I really don't like this co-branding the Times has been doing for awhile. This is actually a ReadWriteWeb article, not an article written by Times staff, and not one that goes through the Times' fact-checking process or anything else.<p>Here's the original: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/iphone_5_completely_redesigned.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/iphone_5_completely_red...</a><p>Every time I get an article like this, and it's under the times brand, I presume that it's been through the editorial processes of the Times. But it hasn't. It's a way to confuse credibility and I really wish the Times wouldn't do this.
Only Apple can get this sort of marketing fluff in the <i>The New York Times</i> very morning Wall Street will respond to the announcement about Jobs. When <i>Endgadget</i> calling their sources "Reliable"is sufficient for its editors, the <i>Times</i> is only one or two steps above <i>MacRumors</i>.
Why does it have to mention Steve as a key part to the process in such a way that his leave of absence determines the success or failure of Apple ? The last few quarters have been pretty good for them right ?<p>Jobs was absent for a good bit in 2009 (the same year 3GS was released). I think that if Jobs is the visionary and leader everyone talks about then a few months without him cannot dent the Apple market and development. The company will still run, it is still running. It did it in 2009 and it can do it again in my opinion.
I didn't see anything in there about a new <i>design</i>, just different software capabilities. A new <i>design</i>, to me, would be a slightly larger screen so that my Kindle-App technical books would be more readable.
Sounds like they've bought too much of the hype without having any tangible to show for it.<p>It's very likely that we won't see a Home button on any future iOS devices; that's pretty impressive, but the new gestures seem to perform the same function really well. It should put Apple way ahead of other mobile platforms who still struggle with which order to place all their buttons.
Re: Jobs's absence, AAPL stock increased by 52% while he was gone from January 2009 to the start of July 2009.<p>Given that the iPhone 5 has been effectively complete for a little while, and given Apple's performance during 2009H1, I really don't see why there's a question about Apple's performance in 2011.
It is far too late for Jobs' illness to have any effect on the iPhone 5. That product is practically done from a design standpoint if it is going to be in user's hands by July.<p>If anything the iPhone 5 will be largely similar to the iPhone 4 except faster and with an NFC chip in it. And yes, a dual CDMA/GSM radio which happens to come from Qualcomm.