Mossberg on new iPhone: it'll have "lots of added features," available within a month?
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Jun 4th 2009 1:20AM
posted Jun 4th 2009 1:20AM
Let's just be totally honest with each other here: Walt Mossberg probably has a new iPhone that none of us have ever seen. In fact, he could very well have two or more, depending on exactly what Apple intends to unveil at WWDC next week. We doubt the guy's actively trying to blow Apple's cover, but he's been surprisingly candid in the past ahead of press embargoes both on the original model and the 3G, so it's anyone's guess what's really going on in that mind of his -- other than proper goatee grooming techniques, obviously -- and there's a little gem in his just-released Pre review that gives us pause:"Whether the Pre is better than the iPhone depends on your personal preferences, though I'd note that the new iPhone to be unveiled next week will have lots of added features that could alter those calculations."Now granted, Walt could simply be talking about all the great stuff 3.0 will bring to the platform, but we tend to think there's something a little more revealing afoot here -- the notion that the new iPhone is awesome enough to potentially tip the scale against the Pre for some cross-shoppers. Whether it's the rumored 3.2 megapixel AF camera, the integrated radio tuner, the OLED display, the faster processor, the butter pecan ice cream dispenser, or some totally unknown stuff that has him fired up, we don't know -- but we wouldn't be surprised if Palm execs were furiously refreshing our liveblog of Schiller's keynote come next Monday.
Update: Reading further into the review, Walt continues to walk the fine line between harmless speculation and thinly-veiled news leakage, saying that new iPhone hardware will be "likely available within a month." He also goes on to mention that it'll "likely" lack a physical keyboard, quashing a longstanding rumor that's gone quiet in recent months.
first??
yes im first for the first time..hurray for me..
I Need Sleep I Need New Iphone now. Or a sandwich.
Isn't saying 1st a good way to either get banned, or just have people abuse you endlessly through out this thread?
Anyway, if Apple releases an iPhone with a physical slide out *landscape* keyboard, I would buy one in a heart beat. And, in all honesty, I kind of wish they would. But since that's not likely for another revision or two of the product, which likely means another year or two, then I'll just have to tide myself over a with a spiffy Touch Pro2... or whatever they call the damn thing. Oh, and the Pre? No thanks. It's a personal thing, but I honestly can't tolerate portrait style KB's. JMHO! :-)
the iphone is as big as this guy's head.
Mossberg is a tool, a Apple fanboy at his worst. Everything he says is biased, always comparing it to the Jesus Phone. I no longer look to him for fair and unbiased reviews.
I couldnt agree with you more Nerdherder...
Walt is a tool and a fricken idiot that thinks iPhone does it all, when it doesnt... Its taken 3 revisions to get it this far... Apple has too many excuses for not wanting to say "we couldnt do it" and "we wanted to push a phone out more"...
Seriously, are we still calling people "fanboys" and referring to it as a "Jesus Phone"? :( Now that that is out of the way...
I agree that he is a tool who doesn't actually know crap about the new phone, and who is still living off of the glory of the first phone. He was a pawn and his time has passed so it's good that you ignore his views.
I personally find that reviews by people like yourself are the BEST way to get a feel for things because you're not getting paid out of it and will speak your mind. I really like reading about what other people think and I think Mossberg should be paying US.
Let's be real... Walt fancies himself an indie technologist, reality is he is an ABM (Anything But Microsoft)... It's OK, but let's not confuse this guy with lucid and sound technology advice... come, bald, white, old, grey, and a soul beard? Come on, how many martini's and dinners on Apple has this guy digested?
If it's going to have revolutionary features, it better have video calling. It's 2009 for christ's sake.
Mossberg is a hack and obviously in Jobback pocket. WSJ should immediately replace him with an objective tech columnist.