Apple Announces Dates for WWDC 2009: June 8th-12th

[Shunnabunich]

Why not? Would that harm you in any way?

Possibly, if only in a roundabout way as an end user. In their zeal to promote the iPhone, Apple seems to be increasingly leaving the Mac and OS X by the wayside. Despite more developers buying Macs to engage in a frenzy of iPhone app development, and the fact that the development tools for both iPhone and Mac are sitting right there in front of them as a result (with not even much difference between the two), the Mac software market doesn't seem to be experiencing much growth. I don't think it'd kill Apple to pimp the Mac a little more than they're doing now. Besides, I think Snow Leopard's internal advancements open up an opportunity to really push the Mac platform forward.

 

[8CoreWhore]

devs!

 

[=MuLti-CeLL=]

I guess the only updates iPhone will be getting are internal - I can't see them using an image of the current unit if anything were to change. But my predictions are usually horribly off. I guess they could surprise with a metal back.

I was thinking the exact same thing. Hopefully you're wrong though.



74 days left!!!

 

[DPA]

i think they will do an ichat with him, as a surprise guest.

That would be interesting and very fun! Especially if they announced a new product with an iSight and demoed iChat with it and he was the person on the other end!

David

P.S. -

I was thinking the exact same thing. Hopefully you're wrong though.



74 days left!!!

But nobody's counting, right?

 

[iParis]

So early June means no Steve Jobs, right?
I predict Snow Leopard, 32GB iPhone, new iPhone, and iPhone OS 3.0 (full release).
Also we will most likely see something else like a netbook, tablet, or possibly the xMac (even though it's unlikely).

 

[haiggy]

MAKE
YOUR
MARK
HERE

Must be a Boggle player

 

[Barbie]

Does anybody notice the purple app icon in the Dock instead of the green Phone app icon on the iPhone 3G?

Barbie.

 

[rtdunham]

It's a delayed message from God/SJ to Noah:

MAKE
YOUR
MARK
HERE

right on! my sister's text messages take forever to get to me sometimes.

but will we have to load apps in pairs in the future?

 

[Kevlar]

Must be a Boggle player

There are 3 different sayings on the site

COME            MAKE              MAKE
CODE            THIS              YOUR
WITH            YOUR              MARK
PROS            YEAR              HERE
WWDC            WWDC              WWDC

 

[Eduardo1971]

The two bridges mean that they will release a tablet.... oh, wait, wrong year.

The iPhone in this year's WWDC invitation indicates that they will release a new iPhone.

 

[DPA]

Does anybody notice the purple app icon in the Dock instead of the green Phone app icon on the iPhone 3G?

Barbie.

Yes! Maybe a change for the full release of 3.0 or just something done by Apple to excite all of us that notice those things.

David

 

[powers74]

Wrong

I was thinking the exact same thing. Hopefully you're wrong though.



74 days left!!!

Me too! Wait... wrong that that they... will... er...won't surprise... or that... Now I'm horribly confused!

 

[Shunnabunich]

That would be interesting and very fun! Especially if they announced a new product with an iSight and demoed iChat with it and he was the person on the other end!

David

If that isn't a hilariously complex justification to expect a videoconferencing iPhone this June, I dunno what is. Rock on!

Steve: I want you to have videoconferencing up and running on the new iPhone hardware by this June, Phil.

Phil: Why, Steve — so we can get millions of iPhone users hooked on video chat and drive the advancement of high-bandwidth cell networks?

Steve: How the hell long have you been working with me, Phil? I want you to demo it on stage with me as my big comeback! Yeesh.

 

[rtdunham]

Whoa, if you read each line from left to right starting at the top, it reads:

MAKE
YOUR
MARK
HERE

Amazing! Maybe it's some sort of secret message.

Occam's Razor: "one should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything".

 

[=MuLti-CeLL=]

But nobody's counting, right?

Begin the longest 74 days of your life!

 

[DPA]

If that isn't a hilariously complex justification to expect a videoconferencing iPhone this June, I dunno what is. Rock on!

Steve: I want you to have videoconferencing up and running on the new iPhone hardware this June, Phil.

Phil: Why, Steve — so we can get millions of iPhone users hooked on video chat and drive the advancement of high-bandwidth cell networks?

Steve: How the hell long have you been working with me, Phil? I want you to demo it on stage with me as my big comeback! Yeesh.

LMAO... Hell YES!!

Begin the longest 74 days of your life!

I'm already in line outside the North Michigan Ave Apple store!

David

 

[=MuLti-CeLL=]

Me too! Wait... wrong that that they... will... er...won't surprise... or that... Now I'm horribly confused!

Haha. About the current gen iPhone pictured you were talking about. Or so we think.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[iParis]

If that isn't a hilariously complex justification to expect a videoconferencing iPhone this June, I dunno what is. Rock on!

Steve: I want you to have videoconferencing up and running on the new iPhone hardware by this June, Phil.

Phil: Why, Steve — so we can get millions of iPhone users hooked on video chat and drive the advancement of high-bandwidth cell networks?

Steve: How the hell long have you been working with me, Phil? I want you to demo it on stage with me as my big comeback! Yeesh.

No! Steve should come alone! I want him there. Without out the company of Phil, also known as the guy who screwed us over at CrapWorld '09.

 

[=MuLti-CeLL=]

I'm already in line outside the North Michigan Ave Apple store!

David

SAVE ME A SPOT!!

 

[Shunnabunich]

No! Steve should come alone! I want him there. Without out the company of Phil, also known as the guy who screwed us over at CrapWorld '09.

Now now, Phil wasn't the guy who decided what Apple would and would not have ready to introduce at the expo. And besides, Phil has been helping out in Steve's keynotes for years and years. Just look through some of the Macworld and WWDC keynotes up on YouTube.

Edit: I just noticed the bold in your quote and realized you were talking specifically about the comeback part. However, it'd be just as cool in my mind if Steve strolled on-stage as they were hanging up. Rock-star-esque uproar from the crowd, etc. It'd be sort of like easing us back from Steveless keynotes into Steve running the show again.

 

[DPA]

No! Steve should come alone! I want him there. Without out the company of Phil, also known as the guy who screwed us over at CrapWorld '09.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to see him there and agree with some people on here that it would be somewhat of an epic coming back appearance.

SAVE ME A SPOT!!

I think the guy behind me would mind, though. Oh wait.......... are ragged clothes in style now?.......... oh never mind, he's a hobo!



Someone just threw a quarter in my Starbucks cup!

David

 

[darthraige]

I just want an iPhone Verizon announcement. I don't care if it's sold next year, I just want the announcement that they will offer it.

 

[iParis]

Don't get me wrong, I would love to see him there and agree with some people on here that it would be somewhat of an epic coming back appearance.

Now now, Phil wasn't the guy who decided what Apple would and would not have ready to introduce at the expo. And besides, Phil has been helping out in Steve's keynotes for years and years. Just look through some of the Macworld and WWDC keynotes up on YouTube.

Edit: I just noticed the bold in your quote and realized you were talking specifically about the comeback part. However, it'd be just as cool in my mind if Steve strolled on-stage as they were hanging up. Rock-star-esque cheers from the crowd, etc. It'd be sort of like easing us back from Steveless keynotes into Steve running the show again.

What would be cool is if it went like this.

Announcer: Now to present the keynote, I give you Phil Schiller!

Crowd: .........

Steve Jobs: *Walks on stage*

Crowd: Huge applause and roar for ten minutes!

OR

Announcer: Now to present the keynote, I give you Phil Schiller!

Phil Schiller: *Walks on stage* "Thank you all for joining us. We are excited to see many developers and peers come out in praise of iPhone OS and Mac OS X. Now I but some of you are wondering what I meant by "us" and "we." Let me elaborate for you. I now present to you the CEO of Apple. inc! Mr. Steve Jobs everyone!!!"

Steve Jobs: *Walks on stage*

Crowd: Huge applause and roar for ten minutes!

Steve Jobs: "Thank you! Thank you! Now onto my health! I am fine. I'm not going to die. I will remain with your as CEO and a part of Apple for as long as I live. I am very exited to have Phil and I talk to you about iPhone OS 3.0, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server, and [insert insanely cool new Apple gadget here; such as the xMac, Apple Tablet, or Apple netbook]."


I prefer the second situation. Except I would like the [insert insanely cool new Apple gadget here; such as the xMac, Apple Tablet, or Apple netbook] to not be announced until last and in the mean time they can refer to it as "something special."
Btw, I almost cried while typing up this post..

 

[DuFFy]

I guess the only updates iPhone will be getting are internal - I can't see them using an image of the current unit if anything were to change. But my predictions are usually horribly off. I guess they could surprise with a metal back.

but how wrong you are. notice that the top of the phone, where a front facing camera would be ideally placed is cropped off, you cant even see the earpiece. so it could be a "hahaha look what we are showing you and you dont even know about it" kinda thing. and plus the back will most likely be changed in someway.

 

[Yvan256]

Will Steve Jobs be giving the keynote?

That's the $64,000 question

Don't you mean the 65 535$ question?

(it IS a developer conference after all)