That's what I heard too! There, do we need more proof that the Rumor Mine is stupid? What they say in this quote is so wrong!
From what I understand the console version wasn't a massive commercial success for EA (they reported sales of about 1m) and both theirs and DICE's priorities are elsewhere (namely Battlefield 3). EA Mobile did have both commercial and critical success with the franchise, so it stands to reason that they'd like to make a sequel. And I hardly think EA as a whole would stand in the way of a successful, profitable game.
They are. Here are all the words he said in this thread: "From PG's Rumor Mine:". Is the quote from the Rumor mine? yes. There, see: hist words are true.