I think that I should build a widget that counts down the number of days until the iPhone and touch-screen video iPod will be released. The widget would display a different random number every four hours.

Today marked the release of many new rumors. This includes a hot rumor from a highly untested, not to mention vague, source: “Gizmodo Knows: iPhone Will Be Announced On Monday. I guarantee it. It isn’t what I expected at all. And I’ve already said too much.”

So far, everyone is taking this with a grain of salt approximately the size of Montana. Some people are even hedging that announcement to mean that it might not be next Monday, but some later Monday, which would be incredibly lame.

Think Secret, on the other hand, says that the release will be delayed, and is releasing yet another contradictory set of specs relative to earlier rumors. They say the iPhone will not be 3G, but instead will be 2.5G, and that Apple is trying to get carriers not to subsidize the iPhone, else it will become a simple “commodity.” They also say that it should be considered more an iPod with a phone than a phone with an iPod.

In the meantime, expectations are again high for Mac sales next year.