Chủ Nhật, 6 tháng 3, 2011

iPhone 5 revelations we learned this week: white, A5, iOS 5, 4G LTE

How much can one glean about the iPhone 5 at an iPad 2 event which has nothing to do with the iPhone 5? Quite a bit, as Apple’s moves this past week have painted the first clear-ish picture of what’s to come. Here are the revelations we think we picked up on from the latest Apple event:
- The iPad 2 moved to the A5 processor, leaving the old A4 of the original iPad behind. There had been talk of the A5 being delayed, and either not being ready for the iPad 2 or not even being ready for the iPhone 5. But based on this week’s A5 revelation, expect the iPhone 5 to similarly transition to the A5.
- White iPhone 5, meet white iPad 2. Enough said. Any fears that Apple had simply decided it no longer wants to make its iProducts in white are now fully alleviated.
- If the iPhone 5 does offer 4G LTE on Verizon, it’ll be the first Apple product to do so. By leaving 4G out of both the Verizon and AT&T versions of the iPad 2, Apple is committing to leaving its tablet users on pre-4G networks until March of 2012. That doesn’t say much about the speed at which Apple expects either carrier to build out its respective nearly non-existent 4G network. No 4G on the iPad 2 was expected, and doesn’t close the door on the notion of the iPhone 5 having it. But this isn’t the greatest of news.
- The total lack of reference to iOS 5 during the iPad 2 event was probably a smart move, as there’s no reason to give potential iPad 2 buyers any motivation to wait until iOS 5 is available for it; better, then, to treat iOS 5 like it doesn’t exist. But unless Apple holds another event to demo it for developers between now and WWDC in June, that’ll mean that WWDC is the first time any of those developers will get any kind of a look at iOS 5. That’s not enough time for them to do their thing, thus begging the question of whether the iPhone 5 might not really roll in June, or if the iPhone 5 might happen with iOS 5 being a later release – or perhaps there’s an iOS 5 press event coming later. This is one to keep an eye on.
Here’s more on the iPhone 5.
[beatweek]
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Apple Users Want Smaller iPad, Larger Screen for iPhone 5

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Rumors suggest that a new iPad will be hitting the market in early 2011 with a smaller 7-inch screen. And yet, iPhone 4 users are calling for a larger screen for the iPhone 5 to rival the Google/Nexus phone.
Everyone knows that Apple users are dedicated fans of their mobile gadgets: many who bought the iPad owned an iPhone 3Gs beforehand and have since invested in an iPhone 4 after plunking down $600+ for their tablet toy. Interestingly enough, the same demographic of Apple users have conflicting wish lists when it comes to the screen sizes of their favorite gadgets’ next versions.
Not that it has been a big complaint, but many iPad users have expressed interest in an iPad with a smaller screen. As a result, reliable rumors suggest that Apple will unveil a more diminutive, 7-inch mini iPad by the beginning of 2011 (or maybe before Christmas?). Trust me: if Apple does it, it’s because they know there is a big demand for a smaller iPad.
Strangely, the opposite is being said about the iPhone 4: many iPhone users are looking for a larger, more “Droid-sized” screen for the iPhone 5.
The first coverage of peoples’ dismay with the size of the iPhone 4 screen came from David Carnoy’s piece on CNET: “Is the iPhone’s Screen To Small?” wherein he reported on all of the anecdotal feedback he’s gotten from iPhone users across the country about how they are looking for a larger screen on the iPhone 5.
Similarly, I found another article in the Philadelphia Enquirer’s online magazine about how the Android has edged out the iPhone 4 in many ways, once of which is its larger screen. One of the people cited in the article explains: ”I decided on the Droid . . . because it has the largest screen, and it’s extremely easy to type on, and it’s very easy and intuitive to use.”
While we have reliable sources to confirm the possibility of a “mini iPad” in 2011, no actionable intelligence has come yet regarding a resizing of the screen for the iPhone 5, even though it may be too early to make that call, now that there is a brand-new engineer ostensibly heading the iPhone 5 development team.
That being said, tech journalists are taking note of their own readership on this issue and writing about it, which suggests that the opinion is widespread.
As far as back the iPhone 3G, the screen size has remained 3.5 inches. Why hasn’t the screen gotten larger? Simple: “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
The appearance of the Droid on the scene, however, has changed the calculus on screen size, to be sure. Up until the Droid, there was really no viable contender to take on the iPhone. While Blackberry and other smart phones may have taken up a larger piece of the marketplace, none of their phone designs really competed with the vibe of the iPhone, nor did any of the other smarty phone designers ever take on the iPhone in marketing and promotional campaigns.
Google changed all that. (And they were probably the only company who could have gotten away with it.)
From the outset, the Droid was marketed as a better iPhone. And a larger screen obviously has swayed some people to the Droid side, instead of opting for an iPhone 4.
As in other intimate things in life, size obviously does matter, and getting screen sizes right is going to be a key consideration for all mobile device designers going forward.
As for Apple and the iPhone 5, don’t be surprised if we see more screen in the new design, even if the overall shape and dimension remain the same.
[via iphone5newsblog]
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iPhone 5 watch now unofficial focus for next three months

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Officially, the iPhone 5 doesn’t exist. But try telling that to consumers, whose attention will quickly shift to the next generation iPhone once they each make up their mind whether or not to take the plunge on the newly introduced iPad 2 next week. So why the quick focal shift to a product which won’t be introduced until at least June and of which very little is currently known? Because the current iPhone 4 is long in the tooth by Apple’s annual update standards, because those who are still considering buying one at this late date must weigh the benefits of waiting for the next one, and because there’s an expectation that it’ll break new ground, just as most of the previous iPhone generations have done. So as the next three months unofficially become the Great iPhone 5 Watch Period, here are some key points to keep an eye on.
iPad 2 carryover: Apple has graduated to the faster A5 processor with the iPad 2, leaving little reason to expect it not to be in the iPhone 5 as well. And now that Apple has released a white iPad, it raises hopes of a white iPhone 5. The difference of course is that the white iPhone 4 would have been white nearly all over its glass body, which is a different issue than merely producing a white iPad 2. If Apple has indeed solved the white iPhone manufacturing dilemma, then the iPhone 5 could easily come in white – if it uses the same external material.
Styling: That last part above is actually up in the air. Apple used one body styling for the first iPhone, another for the next two generations, and then a third styling for the fourth iPhone. What does that tell us about what changes the iPhone 5 might see? Nothing. But consider this: Apple has already used the iPhone 4 body styling on both the original iPhone 4 and the Verizon iPhone 4, which were launched nearly half a year apart and are seen as two different iterations in the eyes of many. Smart money says Apple will do something to visibly change up the iPhone 5, but the extent of those possible changes is anyone’s guess.
Specs: The iPad and iPod touch have been at a 64 GB top end capacity since 2010. The iPhone still maxes out at half that. Will Apple finally bring the iPhone 5 on par with its iCounterparts? If so it may be short lived, as the iPod touch could go to 128 GB in September, making the iPod Classic finally expendable in the eyes of even the horde-iest of users.
iOS 5: After three iterations of the iPhone interface not changing much (2.0 brought third party apps and 3.0 added major new software features but not fundamental changes), iOS 4 finally brought real change to the iPhone: the dock, folders, and multitasking. iOS 5, which could debut alongside the iPhone 5, could bring even bigger fundamental departures now that Apple appears to finally be willing to allow the iPhone interface to morph into something significantly different than the one it shipped with back in 2007.
Here’s more on the iPhone 5.
[beatweek]
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Heads Finally Start to Roll Over iPhone 4 Antenna Flap, Shapes Future of iPhone 5

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Mark Papermaster, head of the iPhone 4 hardware development, has left Apple — ostensibly over the antenna issue. How will a new hardware engineer shape the course of the iPhone 5?
If you surf the entire tech blogosphere, you’re bound to find enough conflicting perspectives and opinions on the iPhone 4 antenna issue to justify the term antennagate. Whether you fall on the side that believes that the faulty iPhone 4 antenna is a mis-step for Apple, or that the antenna issue was a trumped-up charge and non-starter that Apple was forced to address more for PR damage control than customer dissatisfaction, I think the departure of iPhone 4 hardware guru Mark Papermaster says it all:
When heads roll at a multi-billion dollar corporation like Apple, big-time money was clearly lost. Look at BP and their shedding of bumbling CEO Tony Hayward.
As consumers (and tech bloggers), we have to learn to distrust the company line from companies like Apple; while they have repeatedly tried to play down the issue and frame it as a smear campaign by Apple detractors (maybe Bill Gates is behind it?), talk is cheap.
Firing a guy like Mark Papermaster is a big deal, especially after all of the trouble he and Apple had to go through for him to “switch sides” from IBM to Apple.
So, now that Papermaster’s leaving/firing implicitly settles the debate of how big of a deal the antenna issue is for Steve Jobs and Apple, we can now look forward to a new hardware designer for the iPhone 5 whose main mission will be to fix the antenna problem.
Apple’s antenna technology has always been nothing short of way cool. as far back as the first wireless iMacs, Apple was embedding their AirPort antenna around the entire perimeter of the computer screen. That was a really groundbreaking idea.
The iPhone 4′s antenna design — which makes use of the aluminum band that runs around the periphery of the phone itself, seemed to be inspired by the iMac AirPort concept and looks good on paper.
Until you take into account that fact that when your hand touches the metal, it can zap the attenuation of the phone. Growing up, it seemed like an early lesson to learn that metal conducts. I suppose all those years serving geeky IBM sapped Papermaster of the lessons learned in elementary school Science class.
That being said, the entrance of Bob Mansfield as the replacement for Papermaster sheds a hopeful light on the iPhone 5 design. while Papermaster would’ve lobbied to stick with the design of the iPhone and “fix” the antenna (such as with a permanently affixed bumper), Mansfield’s arrival might allow for completely new design for the iPhone 5 and a redesign of the iPhone’s antenna.
Given the absolute genius of the iPhone franchise, as well as the groundbreaking features of the iPhone 4 (who would’ve thought that mobile video calls would now be a reality?), it’s hard to imagine how the otherwise brilliant performance of a tech guru like Papermaster could end in his ouster.
But again, big corporation ways are not our ways and, no matter how altruistic we imagine Apple and Steve Jobs to be, in the end, it all comes down to making money.
[via iphone5newsblog]
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Eight ball: iPhone 5 summer launch, Verizon or otherwise, sees doubt

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The iPhone 5 was never going to be mentioned during Wednesday’s iPad 2 press event, both for reasons of not wanting to overshadow the latter’s launch and for wanting to keep the iPhone focus on the current model. But one thing was missing from the event, and for the moment places behind the eight ball the notion of whether the iPhone 5, whether it be the Verizon model or the AT&T model, will surface in June or July like so many (including us) are expecting and like Apple has done every summer since the iPhone has existed. Apple failed to give even a brief mention to the upcoming iOS 5 operating system – and Apple’s history also shows that each new iPhone has arrived with a new version of iOS.
The iPhone 5 needs very little advance warning, as accessory makers simply need to get their hands on the specs (select few will be told privately in advance) so they can begin cranking out cases and such. But an operating system is different. With thousands of third party App Store developers on board, they need to know the big picture of the next operating system well in advance so they can write their upcoming titles with the new features and capabilities in mind. As of right now, app developers have nothing to work with when it comes to iOS 5 – and unless Apple releases that information separately later, they won’t have anything by the time the iPhone 5 rolls out this summer. Unless, of course, the iPhone 5 is shipping without iOS 5 – or the iPhone 5 is shipping later than summer.
Smart money is still on the iPhone 5 surfacing this summer on both AT&T and Verizon, with a puncher’s change of emerging on Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time. But this sudden lack of anything regarding iOS 5 does cast the first bit of doubt as to what Apple is really planning when it comes to the nature of, and the release date of, the iPhone 5.
Here’s more on the iPhone 5.
[beatweek]
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Delay in White iPhone 4 Release Suggests iPhone 5 for Early 2011

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Courtesy of www.blog.wirelessground.com
The white version of the iPhone 4 was slated to be released in July 2010, but has been shelved for later in the year. Could this delay be due to an iPhone 5 in time for early 2011?
Oh, the feng shui of electronics! Just like modern-day cowboys, gadget junkies have swapped white and black hats for white and black Wiis, and the color choices of your phone, computer, or game platform apparently has come to mean something. Sure, lots of phone manufacturers offer designer colors for their mobile phones, but when a gadget comes in either white or black, you’re talking the language of the gadget geek.
Just as Nintendo was able to revitalize their already successful Wii platform simply by adding a black version of the console and controllers, Apple too has promised to deliver a white version of the iPhone 4. actually it was supposed to already have hit the market.
Apparently, not all of us iPhone 4 users are comfortable in black (although it is said to be a rather slimming color).
While I could write a whole story on the “identity politics” of using a black versus white iPhone 4, instead, let’s focus on reading between Apple’s lines and deconstruct what a release of the white iPhone 4 for “later in the year” might mean when prophesying the release of the iPhone 5.
Typically, companies like Apple like to space out their big, bold product launches. As a result, it’s hard to imagine that if a white iPhone 4 model makes its way onto the market — perhaps around Christmas time? — that Apple will follow up with a brand-new iPhone 5 as early as January 2011 (which is what is being reported as a credible iPhone 5 rumor).
Granted, Apple has recently become more aggressive in bringing its new marquee products to market in bursts: the iPad made its debut in April of 2010, with the iPhone 4 hitting stores just 2 months later in June. That’s a lotta Apple in a short amount of time!
However, even though some have accused the iPad as being an oversized iPhone, in reality, the iPad and iPhone are apples and oranges to those of us who love and use Apple gadgets. And because Apple’s marketing department understands this, it isn’t completely surprising to imagine how the iPad and iPhone 4 could have been successfully released in such short proximity to one another.
With this is mind, it is completely plausible that an early winter release of the white iPhone 4 could be followed up by an early 2011 appearance of the iPhone 5. Just as Apple is apt to reduce the price of their older-model iPhone as a secondary promo campaign to the release of the newer model, the white iPhone 4 could simply be a short-term Christmas item that quickly gets forgotten in the fanfare of a new iPhone 5 design.
Given some of the issues that the iPhone has suffered from, that might be exactly what Apple wants after all.
[via iphone5newsblog]
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iPhone 5, iPad 3, Verizon, 4G, iOS 5: what yesterday’s silence means

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Those who tuned in yesterday for news on the iPad 2 got exactly what they came for. Everyone else got the silent treatment. To the surprise of very few, Apple made no mention of various other topics yesterday. And that speaks volumes, because even when an Apple press event has a singular focus, Jobs and company still manage to work in any other information that they want out there, no matter how unrelated. Even as Steve was running off the total iPhone sales since 2007, he was avoiding any numbers related specifically to the Verizon iPhone 4. And for those who thought the iPhone 5 might come early or the iPad 3 might come in short order, well, think again. And Apple isn’t as interested in 4G as Verizon wishes Apple were, at least not right now. While interpreting silence is a dangerous game, here’s a little taste of what some of it might mean for your pet product line or most-wanted feature.
4G iPhone 5: Apple could have gone 4G with the iPad 2 but chose not to, despite several other Verizon-compatible tablets having announced plans to do so. This means that Apple doesn’t think Verizon’s 4G LTE (or for that matter, AT&T’s even sketchier 4G network) is all that close to being ready. With the iPad 3 not likely to debut until 2012, Apple is comfortable with its flagship tablet being 4G-less through all of 2011. This isn’t the best of news for those who are looking for a 4G-enabled iPhone 5, but it’s not a dealbreaker, either. After all, both carriers should have their 4G networks further built out by the summer, when the iPhone 5 is most likely to surface.
Verizon iPhone 4: Verizon keeps saying that sales of its new iPhone 4 are the best in the company’s history. Apple keeps saying nothing to back that up. In other words, while the sales must be somewhat impressive, they’re not glowing enough by Apple standards for Steve Jobs to have gotten up there yesterday and announced them. He only does that kind of thing when the numbers are not just impressive, but impressive sounding, such as when he did announce yesterday that iPhone sales have surpassed a hundred million overall.
iPad 3: Read as far between the lines as you like, but there was nothing in yesterday’s event, not even the slightest unintentional slip, to suggest that the new iPad 2 will be on the market for less than a year. Those who believe the iPad 3 will arrive this fall have very little evidence (none, really) to back that up. All they have is the fact that Apple’s iOS products are very nearly always released on annual cycles. True to form, the iPad 2 is shipping about 11.5 months after the original iPad shipped.
iOS 5: Speaking of iOS 5, Apple chose to focus on the about-to-be-released iOS 4.3 yesterday rather than delve into the next gen iOS 5, which won’t likely be out until the summer. Interpret that however you will.
Here’s more on the iPad 2. Here’s more on the iPhone 5.
[beatweek]
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The New Shape of the iPhone 5

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The authors of an article in the Wall St. Journal about Apple’s new Verizon-ready iPhone managed to sneak in an eyebrow-raising paragraph that prognosticates about the structural design of the iPhone 5. Interspersed between lines and lines of perspective about the up-coming CDMA-based iPhone 4 that will be compatible with the Verizon network, journalists Yukari Iwatani Kane And Ting-I Tsai commented that:
Separately, Apple is also developing a new iPhone model, said people briefed on the phone. One person familiar said the fifth-generation iPhone would be a different form factor than those that are currently available, said one person familiar with the new iPhone plan. It was unclear how soon that version would be available to Verizon or other carriers.
Bookended by a set of redundant phrases that should get these guys fired for lousy writing, there is a nugget of iPhone 5 information: “a different form factor” is planned for the iPhone 5. When we’re talking about “form factors,” we’re talking about a new look and external design to the iPhone.
Ever since the beginning of the reliable iPhone 5 rumors in July, people have been Photoshopping and mocking up their versions of what the iPhone 5 would look like. Most of the designs that have risen to the top, however, have been nothing truly “out of the box.” But given the cryptic comment above, we can surmise that Apple has something groundbreaking in the works for the how the next iPhone will look and feel in the palm of your hand — something that no one is anticipating.
And given the fact that the Verizon iPhone is going to be a variant of AT&T’s iPhone 4, the iPhone 5 is going to have to be a game-changer.
Since the advent of the original iPhone, the exterior and design materials have not changed much, with Apple opting for an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach and the aim to create the iPhone into a ubiquitous design that is immediately recognizable and iconic. However, due to the antenna problems associated with the iPhone 4 — a hardware issue that is directly connected to the design and construction of the device itself — Apple may be ready to roll out a completely new design.
So what can we expect the iPhone 5 to look like?
Quite possibly, the exterior of the iPhone 5 will be driven by a larger touch screen. We’ve already written about how many iPhone users are calling for a larger, Android-like screen. With Apple purportedly answering this call, the next iPhone 5 could feature a large, vanishing-edge screen that has no bezel or plastic around the screen at all. In addition, I’ve also heard from a source of mine that Apple is ultimately seeking to drive the iPad and iPhone into becoming one device;  something larger than the current iPhone that is more iPad-like in design, but with mobile phone-like functionality.
If this is the case, then expect the iPhone 5 to perhaps become the “missing link” to whatever Apple sees at their next-generation mobile device. Bigger. More screen-oriented. More “iPad’ish.”
[via iphone5newsblog]
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Verizon slips up, admits iPhone 5 is a summer release after all

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Any doubt about the iPhone 5 release schedule was just cleared up by Verizon, perhaps inadvertently, and rather oddly on the eve of a major unrelated product announcement from Apple. Verizon is currently trying to lure iPhone users away from AT&T, and one of the major stumbling blocks is the fact that many longtime AT&T iPhone users are grandfathered into unlimited data plans, which AT&T stopped offering to new customers awhile ago. Verizon has attempted to work around that by offering an unlimited data option for the Verizon iPhone 4. But in an attempt to keep its own data network from being blown up by the iPhone influx, Verizon announced today that unlimited data plans will no longer be available to new iPhone customers as of this summer. It’s an obvious ploy on Verizon’s part, attempting to convince wavering consumers to go ahead and take the plunge on the Verizon iPhone 4 now instead of waiting for the Verizon iPhone 5. But by using the magic word summer, Verizon just all but confirmed that the iPhone 5 will in fact be a summer release. Oops.Every new iPhone generation has been released in the summer, so smart money has always been on the iPhone 5 doing the same. But with the Verizon iPhone 4 oddly arriving in the winter, some saw that as a shift which would then see the iPhone 5 become a later release, if not for both carriers than perhaps solely late arriving on Verizon. But in its attempt to get potential Verizon iPhone 4 buyers to not wait for the iPhone 5, the carrier just gave away one of Apple’s most obvious secrets. Verizon would actually have given away less by simply saying that unlimited data plans will only be available for as long as the Verizon iPhone 4 is on the market, or even by flat-out saying that they’ll go away when the iPhone 5 arrives. But by using the word summer, even without mentioning the fact that there will be an iPhone 5 or even admitting that the Verizon iPhone 4 will someday be discontinued, Verizon just gave away information on a product which Apple is still hoping most consumers won’t figure out exists. And if consumers can put two and two together, Verizon’s inadvertent confirmation that the Verizon iPhone 5 will arrive sooner than later could end up motivating more consumers to wait, rather than dive in – except, of course, for those who consider unlimited data plans more important than having their hands on the latest iPhone model. Then again, nothing says consumers can’t buy a Verizon iPhone 4 now, get onto the unlimited data plan, and then move to a Verizon iPhone 5 when the time comes. That is, if they’re willing to live with the ensuing upgrade pricing snafu.
Here’s more on iPhone 5.
[beatweek]
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iPhone 5 already more popular than iPhone 4 or Verizon iPhone

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Apple’s worst nightmare in the iPhone space isn’t the growing sales numbers of the competing Android platform; that anomaly will correct itself when the iPhone 5 launches simultaneously on multiple carriers later this year. No, the nightmare scenario for Apple is that it’s done such a nice job of advancing products like the iPhone from one generation to the next that consumers are now more focused on the next model than the current one. It’s alright that interest in the iPad 1 has faded in the days leading up to tomorrow’s iPad 2 introduction. But with Apple still attempting to milk what it can out of the aging iPhone 4 until at least the summer, the company can’t be thrilled by the fact that when users type “iPhone” into popular search engines like Google, predictive search offers “iPhone 5″ ahead of “iPhone 4″ or even the recently launched “iPhone Verizon.”
This isn’t the fault of the search engines. Such suggestions are based on the popularity of the search terms themselves. And it means that there are now more people seeking information about the iPhone 5, which hasn’t been announced and won’t conceivably be available until at least June 2011 or later, than either of Apple’s current iPhone 4 incarnations. Several mitigating arguments can be made, from the fact that information regarding the iPhone 4 (Verizon or otherwise) is already known and therefore is searched for less, to the notion that iPhone 4 information can be had directly from apple.com, whereas gathering iPhone 5 reconnaissance requires searching elsewhere.
But still, Apple can’t be thrilled about the sheer number of “iPhone 5″ searches which must be taking place daily in order for it to become the top iPhone related search term. The company just launched the Verizon iPhone 4 last month, so it clearly still wants the public’s iPhone focus to be on the fourth generation. And if there’s any new product Apple is hoping consumers will pay attention to right now, it’s the iPad 2 which is less than a day away from going public.
There’s also the question of just why people are searching for information regarding the iPhone 5. Some are merely enthusiasts, who are seeking any Apple related details they can find. But most mainstream consumers are more likely to be looking for information on when the iPhone 5 is being released and what features it’ll offer, in the name of using that information as part of their decision on whether to buy an iPhone 4 (or Verizon iPhone 4) right now or continue waiting. And in that sense, perhaps it’s not bad news for Apple after all, if consumers’ interest in the company’s far-out future products is indeed a result of their intentions to possibly purchase a current product rather than waiting.
Here’s more on iPhone 5.
[beatweek]
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Is AirSync the Next Big Thing for the iPhone 5?

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I’ve wanted it ever since the first iPod. I’ve hoped for it with every iPhone. I hate that even the Zune has it. Wireless sync. Why, Apple, why do we not have it? There was even an iPhone app rejected for this very feature last fall. Steve Jobs even replied in one of his infamous one-liner emails that it was coming. When?!
I think it may be with the next iPhone. I see Apple trying to get all worlds aligned, the digital hub of iTunes and the method of getting to that hub, the network. The iPhone saw some cool tricks with AirPrint and AirPlay in iOS 4.2 and we hear 4.3 will finally make AirPlay what it should have been from the start with the ability to send Hulu Plus or Netflix to your Apple TV. I think it’s quite possible that we will finally see AirSync in the next update to the iPhone operating system, iOS 5.
Let me explain why I believe wireless sync will finally come to the iPhone with next major upgrade. First, the aforementioned email from Steve Jobs on the heals of iOS 4s release would give heavy indication that this feature is on the table of the labs of Cupertino’s most sought after stock on Wall Street. In that message, he told Rick Proctor that it was coming. “Yep, someday,” was the simple reply. Instead of blowing Proctor off or not even responding, Jobs gave hope that it in fact was down the road. Granted, someday could mean anything but if it were years, why even bother taking the time to type, “Yep, someday” and hit SEND?
Another strong piece of evidence is Chris Galzerano’s recent find as reported by Cult of Mac. Galzerano claims to have found some wireless syncing in the framework of SDK of iOS 4.3. While Galzerano believes it will appear in 4.3, I believe Apple will hold off until iOS 5 for a few reasons. First, it will need more than just a few weeks of testing to get right. Second, this really is a nice dog and pony show kind of feature to present to an auditorium full of reporters. Steve Jobs likes stuff like that.
Lastly, the iPhone 5, with its brand-spanking-new operating system, will need a list of compelling features to entice new purchases. AirSync will go beyond just syncing over WiFi, but also over your cellular connection. Yes, meaning you will be able to sync your contacts, events, books, and even music while on the Interstate. Like apps and podcasts today, Apple will restrict your downloads to 15 MB limits to keep the AT&Ts of the cellular world happy.
Making AirSync iPhone 4 and higher only will force 3GS and lower users to purchase the iPhone 5 if this is a much sought after feature. I know it would make me not question the purchase, as I have skipped the iPhone 4 myself. With speculation of NFC in the next iPhone (read my post on that) along with more memory, faster processor, and hopefully improved battery life, AirSync would just be one more reason to go for the plunge.
Truth is, I really hope AirSync comes soon because as I said, it’s something I’ve wanted since the first iPod all those years ago. Man, if Microsoft can have it, why can’t Apple? Come one Steve, make this personal!
[via iphone5newsblog]
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