Mossberg just kidding about that whole "3G iPhone in 60 days" thing

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?

[Mike @ Apr 8th 2008 3:45PM]

Whatever?

[phanbouy @ Apr 8th 2008 3:46PM]

don't think i've ever heard that as a question before

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 3:48PM]

are you sure.

[phanbouy @ Apr 8th 2008 3:49PM]

my balls are on fire?

[Mike @ Apr 8th 2008 3:57PM]

well get your boyfriend to put them out?

[phanbouy @ Apr 8th 2008 4:00PM]

don't be jealous Mike, you know we'll always have something special

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 4:02PM]

since when is gonorrhea special?

[phanbouy @ Apr 8th 2008 4:25PM]

see how he treats me, Mike? not like you did. you were tender and caring. not like that voyeur billmao or that envious sdh!

[John from Buffalo @ Apr 8th 2008 4:27PM]

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).

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 4:32PM]

whatever?

[UKNigel @ Apr 8th 2008 4:36PM]

don't think I've ever heard that as a question before.

[Juice @ Apr 8th 2008 4:45PM]

This is why I prefer engadgetMOBILE. Less clowns posting.

[phanbouy @ Apr 8th 2008 4:50PM]

@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?

[nerdtalker @ Apr 8th 2008 4:59PM]

@ 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...

[John @ Apr 8th 2008 5:22PM]

This is seriously how my little sister talks.

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 5:44PM]

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.

[vdogg89 @ Apr 8th 2008 6:11PM]

whomever?

[OneLove @ Apr 8th 2008 7:07PM]

He probably bought apple stock that day and sold it some time later. lol.

[Juice @ Apr 8th 2008 7:37PM]

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.

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 3:46PM]

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*

[phanbouy @ Apr 8th 2008 3:47PM]

was it more than a feeling?

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 3:50PM]

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.

[billmao @ Apr 8th 2008 4:03PM]

Oh fer god's sake get a room you two >.>

[phanbouy @ Apr 8th 2008 4:05PM]

billmao, you can watch but it'll cost you $1000

[presses @ Apr 8th 2008 4:12PM]

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*

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 4:18PM]

i am not presses, i am anonymoose. my underwear proves it.

[Mark @ Apr 8th 2008 4:37PM]

whatever.

[Derek @ Apr 8th 2008 5:23PM]

whatever?

[David @ Apr 8th 2008 3:46PM]

Jobs: "We'll let Mossberg live...for now"

[tom @ Apr 8th 2008 3:48PM]

He was just trying to make it even. Remember when Gates said Windows 7 will arrive by 2010, just last week!!

[clak @ Apr 8th 2008 3:51PM]

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*

[tom @ Apr 8th 2008 4:19PM]

^touching yourself?

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 3:47PM]

TAKE THAT, FINNISH EMBASSY!

[Jonathan-DBOSS @ Apr 8th 2008 7:10PM]

you started it...

you finnish it!

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 3:47PM]

are you sure.

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 3:48PM]

i hate you, reply system. you and your fancy shoes.

[Chebwa @ Apr 8th 2008 4:17PM]

Like those hip musicians with their complicated shoes!

[StreetStealth @ Apr 8th 2008 5:37PM]

Anonymoose, we know this was really just another excuse to reply to yourself.

[Anonymoose @ Apr 8th 2008 5:46PM]

i love replying to myself because i wear sexy hats.

[retro77 @ Apr 8th 2008 3:49PM]

L O L !

[phanbouy @ Apr 8th 2008 3:50PM]

they call him "funny" Uncle Walt, and not for his humor.

[Zorque @ Apr 8th 2008 5:39PM]

Because he takes the nephews into the coat closet?

[IT-Accountant @ Apr 8th 2008 3:53PM]

can we be finnished this guy already?

sorry about the lame pun. couldn't help myself.

[sdh @ Apr 8th 2008 3:54PM]

Dude needs a fleshlight..

[derX @ Apr 8th 2008 4:04PM]

I am really scared to ask what this is and I am not at a place where it'd be appropriate to google that....

[sdh @ Apr 8th 2008 4:08PM]

Well.. Let's just say that he should be focusing on more important things.

[John @ Apr 8th 2008 3:55PM]

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?

[Razor @ Apr 8th 2008 4:03PM]

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!

[Sylvanus @ Apr 8th 2008 3:55PM]

There goes the finland's biggest story since the 91 depression. sigh.

[Yours Smugly @ Apr 8th 2008 4:29PM]

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?