Kevin Rose's Predictions for the New iPhone Before He Makes Them
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 7:14AM 
First things first: I have nothing personal against Kevin Rose. He has made digg a wild success, and he's been able to take his geek cred from the TechTV days and turn Revision 3 into one of the most popular online networks out there.
Every time an iPhone launch approaches though, it seems Kevin's sources give him definitive information on the next version of the iPhone. (See his previous predictions here and here.) It's not so much that Kevin shares what his sources are telling him, but that websites like Fortune and BusinessWeek gobble it up as fact (Don't hate the player, hate the game, I suppose.)
Here are the steps to creating your own Rose-inspired list of sure-fire features of the next phone.
1. Name the obvious or near obvious. The next iPhone will have 32GB of memory, or the phone will be slightly re-designed with a thinner profile. AT&T will remain exclusive for awhile, but talks are underway with other carriers.
2. Name a few talked about features, but make sure you're not hated if wrong: There's still debate at Apple, but it looks like video chat is a no-go. See, if you're wrong, no one gets mad because they're thrilled to have the added feature. And after all, you did say it was still being discussed.
3. Major publications/websites spread your proclamations. This is where Kevin shines, and you can't really blame him. Still you'd think other sites, especially news sites might stop to look at his track record, and see that his sources haven't proven much better at predicting or outing unexpected features than anyone else.
So there you have it, Kevin Rose says (before he's even said it) that the new iPhone will be slimmer, have more storage, might cost less, and won't have videochat. Unless it does.
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Reader Comments (4)
4. (Optional) Mention something crazy, like his original "2 battery" rumor. This one was from deep space, and weird enough to get people's interest, but is really pretty stupid. Like, will run OCR on your photos and read the text back to you.
The new iPhone will have SERIOUS vibrating capabilities. That should keep some people happy.
I can't WAIT for the new iPhone, I am still using an online version like Interactive iPhone because I drowned my real one and they want $200 to replace it but hopefully this means that the new iPhone will be out soon so I can just upgrade and get a new one.
Refurbs were going for $100.