Summary of the October 2012 Apple event

This blog post summarizes what Apple has introduced yesterday.

iPhone 5 and iOS 6 for web developers

The article “iPhone 5 and iOS 6 for HTML5 developers, a big step forward: web inspector, new APIs and more” (by Max Firtman for Breaking the Mobile Web) explains what’s new for web developers.

Thoughts on the September 2012 Apple event

Update 2012-09-14: There are three iPhone 5 models that support different bands (Sect. 7).

This post gives a few thoughts on the September 2012 Apple event.

The iPhone 5 to support NFC?

It will happen eventually, but rumors are increasing that the next iPhone will support Near Field Communication (NFC). NFC would enable the following features:

Real-world Twitter

“Big Words” is a very simple iPhone app idea: Use your mobile device to display Twitter-style messages to other people, in the real world. Fittingly, one of its creators is a Twitter co-founder.

Why do people queue up to buy the iPhone 4S?

The Gadget Blog has surveyed people standing in line for the iPhone 4S at the London Regent Street Apple Store [via MacRumors]. Interesting findings:

Apple’s introductions: is the iPhone 4S disappointing?

Update 2011-10-08: New section “Voices on the web”.

This post gives and overview of the introductions that Apple has made on Oct. 4, 2011. It will also tackle the question whether the iPhone 4S is disappointing.

Apple might remove the home button on iPhones and iPads

Apple seems to be testing iPhones and iPads that don’t have home buttons, any more. Fascinating that we have heard about button-less designs from Android, first.
Making the use of the button optional is a good idea, because it changes (relative) position if one rotates the device. But eliminating the button completely does not make sense, because it is useful for beginners. Gruber has more arguments in favor of keeping the button:

How in the world would you get home on an iPhone using a five-finger pinch while holding it one hand? The iPad seems like a “maybe”, but I find it really hard to imagine a Home-button-less iPhone. And even with the iPad, what about people who don’t have five fingers on one hand? No iPad for them? The iPad is very popular with impaired users. What about taking screenshots?