Was that called for? Yes technology is almost obsolete the day you get it. If they announce a new ipad, who cares. I just got mine a few weeks ago and I love it. I still use my 2008 macbook white and have not upgraded yet. But then I say why, when my BTO through macmall pretty much has the same specs. ok the new one may be a little faster and running snow leopard (I am still running leopard as some 3rd party software still is not compatible). But it works great. 2.4 ghz, 2gb ram, 250 hd. I do wish the logic board would accept 4gb ram though -that is my only drawback as I need to run a virtual PC.
my hopes for this year's WWDC:
1) New beefier iwork 10. I am running iwork 08 and find the iwork on the ipad only will recognize files saved in iwork 09 format, unless I save them as a .doc first and import a .doc I did not upgrade to iwork 09, as I am a heavy MS office user due to work. iwork is just a little light and still some compatibility issues with converting between iwork and ms office (mostly with fonts). I am not sure I will upgrade my MS office now that upgrade pricing is going way, and you need to buy the full version and pay full price. That would jump the price about $200-$300 for me to upgrade...
2) iwork on the ipad to be updated to allow importing of templates. Right now to get around that, I had to export all my templates from MS office and iwork 08 to .doc files and them import them into pages on the ipad. it is an ok work around, but.... Now I have over 100 documents to swipe through, instead of just picking the one from the template menu that drops down. Pages on the ipad needs template support much like the desktop version does. Give us the option of importing as a document or importing as a template. if importing as a document - work the same as now, if importing as a template - put it in the template drop down.
3) Open up the API to the ical calendar. I would love to have tasks with dates showing as an appointment on my calendar. Also all the app developers can then update their todo apps to allow appointments on task list, rather than having to manually drag an appointment from ical to the task section, then sync. Here I am specifically interested in this in appigo's ToDo, as I use that heavily and sync between my mac and my ipad/iphone.
Other than a direct printing from iwork instead of having to copy /paste or email to my self to use a printing app - that is all I can think of. The printing apps are good work arounds for now.
Edit: I did think of one other one....
Please bring iweb to the ipad. I need to keep my website up to date and it would be nice to sync iweb between my mac and ipad and update it and publish while out. Very shortly I will be at a point of not traveling with my macbook, only my ipad.