PCWorld - Steve Jobs denied that Apple is prepping an iPhone Nano and Apple Netbook. Then yesterday Apple's COO Tim Cook reiterated the company's unwillingness to produce such devices. So I'm making a plea to all those Apple fanboys and 'analysts' out there to please stop the rumor-mongering and find something better to do.
During Apple's earnings conference call on Wednesday, Cook clearly put to rest any idea of a cheap iPhone Nano or a mini Apple laptop in the form of a netbook, at least for the time coming. But the sad fact is that, as clear as this might sound, analysts and Apple fans just can't help themselves speculating over some imaginary new Apple lines of devices.
Every time some new type of cool technology penetrates the market, analysts from well-respected companies (which I won't name out of matters of taste), make up out of thin air, and often citing sources from the supply chain (China?) that Apple is developing such a device as well.
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