Mossberg just kidding about that whole "3G iPhone in 60 days" thing
By Nilay Patel 
posted April 8th 2008 3:42PM
posted April 8th 2008 3:42PM
posted April 8th 2008 3:42PM
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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?