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Is “Spock-Prime” from the TOS/TNG “primary continuity” universe at all? It would appear so with many the references to previous movies but does he mention NX-01 at all? It could be ENT and iTrek exist in its own reality if old Spock could have begin to vanish like Marty in Back to the Future, which means the new timeline will eventually replay events seen through 40 years of Trek in the new universe. Looks like it's the schizophrenic No Fate Terminator paradox to me in an entirely parallel reality like BSG instead of a divergent incursion caused by the fracken Romulans.

Since TOS Star Trek always had it's own way of handling time travel which follows if you can go back and repair the damage then you can safely return to your own reality in the future (they argue that subspace can do anything). New Trek follows the old sci-fi theory that you may only travel to the past because the future has not happened yet and as soon as you arrive in the past you've created an alternate timeline just by being there.

Time travel works differently to such a degree that this new universe might as well be its own timeline without ever intersecting with the prime universe (and with those massive shuttle bay and engineering sets Enterprise might as well be a mile long and a half wide). Before Narada arrives in the movie continuity technology and events already suffer drastic differences than ever mentioned in TOS. Personally I find it easier to ignore those couple of episodes of ENT where they try to connect that series to TNG.

What they should have done for Star Trek XI is introduce the Enterprise-F with an all new crew to battle a Borg/Romulan superweapon alliance where Vulcan and Romulus are destroyed 20 years after Nemesis. This new character they created and prodigy montage serving as backstory for Kirk could have been called Smith with little consequence to Captain Kirk or Captain Smith respectively. With a cadet crew and a destabilized galaxy that would have made for an awesome round of new movies without bothering with rebranding the franchise for movie goers who aren't Star Trek fans to begin with.

Imagine a disenfranchised teen who's ancient automobile collecting starship captain's father was killed in action much like George Kirk and the Kelvin. In a scene where young Smith and his talented half Romulan/half Vulcan science-wiz best buddy for life rig anti-gravity generators on a 66' Corvette then blast off into Earth orbit dragging cop shuttles behind them. The duo get to eyeball the Enterprise-F in drydock before being apprehended. Later they meet Ambassador Spock who in reminiscence to his friendship with Kirk, sponsors them both for Starfleet Academy. You have the same story only it makes more sense to Star Trek fans.