But the "low-end model," the equally elusive so-called iPhone 4S, "which is essentially an iPhone 4 look-alike (glass front and back), is rolling off the assembly line in big numbers right now. Apple expects to have 10+ million of these things on hand for launch and full ramped production into the holiday shopping season. These will be priced aggressively and be everywhere."

What about the date, you ask? 9to5Mac has some real info about that, too. "We still think October 7th is the scheduled release date give or take any delays," he writes, in classic iOSsphere style: It sounds definite without actually being definitive. Is Oct. 7 the "delayed slightly at the very least" date or the original date that might become "delayed slightly at the very least"? Is it the announcement date or the shipment date? Or the order date or preorder date or the online special offer pre-preordering date? Or the date those coveted official Apple invitations will be sent out to the eager throngs of iOSsphere bloggers and pundits?

iPhone 5 spells doom for RIM's BlackBerry line.

Actually, it "marks death knell" for BlackBerry, according to Bill Palmer's confident .

"BlackBerry maker RIM has been losing smartphone marketshare since the day the iPhone arrived in 2007, and that erosion will grow by leaps and bounds with the arrival of the iPhone 5 on three U.S. carriers," he writes.