i shower, when i play basketball, when i dance wearing nothing but sran wrap and a smile, when i cry as my wife leaves me, that is the song that will be playing.
Oh fer god's sake get a room you two >.>
billmao, you can watch but it'll cost you $1000
like a chat room?
*laughs heartily - sees i'm the only one laughing - tries to cover it up by coughing - accidentally dies - the whole world mourns - april 8th is made into global holiday - i am buried without pants*
i am not presses, i am anonymoose. my underwear proves it.
whatever.
whatever?
TAKE THAT, FINNISH EMBASSY!
you started it...
you finnish it!
are you sure.
i hate you, reply system. you and your fancy shoes.
Like those hip musicians with their complicated shoes!
Anonymoose, we know this was really just another excuse to reply to yourself.
i love replying to myself because i wear sexy hats.
L O L !
they call him "funny" Uncle Walt, and not for his humor.
Because he takes the nephews into the coat closet?
can we be finnished this guy already?
sorry about the lame pun. couldn't help myself.
Dude needs a fleshlight..
I am really scared to ask what this is and I am not at a place where it'd be appropriate to google that....
Well.. Let's just say that he should be focusing on more important things.
Why would people believe what Walt Mossberg says about a company that he has nothing to do with, apart from his raging erection for it?
Agreed 100%. I find it humorous that Engadget can whine about Walt "toying" (joking or otherwise) with them when the believed his nonsense in the first place. This wasn't news the first time it was posted.
Then again, this isn't a news site to begin with. Zing!
There goes the finland's biggest story since the 91 depression. sigh.
The Finland? You mean the one neighboring the Sweden, the Norway and the Russia? What was Mossberg doing there, isn't he from the United States of the America?
hahahaa, "the Finland" was a typo, i was going to say "the country's" but erased only country when I wrote finland. boooooo on your nitpicking hahaha
Who thinks walt got a phone call from steve?
Steve: You said what?? Make a retraction!
Walt: ....
Steve: You have thirty seconds to comply.
30 seconds later steve moes down walt in a shower of bullets.
thats what it looks like to me
Yep thats what i am thinking
engadget, you forgot a caption for the guy on the left saying "wow.. this guy is really an attention whore!"
oh sure NOW you put a caption up but on the wrong dude! why don't you listen to me anymore? we used to be so good together, like Mike and I
Of 21 comments so far, you posted 6. I would say you're the attention whore.
Looks like they just added one for Walt about a minute ago =P
i see what you did there sdh. but you're right, certainly posting here is the key to international notoriety.
anyway, commence continued backlash all ye of poor humor
yeah, phan is such an attention whore!
*says it loudly while wearing glittery cape and bedazzled loincloth and banging on a drum made of human skin*
If all he can do is state what the public already know (price drops, lack of inventory), why does the WSJ even bother paying him to work? I'm going to get a reporting job my first headline will be:
"Windows XP is going to be phased out sometime in the next 5 years" I'll sound like a genius who really understands the market...
I agree. But we all know phone 2.0 will be about in the next 50 odd days. can i be a journalist too.
Im thinken hes doin a little bit of covering of his own a$$
Wow this guy and Gates sure are giving old people a bad name when it comes to tech news with their crazy dropping of product time tables.
and all the old guys who give tech news in the world now cry. like all two of them. that you mentioned. in your post.
yer the younger generation are far better at guessing a products developement time! Let me work for the wsj!
The 3G iPhone's are already being tested in New Zealand ;), 60 days is a reasonable time-frame for testing/production
mossberg is a douche?
don't think i've ever heard that as a question before
Yeah right you know Steve Jobs was waiting in Walt's house when he got home and smacked him upside the head...
Note to Mr. Mossberg: Beloved Los Angeles Lakers game announcer Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn once said during a game, live on the radio, "If he makes that shot I'll buy everyone here dinner...". The player made the shot. Needless to say, none of the 20,000 in attendance at the Forum that night got a dinner. For the next ten YEARS every other fan that Mr. Hearn passed in the street yelled "Hey Chick, I'm hungry!" - you may expect the same Mr. Mossberg.
I'm a Whore too!!!! 80% of these comments aren't even on topic, LAME!
Me!
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED:
(We hear the theme to Man of La Mancha, Walt Mossberg's ringtone in the near distance)
Walt pulls his 64GB 3G iPhone from his pocket to see a very familiar face on the screen.
Walt: "Hello Steve"
Steve: "Walt, what in the hell are you doing talking about future product releases?"
Walt: "Gee Stevie J, it's not like the WHOLE world doesn't know you're coming out with a 3G iphone."
Steve: "Yeah, but it's my job to stand up in front of a worldwide crowd of millions wearing my $300 t-shirt and Levi jeans and introduce those new products, damnit."
Walt: "Well gee Steve, I'm really sorry..."
Steve: "Listen and listen good, son't let ithappen again. If it does, I'm taking away that 500GB 1080i HD iTouch with 7.1 surround sound that you've been testing. And I'll cancel your free iTunes membership."
Walt: "Listen asshole and listen good. Don't threaten me. I can stop devoting 85% of my columns to a company that has less than 10% of the technology market in a New York minute! Steve Ballmer has been calling me a lot lately and maybe I'll start writing some nice things about his company for once." ANd then Walt slams his phone down as Stevie J begins to whimper......
Whatever?
@DJ
Wow, that took more liberties with the truth then former president Clinton's definition of sexual relations and with whom they were with.
iTunes membership is free... Mossberg got duped...
f**king epic!
i reckon hes just covering himself up because for what he accidentally said it in the first place.
Or may be he does know it's coming in 60 days, but Apple PR Staff called and request him to pull his statement.
My dog just farted.
I hope they done come out with a 3G iPhone, I just got mine! And I can honestly say that (at least in my experiences) EDGE isn't that bad, and I'm writing this on
my iPhone on a subway.
If you look up Walt on Wikipedia there's a picture with him and Steve Jobs.. Walt has his hand in his pocket. I think he's having an erection lol
lol, cat got your tongue?? someone isn't getting new ipod this christmas...
Loose lips sink ships. Poor old journo.
The optimist in me says I hope Apple decides to release their 3G product _sooner_ than 60 days to prove Mosquito-coast-berg was off with the fairies instead of delaying revenues for 90 days.
'Mossberg kidding about "Steve Jobs having 60 days left to live" thing.
@ DJ
That was a lot of fucking words for something so unfunny.