He DID. Until Forstall was ****canned for the utter crap that iOS 6 was on first release and Sir Jony was put in charge of all interface design, both hardware and software.
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Highly unlikely. WWDC is THE time to release developer previews as it is the developers conference and Apple's preference seems to be clearly to release the new software and new hardware for the phone (if not soon all iOS devices) at the same time.
Expect the Fall release of the iPhone and iPad to stay for the next few years if not for good.
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Yep really. Until someone has the balls to take the issue to court, the FCC etc US carriers will keep this up.
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IF ipads come out at any point in the spring. The whole iPad 4 thing could have been a move to reposition the annual launch to pre holiday since the iPad is becoming a hot gift item.
Unless we're getting a six-month iPad product cycle.