And yet, its more than enough for a rumor. "Whether or not this information is proof that the iPhone 5 and/or iTV is coming to the WWDC [Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference] in June, no one can tell," Nace concludes. "But after confirming the identity of the source, I thought it was something that people who follow iPhone 5 rumors would least want to read about."

Well, of course. Who wouldn't want to at least read about the speculation of a documents clerk ("I can only believe that they might be testers"), looking at high security paperwork with no product names, but only indecipherable code numbers, and with no time frame except "they are definately [sic] getting everything in order for customs"?

The real excitement here is having someone tell you, "I've got a secret." It's still exciting even if, after you've been told the secret, you still don't quite understand it.

John Cox covers wireless networking and mobile computing for Network World. Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnwcoxnww Email: john_cox@nww.comBlog RSS feed: http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/2989/feed

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