Appletell

So every couple of days a new rumor comes out about how Apple will succeed and what product is to be released next. Now, its not just sites and writers making up these rumors, its usually ‘analysts.’ I don’t quite understand what it is these analysts do other than create rumors and get paid to do so (sounds like an awesome job though).

The latest is from an analyst who explains that there will be over 45 million iPhone sales in 2009. The reasoning behind this? Current rumors about where the iPhone will be released next. It’s actually quite funny to see people believe this stuff, I could just as easily pull a number out of nowhere and throw in a few BS facts to say what is going to happen next.

I want to know what you think though, what do you think of analysts and do they provide any use to the industry other than starting rumors? Let me know in the comments.

As much as the fanboys love their rumour sites, from AppleInsider to MacScoop, there’s another segment of the grapevine that has been known to leak the latest Apple news (and I’m not talking Mossberg here). They are analysts of course - and their latest predictions are in.

Analyst Mike Abramsky for RBC Capital:

Apple will meet it’s iPhone sales goal of 10 million in the first 18 months
16GB and lower priced iPhones for 2007, 3G and larger resolution displays for 2008
Canadian and European iPhone launches between Q4 ‘07 and Q2 ‘08
Asia iPhone launch by mid-2008
New nano and video iPods by the end of 2007 with larger displays, more memory, and Wi-Fi
There will be no “iPhone nanos”

Analyst Gene Munster for Piper Jaffray:

80% chance of new iMacs soon
a 13-inch ultra-portable is under development
Mac OS X-based iPods are under development

Read [AppleInsider] and [MacNN]