In summary, that’s a very smart smartphone we’ve just described: one that knows who owns it, unlocking just for them, one that can listen and respond to your questions, that can provide factual answers or point you to a related mobile app, one where your music library (and maybe more) is stored online, one that includes NFC for mobile payments, and one that works on whatever carrier you choose. Frankly, that sounds downright magical.
Steve Jobs has long been a visionary for this industry, and his ideas and creations have dramatically impacted how people interact with technology. iPhone 5, assuming it offers all the above, could do that yet again. But we’ll have to see if Apple can pull it all off without Jobs’ day-to-day presence at Apple.
I think the device the article outlines is ridiculous. The iPhone 5 will be a revision to the 4, I believe, not a “totally redesigned” handset with tons of hardware upgrades.
Whatever the iPhone 5 is, its been in the works for years. Steve Jobs’ absence isn’t going to a single thing to slow down products set to be released this year.
[via The Brooks Review]