rumors

We dive into the latest rumors about an Apple product, an Apple software upgrade, an Apple product going prepaid for the first time, and, wait a minute, a leaked ship date for the Galaxy SIII! That counts as diversity in these days of Complete Cupertino Coverage.

Your dad’s Wall Street Journal was the sheet that aimed to tell you everything you needed to know that morning to face the many-headed, irrational beast known as The Market. Your Wall Street Journal? It wants to have the very best sourcing on what your next iPhone is going to look like, and it usually succeeds.

Some interesting stuff has bubbled up this week, including an Intel rumor that makes no sense! Please to enjoy this week’s mobile-ish roundup.

Why would Microsoft deny that Office is coming to the iPad, when it's one of their most exciting upcoming releases? That and other mobile-centric rumors, rounded up and broken down.

Facebook has been rumored to be secretly developing its own mobile phone (possibly just a Facebook-branded Android phone). Despite the company's carefully worded denial, is that what it will unveil Wednesday? If so, where will it fit in the mobile market? If not, what else might might we see?

Would an anonymous source and some wild speculation ever lead you astray?

Apologies if that headline makes you think that the iPhone is coming to Verizon. It may, in fact, be coming to Verizon, but you know, probably not.

You made me turn into the seedy arms of eBay, Apple! eBay!

The old Apple rumor merchant looks back wistfully at the good old days.

In the absence of hard data, Mac fans turn to rumors, and rumor of rumors, and silly graphics that feed more rumors. When will the Macbooks actually arrive, and put an end to the insanity?