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Apple to Offer Live Video Stream of WWDC Keynote on June 2
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Scuttlebutt! Great word my friend. I agree with that, I feel like this should have popped up somewhere a while ago in a big way. I really don't understand what that would change for me at this level anyways.
No on-stage demos then
A live broadcast event means Apple will have little to no on-stage demos. Demo heavy events are always delayed in case of a crash which can be edited out for the delayed public stream.
For example the last live event (where Apple unveiled the iPad mini) didn't have much in the way of hands-on anything. Instead the mini was simply switched on and the home screen presented. After it was all slides.
So this means that we won't see anything extensively interactive on stage. That doesn't preclude an unveiling of an iWatch or iTV (I think they will announce one or the other, or both), but I doubt we'll see it demo'ed in any deep way.
A live broadcast event means Apple will have little to no on-stage demos. Demo heavy events are always delayed in case of a crash which can be edited out for the delayed public stream.
For example the last live event (where Apple unveiled the iPad mini) didn't have much in the way of hands-on anything. Instead the mini was simply switched on and the home screen presented. After it was all slides.
So this means that we won't see anything extensively interactive on stage. That doesn't preclude an unveiling of an iWatch or iTV (I think they will announce one or the other, or both), but I doubt we'll see it demo'ed in any deep way.
If you concatenate some of the recent rumors, lower cost iMac, new form factor 12" high res MacBook Air, and a ARM Mac, there is some possibility the new lo cost line is two computers, a laptop and an all-in-one desktop with 2 ARM chips each and performance comparable to a 2 year old Mac. At a price lower than the current similarly placed offerings by $200 or more. Between a low end MacBook and a Chrome expendable laptop.
What better time to release the dev version of that special OS than WWDC?
Rocketman
What better time to release the dev version of that special OS than WWDC?
Rocketman
Well they did say the A7 was "Desktop Class" last year.
Might as well extrapolate from that to mean they're putting it in desktops too.
WWDC would be the ideal moment to introduce this change, as brings in developers in on the transition to desktop-ARM before consumers get it.
My guess is that they're going to replace the Mac Mini with ARM first, instead of the iMac.
I think one of the main factors that positively influenced the transition from PowerPC to x86 was there was already a plethora of applications written for x86; where only minor UI and compiling tweaks were necessary to port the applications to OSX. Thus, software which was previously not economically feasible to develop for OSX was now feasible and available. This same factor does not exist for a transition to ARM. Sure, plenty of develops write apps for ARM; but they're not the same caliber application as one's written for x86, nor are they as numerous.
To illustrate this point, see how the RT versions of Windows tablets have fared in comparison to their x86 brethren. The x86 versions have proven much more useful to their users.
Also, from what I remember, Apple's transition from 68k to PowerPC did not go so smoothly; but that's ancient history.
Unfortunately, I may prove to be on the wrong side of history here; as I also think Apple will probably transition to ARM eventually; I just hope they don't do it anytime soon.
My wish list:
iOS 8: A slightly toned down flat design. Would like an API for Siri, that rumored system to connect to home automation devices, better weather in notification center, 3rd party widget support for notification center (think ESPN scores, ticker, etc), customizable control center buttons, split-screen multitasking for iPad, multi-user support for iPad, better smart watch integration, a better system to share and store files between apps, improved maps data (including POI and local mapping such as college campuses like Google does) and 3D city support vastly expanded with street view, a task-based email layout option so I can check things off and get reminders based on emails, keyboard API so that alternative keyboards can be installed like Swype, a built-in font manager so we don't have to use 3rd party apps to do this, not a big one but the ability for developers to design and sell live, moving wallpapers similar to the one style that Apple has included with iOS 7, ability to invite users to share reminders lists without having to do it from the web or Mac, do not disturb settings that allow settings by day so that on the weekend I can get alerts later in the day, speed up the animations slightly again, better password management built-in, ability to have folders inside folders, sync notification popups between iOS and Mac OS, AirDrop between iOS and Mac devices, ability to change defaults for apps like Safari, Calendar, Mail, etc, and lastly the ability to use my iPhone as a wallet—but that may wait until a hardware update unless they can do it with iBeacons.
Hardware: 12" Retina MacBook Air, 4K Thunderbolt 2 Display, 4K iMac, 802.11ac Airport Express (small one only has N), updated Apple TV with mic for Siri in the living room and it's own App Store.
iCloud: More storage space, ability to use iCloud like Dropbox to store and access files, added server capacity for faster speed as well as improved reliability and syncing, ability to back up photos to Time Capsule if they won't give us unlimited space, paid iTunes streaming music packages that offer a premium, customizable experience similar to Rdio or Spotify and integrated with Siri ("Like this song and add it to playlist X."), ability to share a Photostream using a password
NO BEATS ANYTHING.
I imagine we would be lucky to get half of these things—otherwise what would they show next year and the year after?
I wish there was a master list of requested iOS feature additions sorted by how many votes that feature request has received.
iOS 8: A slightly toned down flat design. Would like an API for Siri, that rumored system to connect to home automation devices, better weather in notification center, 3rd party widget support for notification center (think ESPN scores, ticker, etc), customizable control center buttons, split-screen multitasking for iPad, multi-user support for iPad, better smart watch integration, a better system to share and store files between apps, improved maps data (including POI and local mapping such as college campuses like Google does) and 3D city support vastly expanded with street view, a task-based email layout option so I can check things off and get reminders based on emails, keyboard API so that alternative keyboards can be installed like Swype, a built-in font manager so we don't have to use 3rd party apps to do this, not a big one but the ability for developers to design and sell live, moving wallpapers similar to the one style that Apple has included with iOS 7, ability to invite users to share reminders lists without having to do it from the web or Mac, do not disturb settings that allow settings by day so that on the weekend I can get alerts later in the day, speed up the animations slightly again, better password management built-in, ability to have folders inside folders, sync notification popups between iOS and Mac OS, AirDrop between iOS and Mac devices, ability to change defaults for apps like Safari, Calendar, Mail, etc, and lastly the ability to use my iPhone as a wallet—but that may wait until a hardware update unless they can do it with iBeacons.
Hardware: 12" Retina MacBook Air, 4K Thunderbolt 2 Display, 4K iMac, 802.11ac Airport Express (small one only has N), updated Apple TV with mic for Siri in the living room and it's own App Store.
iCloud: More storage space, ability to use iCloud like Dropbox to store and access files, added server capacity for faster speed as well as improved reliability and syncing, ability to back up photos to Time Capsule if they won't give us unlimited space, paid iTunes streaming music packages that offer a premium, customizable experience similar to Rdio or Spotify and integrated with Siri ("Like this song and add it to playlist X."), ability to share a Photostream using a password
NO BEATS ANYTHING.
I imagine we would be lucky to get half of these things—otherwise what would they show next year and the year after?
I wish there was a master list of requested iOS feature additions sorted by how many votes that feature request has received.
He's probably right though.
Anyway, if 10.10 looks anything like iOS 7 I guess I'll be sticking with Mavericks.
I believe Apple previously used their HTTP Live Streaming protocol which breaks the video file into small chunks for efficiency, but required QuickTime X/Safari on OS X and iOS. Since I don't believe QuickTime 7 for Windows has been updated to support HTTP Live Streaming I guess they decided not to use it this time or at least provide other stream formats in parallel. I wonder if Apple is planning some Windows announcements to justify this? Maybe a Metro iTunes rewrite, iBooks for Windows or expanded iCloud support for things like Keychain? Or maybe some larger platform announcement like wearables, TV, smart home or health services demands a larger audience.
actually...you're wrong. In last year's WWDC, Apple had several on-stage demos, including Mavericks, iWork for iCloud, and iOS 7, yet they were streaming it live. I don't think live streaming is a problem for on-stage demos.
I believe this year will see some demos too, and hopefully they'll be very exciting indeed.
I think that's why Apple would reveal ARM and an OS to match at a Developer Conference, right? So that developers could/would compile for the transition.
While I'm looking forward to the new OSX and iOS being announced. The thing I'm praying for is a new MAC MINI!!!
I'm in desperate need of a new desktop
I'm in desperate need of a new desktop
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Apple always makes the keynotes available later on the Apple TV wether or not they were livestreamed. However, when it's livestreamed it seems like the recording is put up much faster than when it's not (couple hours or so). The ONE time in my life I tried to not follow the liveblogs so that I could watch the keynote later, was for the iPhone 4 announcement.... It had facetime issues during the keynote which caused the posting of it to be super delayed. I finally broke at around 2am and went to MacRumors to read up on it. I think it was finally posted around 3 or 4am Central time.
Shouldn't be the case this time though.
This event was streamed live last year and Federighi did demos on the Mac. Plus don't forget the Anki Drive demo at the beginning.
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I think anything is possible but I'm not expecting Apple to ditch Intel. If they announce something I get the feeling it would be a brand new product, not making one of their existing Macs ARM only.
Isn't WWDC generally full of extensive software demos, though? Like showing off the new features of OS X and whatnot? Or are you referring specifically to demoing new hardware, which has the chance of crashing and making the product look bad?
