Crazy Apple Rumors Site: Apple Screws With Rumor Sites' Livelihood:
Apple has gone so far as to announce that new iMacs are coming in September.
What is that?! What the fricking hell is that?! They just announce when a product is going to ship?!
That's bullshit!
Put yourself in the shoes of your favorite rumor site (and they'd better ours, dammit!). What the hell are we going to report on now?! Oh, sure, we can speculate on specs, pass on unsubstantiated emails about colors, shapes and features (and we will... oh, yes...), but most of your rumor reporting these days consists of speculation about when something will be released. It goes a little like this:
MONDAY: New iPods Tuesday!
TUESDAY: No, no! Wednesday!
THURSDAY: OK, they haven't announced them yet, but we're dead certain they're going to be announced next Monday!
TWO WEEKS LATER: Uh... OK, look, mistakes were made...Round up a couple of advertisers and you've got yourself a site, baby!
Well, there goes my plan to make a few extra bucks hawking iMac rumors. Maybe I can sell a few Treo rumors... I hear a new one is coming out with Bluetooth and WiFi built in. And it has twice the memory, and a better screen. But you didn't hear it here.
