The Worst Apple Rumors of 2012: Apple Televisions, Huge iPhones And More Stuff That Never Showed Up

The Internet practically overflows with rumors about Apple. Rumors about the next iPhone, the next iPad, the next iPod, the next iMac; whispers of an iTV, or an iCar, an iRoboticHorse; gossip about upcoming software features, and hardware features and features that haven't even been invented yet. It can be dizzying -- and overwhelming -- to keep track of them all, as plentiful as the raindrops that fall from the sky in a thunderstorm.

Given the incredible amount of them, it might not surprise you to learn, then, that many Apple rumors that pop up throughout the year turn out to be totally, completely, pathetically incorrect. Whenever Tim Cook and his executive friends introduce a new product, in fact, a great number of Apple rumors perish, proven wrong by a feature that's not included, a spec that's not announced, a product that never materializes.

Below, just as we did in 2011, we've gathered together a list of all the worst Apple rumors of the year. Though rumors leading up to unveilings of the iPhone 5, iPad 3 and MacBook Pro with Retina display were all fairly accurate, there were still a few errant predictions.

Here, then, is almost everything we were told to expect from Apple that never came. Better luck next year, Apple rumormongers!