Everything coming out now went through him, do you think it really takes a year to develop products? The maps team had been working on the new maps for years. I guess Apple should have invented warp drive in the last year too.
He wouldn't have released it, he will be spinning in his grave right now. They need to ditch Cook and get someone with a pair of balls.
I think they would have released it. It seems they had little choice. It was either release it or renegotiate their contract with Google since it is almost up.
Steve released plenty of crap. Anybody remember iCloud? How about Ping?
Jobs chose Cook and groomed/trained him and I'm sure gave him some specific details on the pipeline.