Apple Announces WWDC 2015 Takes Place June 8-12 at Moscone West

[tevion5]

Except that Mavericks was anything but stable for many and full of countless new bugs for most. Snow Leopard it was not...

Snow Leopard had 8 revisions dude, it was no more flawless on release.

 

[sualpine]

Snow Leopard had 8 revisions dude, it was no more flawless on release.

People have short memories, aka rosy retrospection.

 

[Jack Delgado]

Image

I'm gonna be honest, the image is just a mish-mash of iWatch circle icons and iPhone/iPad rounded square icons.

Nothing more.

 

[breeeeathe]

The rounded square in the middle is definitely the shape of an Apple TV. Also, hasn't the television traditionally been known as the centre (i.e. epicenter) of a home?

damn you're good ########

 

[crashoverride77]

No news on MacBook Pro 13/15" with skylake?

They just released a new 13" MacBook Pro with Intels latest 5th Gen Dual Core processors (Broadwell). Intel doesn't even ship Broadwell Quad Core processors yet, hence why there is no new 15" MacBook Pro.
But apple will announce brand new MacBook Pros with Skylake (6th Gen) in 2 Months?
If Apple has created a "real" time machine, I think they should let the public know about it.

 

[macduke]

Should we expect significant changes in iOS? I know we'll see nothing as drastic as iOS 7 was, but iOS 8 was the 'incremental' update after iOS 7, if you like. So surely now is the time for something big?

The only thing that I can think of that would be a HUGE change is combining Mac OS and iOS. Continuity, for instance, is a small step in that direction. Another was unifying the apps and look/feel. But considering they just unveiled a very low-power MacBook redesign that still uses Intel instead of several higher-clocked ARM CPUs, I doubt we will see that this year unless they can get the code running solid across different processor types (which I think is quite unlikely).

To clarify, I'm not talking about removing the mouse from Macs or adding Mice to iPads. I'm talking about unifying the structure behind them both and getting the feature parity pretty close. Each would have their own interface, and could perhaps switch on the fly. For instance, if you dock an iPad or theoretical iPad Pro into a special smart cover with keypad and trackpad, the UI would morph into mouse/keyboard friendly. There would be a new SDK to support apps morphing between modes. On the other hand, you could have Macbooks that have 360 degree hinges that could turn into tablet mode, or iMacs (as per Apple's patent) that disengage the back mechanism when grabbed from the edges and lower down nearly flat into "touch" mode. I definitely think that's where the future of both platforms are. This would have two benefits: Developers who already make Mac and iOS apps could unify their code, and iOS developers would have more incentive to make apps for Mac if they shared the same code base, helping make Macs more popular as well.

Anyway, what would be good this year, especially if they're going to be combining them at some point in the next few years, is for them to clean house across the board. Make everything extremely efficient and shrink the bug list down to practically nothing. Overhaul the underlying systems so that there is less potential for crashing. Or better yet start over with a fresh code base for both platforms and work from there. But that would take a ridiculous amount of effort and require stripping out tons of features. Horrifyingly enough, Apple hasn't shied away from doing that in the past, lol, but most recently it was for software like Final Cut X, Photos, etc.

 

[rangen]

Apple TV Air. New interface. Round App icons. 'Epicentre' refers to it being the centre of your digital entertainments at home. That's my conjecture.

 

[ttss6]

This or the 42mm space black  Watch with link bracelet... oh the decisions!

 

[Antares]

As others have said....the center is an AppleTV. Developers will now be able to produce apps specifically for the new AppleTV. The shape also denotes the AppleWatch and the round icons. Both are going to be featured at this event.

 

[hamed8080]

Ios 7= chnage style
Ios 8 = change isnide
Ios 9= change cousomizition (if you read last year jailbreak tweek to active ios hidden features you can change color of font , ... )
Yes i think ios 9 will change theme , launcher , ...

 

[crashoverride77]

The only thing that I can think of that would be a HUGE change is combining Mac OS and iOS. Continuity, for instance, is a small step in that direction. Another was unifying the apps and look/feel. But considering they just unveiled a very low-power MacBook redesign that still uses Intel instead of several higher-clocked ARM CPUs, I doubt we will see that this year unless they can get the code running solid across different processor types (which I think is quite unlikely).

To clarify, I'm not talking about removing the mouse from Macs or adding Mice to iPads. I'm talking about unifying the structure behind them both and getting the feature parity pretty close. Each would have their own interface, and could perhaps switch on the fly. For instance, if you dock an iPad or theoretical iPad Pro into a special smart cover with keypad and trackpad, the UI would morph into mouse/keyboard friendly. There would be a new SDK to support apps morphing between modes. On the other hand, you could have Macbooks that have 360 degree hinges that could turn into tablet mode, or iMacs (as per Apple's patent) that disengage the back mechanism when grabbed from the edges and lower down nearly flat into "touch" mode. I definitely think that's where the future of both platforms are. This would have two benefits: Developers who already make Mac and iOS apps could unify their code, and iOS developers would have more incentive to make apps for Mac if they shared the same code base, helping make Macs more popular as well.

Anyway, what would be good this year, especially if they're going to be combining them at some point in the next few years, is for them to clean house across the board. Make everything extremely efficient and shrink the bug list down to practically nothing. Overhaul the underlying systems so that there is less potential for crashing. Or better yet start over with a fresh code base for both platforms and work from there. But that would take a ridiculous amount of effort and require stripping out tons of features. Horrifyingly enough, Apple hasn't shied away from doing that in the past, lol, but most recently it was for software like Final Cut X, Photos, etc.

Judging from Surface sales and Apples comments the they do not seem to be interested in merging their two OS's. Having 2 OS that switch on the fly depending on whether your iPad is docked also seems like a half assed attempt and would confuse costumers.
We got continuity and handoff which is basically unifying the structure between both. Handoff in particular is pretty nice because it can be used by 3rd part developers, which I didn't even know about initially. The NYTimes already integrated it into their newstand app, and it works great. Imagine the possibilities for apps like youtube, fitness apps, games, editing tools etc if they could handoff off to any device. Only the app will change depending on what OS and device you are on, rather than the actual OS itself. Just like when you handoff a pages document from iOS to OS X or vice versa.
They could even potentially let you handoff from an iOS app to a web browser, for example in case of youtube where there is no OS X app. I think that is much more epic than trying combine two OS's which have vastly different input methods and UI objectives. Sometimes when Apple say stuff like it would be a waste of energy, I think it actually makes sense.

 

[arkmannj]

Hi,

I think I am not the average consumer and I cannot tell the Intel chips apart. Simply not possible.

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not, but in either event I think I'll clarify myself.

Just looking at the name i3 certainly doesn't give any immediate indicator as to if it is a recent i3 or one several years old. If you have other information at your disposal you can distinguish them, but just by that alone you cannot and can be confusing for many people. (Same thing with the Xeon chips) I consider myself fairly knowledgeable when it comes to technology, but I hate having to look up more info just to determine what generation/specs for something that I think should be immediately identifiable in some regard.

I'm just saying if using the same name then a generation identifier provides an almost instant understanding without having to have any other information at your disposal. Easier for marketing teams, easier for consumers. I personally like the iPhones having a number, OS X having a visible version number, iOS number, etc...

 

[Andrei90]

As others have said....the center is an AppleTV. Developers will now be able to produce apps specifically for the new AppleTV. The shape also denotes the AppleWatch and the round icons. Both are going to be featured at this event.

When has the invitation image meant something? People always speculate about the "hidden meaning" but I don't think there's been one ever.

 

[Popeye206]

I'm gonna be honest, the image is just a mish-mash of iWatch circle icons and iPhone/iPad rounded square icons.

Nothing more.

This can't be true! There has to be a deeper more cryptic meaning!

 

[dilap]

When has the invitation image meant something? People always speculate about the "hidden meaning" but I don't think there's been one ever.

This is for the iPhone 5 September Event in 2012, it clearly shows a stretched 5, meaning an iPhone 5 with longer screen.

 

[Think77]

"The epicenter of change" = you press an icon for a little longer than a normal press, and the icon then expands in-place and gives you options as well as additional info = static icons a thing of the past, AND the traditional UI/UX is largely intact.

 

[xero9]

I just don't see why they would deliver a UI upgrade when they are 'supposedly' going to unveil a new iOS. This is just seems very much out of the ordinary for Apple.

Things change... This may be Apple creating more space between iOS releases as mentioned previously by MR.

Well the Music app is not all there is to the OS though, so holding back the next version of iOS because they rolled out just a refreshed Music app doesn't make sense to me. And they'll of course include the updated Music app in iOS 9.

 

[iNosey]

The circle shapes in the design represents the Apple Watch Store and the Square rounded edges shapes represent the iOS App Store.

Bringing the focus heavily on new capabilities of apps for both the iDevices and Watch.

In addition to their new found focus on health kit.

Just my guess.

I think you're right. The WWDC is probably where they are going to announce "truly native apps" for the AppleWatch. This is where devs will actually be able to build standalone AppleWatch apps. I bet you're right... As for iOS, I dont know what else they could do with it's AppStore. It's amazing as it is. Could be the beats integration though.

 

[tdmac]

My guess for this year is this relates to Home Kit.
The squares are Apple TV's and the circles are iBeacons for the home. i.e. similar to the ones depicted in this patent:
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/07/fcc-documents-surface-revealing-apples-ibeacon-testing.html

 

[carloscardona]

10.11?? Uh, shouldn't that be 11.0? Can we move on from the year 2000? Please?

Maybe insect names would be cool, Mac OS 11 Mantis!

 

[Mike MA]

Hopefully that change also implies some streaming service in Europe

 

[Number-Six]

It's not the same though.

Sometimes it's more entertaining though.

The last one was so boring that it was just better to watch on a liveblog

 

[MarkusL]

Epicenter

OS X San Andreas?

 

[brunosh]

My keynote prediction. Things in orange with a question mark I'm less sure about.

• Apple Watch, tremendous success, 3 million sold, working to improve order times
• iOS 8 adoption vs. Android, iOS devices sold
• App Store number of apps, amount of money developers make
  [*]Brief mention about Swift?
  [*]Brief mention about HomeKit/HealthKit/ResearchKit? Demo?
• Talk about Apple Watch enabled apps, numbers, show some neat examples
• Apple Watch native apps, talk about expansion of WatchKit SDK, demo
• Talk about iOS 9, faster and more optimized than ever
• Focus is on quality and performance, but has a few new features
  [*]Safari tab reloading issue fixed?
• Maps improvements, more data sources for POI, etc
• Beats music combined with iTunes Radio, pricing info
  [*]Lockscreen glances? Not sure how different from widgets, but faster to access/swipe through like Apple Watch, perhaps also a fixed size?
• Customizable control center buttons
• Set default apps for things like mail, calendar, etc
• Can hide stock apps in settings
  [*]Siri SDK?
• Do not disturb, vibration and ring, etc based on location
  [*]Dark mode with SDK for developers to enable in their apps?
• Split landscape keyboard for Plus
• Split screen multitasking for iPad Air 2 and newer (2GB RAM)
• iCloud Drive app for iOS
• General iCloud improvements (iCloud Storage Family Sharing?), small misc features
• New OS X (OS 11? New name?)
• Focus on performance and stability, much like iOS
• System-wide dark mode (so things like sidebars, window borders, etc)
• Deeper handoff/iOS notifications from third party apps showing up on Mac
• Few smaller misc features, perhaps things like built-in menubar organization (think Bartender), more gestures, Safari changes, stuff like that
• Wind down/recap
  [*]One more thing…Apple TV 4th gen?
• Apple TV App Store, SDK
• Built-in "Hey Siri" for playing, pausing, etc
• TV streaming channels and pricing
  [*]Two storage sizes? Maybe higher end storage tier better for demanding games (better GPU)?
  [*]Apple designed controller for playing games?

Is this list crazy or just about right? This could be a long Keynote. They might leave some things out just for brevity, and put up a screen showing some of the newer features. Things like "customize control center" could go on one of those screens. Apple is doing so much now that it might make sense to split their keynote in two, or even three. Think about dominating the news cycle that week. They could split them up by iOS, iCloud and Mac, although many of them go hand-in-hand so that could be difficult. Their keynotes have gotten longer of the years, but could they really extend it much longer?

Your sure have a lot of free time in your hands.

 

[Paddle1]

It seems that Apple is trying, but conflicted internally.

The back of my Apple iPhone 6 just says 'Apple iPhone'....
The iPad 3 was simply 'iPad with Retina Display', iPad 4 was the 'New iPad', iPad 5 is the 'iPad Air', then we go back to 'iPad Air 2'????

Just keep one name, like we do the MacBooks, MacMinis, Macs, and then put a 'Mid 2014' or something like that on it.

This is why dropping numbers doesn't make sense, people always confuse the iPad 3 and 4. I remember last year people thought iOS 8 dropped the 3 because Apple just put "iPad with Retina Display".

And for the record it was the iPad 3 that was called "The new iPad". They should keep numbers to avoid confusion. It's easier to order OS X releases by number than by cat names as well.