BlkPaladin said:
Reading on that article posted on the reliability of the source, the conclusion basically sums it up:
"Mundane or logical-sounding Digitimes rumors usually amount to more than eyebrow-raising ones. If it says that Apple’s going to use LED backlighting in MacBooks or add video playback to iPods — well, there’s a decent chance that Apple will. But if it reports that the company will ditch LCDs for OLEDs or equip Macs with touch-screens, don’t assume that its sources know what they’re talking about.
Rumors from parts suppliers are imprecise, even when there’s something there. When Digitimes first wrote about iPhones with gyroscopes and iPads with Retina displays, the main thing it got wrong was the timing — they showed up a year after it expected them to arrive.
Digitimes rarely does anything other than to simply pass along gossip it’s heard. It almost always relays rumors without any analysis or context that might help readers gauge them. At least I only found one instance — when it reported on an alleged OLED iPad — when it expressed any skepticism."
And this rumor sounds little more then click bait gossip from a low level parts supplier. It seems also they are usually a year or more off of a lot of the rumors they are correct on. The last paragraph goes even further to say that it's just better to ignore them until someone else independantly varifies them, since they are wrong so often.
The Source listed again (orginally from Hedra42): http://techland.time.com/2012/05/14/digitimes-apple-rumors/2/
So take this with a grain of salt.
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ohmylanta1003 said:
Soundwave said:
Regarding Apple there likely is much more disinformation with Apple because everyone and their grandma is obsessed with breaking anything new about the latest iPhone or iPad. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple themselves actively distributes false disinformation.
Apple is kind of their own industry beast, I doubt getting a scoop on a Nintendo system is really all that much of a hot ticket to anyone other than like Nintendo fans. |
Why don't you just accept that Digitimes is not a consistantly reliable source and we should probably not take this article too seriously?
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I follow Digitmes on daily basis (part of my job), and I can say that they are pretty reliable, but of course they can mistake but that isn't so often.
I think that there is some truth in this report about Nintendo.
