Agreed. He put his worst face forward. The article is all uphill from there.

I disagree. Right or wrong on this point, he's engaging in a bit of analysis -- which is, after all, his job. I think Steve would respect that (even if, from a PR/marketing standpoint, he didn't particularly like it -- re Apple's closed-mouth position on unreleased product and marketing).

Bob knew Steve, pretty well. Both adults, who can handle more than one dimension concurrently.

(P.S. I didn't know Steve, and I know Bob only through a few old emails. So, this is just my opinion.

As long as I've gone this far, I'll add that I find the press's read of the 4S misleading. The guts are significantly changed; people seem to be having a hissy fit because the shell was not. Good grief -- the shell has already had X revisions to get pretty darned good.)