KARYNE: Hey, Im Karyne Levy
EMILY: And I'm Emily Dreyfuss. And this is a very special episode where
we revisit how we each bet on iPhone 5 rumors, tally up scores and find
out who gets to gloat.
KARYNE: The really interesting thing is that there weren't any surprises --
every new feature had been leaked and discussed on this show. So let's
take a look at the scorecard and see how we voted.
EMILY: And dont forget that this is your scorecard too. Follow along to see
how well you did voting with us over the past few months
KARYNE: First up, we voted on whether the iPhone would have a bigger
screen. For some reason, I voted against this but Emily, always with her
finger on the pulse of what people want, voted "yay" -- and so did 89
percent of the people who voted in the poll!
EMILY: We both guessed correctly that the iPhone 5 would have a smaller
dock connector. And so did 87 percent of you.
KARYNE: You're missing something very important.
EMILY: OK fine, you actually won the Internet that day, saying that the
adapter would cost around $30 , which is exactly the price. I was way off
and said Apple would screw us and charge $70. Luckily I was wrong, but so
were the naive 47-percent of you who thought it would be basically free.
EMILY: NFC? Didn't happen. But 66 percent of you thought that it would.
KARYNE: The Nano-SIM did happen, and 70 percent of you saw that
coming! You guys are good.
EMILY: We, and the rest of the world, believed it would be announced on
September 12th. It was, but I had predicted that it would be available the
same day. Oops. The rumor that said wed have to wait 9 days was actually
spot on.
KARYNE: I voted that it'd be called the iPhone 5 (along with 46 percent of
the poll voters). Sorry, people who voted for iPhone 6. Or new iPhone. Not
this time.
EMILY: We still have a Humiliation Day riding on the iPad Mini.
KARYNE: We bet that it would be released in September, October...
EMILY: or NEVER. So stay tuned for a possible October iPad event so
we can finally settle that score.
KARYNE: Let's switch gears and take out some fresh rumors from the
oven: according to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is in talks with record
companies to license music for a custom music service that would create
"virtual" music stations based on a song or artist of choice. So basically, a
Pandora rival. And Android users would be cut off from the service. Zing!
EMILY: Apple bought music-streaming site Lala.com in 2009 for a
whopping $80 million, so maybe this is Apple finally putting that service to
work?
KARYNKARYNE: Hey, Im Karyne Levy
EMILY: And I'm Emily Dreyfuss. And this is a very special episode where
we revisit how we each bet on iPhone 5 rumors, tally up scores and find
out who gets to gloat.
KARYNE: The really interesting thing is that there weren't any surprises --
every new feature had been leaked and discussed on this show. So let's
take a look at the scorecard and see how we voted.
EMILY: And dont forget that this is your scorecard too. Follow along to see
how well you did voting with us over the past few months
KARYNE: First up, we voted on whether the iPhone would have a bigger
screen. For some reason, I voted against this but Emily, always with her
finger on the pulse of what people want, voted "yay" -- and so did 89
percent of the people who voted in the poll!
EMILY: We both guessed correctly that the iPhone 5 would have a smaller
dock connector. And so did 87 percent of you.
KARYNE: You're missing something very important.
EMILY: OK fine, you actually won the Internet that day, saying that the
adapter would cost around $30 , which is exactly the price. I was way off
and said Apple would screw us and charge $70. Luckily I was wrong, but so
were the naive 47-percent of you who thought it would be basically free.
EMILY: NFC? Didn't happen. But 66 percent of you thought that it would.
KARYNE: The Nano-SIM did happen, and 70 percent of you saw that
coming! You guys are good.
EMILY: We, and the rest of the world, believed it would be announced on
September 12th. It was, but I had predicted that it would be available the
same day. Oops. The rumor that said wed have to wait 9 days was actually
spot on.
KARYNE: I voted that it'd be called the iPhone 5 (along with 46 percent of
the poll voters). Sorry, people who voted for iPhone 6. Or new iPhone. Not
this time.
EMILY: We still have a Humiliation Day riding on the iPad Mini.
KARYNE: We bet that it would be released in September, October...
EMILY: or NEVER. So stay tuned for a possible October iPad event so
we can finally settle that score.
KARYNE: Let's switch gears and take out some fresh rumors from the
oven: according to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is in talks with record
companies to license music for a custom music service that would create
"virtual" music stations based on a song or artist of choice. So basically, a
Pandora rival. And Android users would be cut off from the service. Zing!
EMILY: Apple bought music-streaming site Lala.com in 2009 for a
whopping $80 million, so maybe this is Apple finally putting that service to
work?
KARYNE: The crazy part (or maybe NOT so crazy part) is that following the
news of Apple's alleged Pandora competitor, Pandora stock shares took a
nosedive: a 17 percent drop! So whaddya think?
EMILY: Lay off of my favorite service on earth, Apple. I may be getting an
iphone, but I LOVE Pandora. Just bc I dont want You messing with it, Im
going to say Apple wont do this to me. To me personally.
KARYNE: I think this will happen -- Pandora is the one company Apple
hasn't yet tried to murder.
EMILY: For our next rumor: the Internet was abuzz this week with news that
Samsung might be announcing the Galaxy S4 at Mobile World Congress in
February, and will be released a month later. The Korea Times learned this
information from an anonymous Samsung official. Seems fishy, right?
KARYNE: Totally fishy. Also, drink to an anonymous source!
EMILY: Then other unnamed officials jumped into the mix, saying that the
new device would be 5 inches, would have LTE support, a quad-core chip,
and a high-def display.
KARYNE: I think it would be awesome, but I also think it's a pipe dream --
mostly because Samsung went on the record of note -- Twitter -- to say that
the rumor simply isn't true.
EMILY: What do you guys think? Don't forget to vote! We're going to go ask
the people of San Francisco what they think...
EMILY: Our comment of the week comes from...
KARYNE: Thats our show everyone, share your rumors at
rumorhasit@cnet.com or call us at 1-800-750-CNET. And tweet us!
EMILY: Tune in next week for more tech rumors. And thanks to this week's
sponsor, eBay.E: The crazy part (or maybe NOT so crazy part) is that
following the news of Apple's alleged Pandora competitor, Pandora stock
shares took a nosedive: a 17 percent drop! So whaddya think?
EMILY: Lay off of my favorite service on earth, Apple. I may be getting an
iphone, but I LOVE Pandora. Just bc I dont want You messing with it, Im
going to say Apple wont do this to me. To me personally.
KARYNE: I think this will happen -- Pandora is the one company Apple
hasn't yet tried to murder.
EMILY: For our next rumor: the Internet was abuzz this week with news that
Samsung might be announcing the Galaxy S4 at Mobile World Congress in
February, and will be released a month later. The Korea Times learned this
information from an anonymous Samsung official. Seems fishy, right?
KARYNE: Totally fishy. Also, drink to an anonymous source!
EMILY: Then other unnamed officials jumped into the mix, saying that the
new device would be 5 inches, would have LTE support, a quad-core chip,
and a high-def display.
KARYNE: I think it would be awesome, but I also think it's a pipe dream --
mostly because Samsung went on the record of note -- Twitter -- to say that
the rumor simply isn't true.
EMILY: What do you guys think? Don't forget to vote! We're going to go ask
the people of San Francisco what they think...
Emily: Thats our show everyone, share your rumors at
rumorhasit@cnet.com or call us at 1-800-750-CNET. And tweet us!
KARYNE: Tune in next week for more tech rumors. And thanks to this
week's sponsor, eBay, where you might be able to get an iPhone 5 for two
grand
EMILY: From someone who stayed up all night waiting in line for it so you
dont have to.
