Does Walt Mossberg Already Have the Third-Gen iPhone?
A sentence in Walt Mossberg’s review of the Palm Pre suggests the Wall Street Journal columnist already has his hands on Apple’s next iPhone. “Whether the Pre is better than the iPhone depends on your personal preferences, though I’d note that the new iPhone to be unveiled next week will have lots of added features that could alter those calculations,” Mossberg wrote in his review. One interpretation is Mossberg could be speculating about the next iPhone based on rumors. But it’s worth noting Mossberg got his hands on an early test unit of the original iPhone in June 2007 — weeks before its official release. So it’s more likely Mossberg is alluding to the third-gen iPhone sitting on his desk, which he can’t yet write about in full detail. If Mossberg does indeed have a third-generation iPhone, that means he also knows when the new handset will be announced — next week at the Worldwide Developers Conference, the sentence suggests. We’re placing our bets on that happening. Did Walt Mossb
