oh a couple of things
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I don't think now is the time for iBrowse/iWeb/whatever. Chimera isn't anywhere near feature complete, and I doubt Apple has had enough time internally to make that work. If they release it half-assed, they'll be raked over the coals for it. I think a likelier scenario is that we'll see that in the summer time frame.
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It's not too hard to imagine what future iApps can be...after all, they're all programs for things people want to do with a computer. They have one for making movies, one for handling photos, one for listening to music, one for maintaining your schedule. We know they bought eMagic, so they will obviously make a low-end music-creation tool at some point. I don't think enough time has elapsed for that yet, though.
I also think it'd be likely to see a WYSIWYG Web editing tool at some point from Apple that jives with .Mac. I say this simply because it is something people want to do, and they already own the code for Claris Homepage.
If they release a lifestyle device capable of storing and playing MP4 video, then the iApp would obviously be some video equivalent to accompany that. I'd call it "iTuner", but that's too confusing. But, the point of it would obviously be to act like EyeTV or a TiVO, and capture live video into an MP4 stream and send it to the device. That way, if you go out drinking, you could record your favorite shows and watch them on the subway in the morning. I went out on a limb and predicted that on my Web site back in July, because I thought it was an obvious evolution for the iPod to take.
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I'm sure you've all realized that the handwriting recognition built into Jaguar is completely useless. Well...duh...eventually they will release a product which actually makes use of it. The only argument appears to be whether it'll be a PDA or a tablet Mac. Like Think Secret says, I think a tablet Mac is a huge possibility; Apple's customers are creative-types, and all the designers and artists I know use wacom tablets. A tablet Mac would benefit them tremendously (I've been saying for years that Apple should create a laptop whose screen could flip all the way around so it could be used as a sketch pad. Maybe a tablet Mac would fit that bill...You could sit on your couch, away from your Mac, and work in comfort.)
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FireWire 2 can't be released without some hardware release, so we won't see that. AirPort is the 100% obvious thing, I suppose. But, I don't think they will release AirPort 2 without releasing something that takes advantage of that speed...
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As far as I know, no one has mentioned this on this site, but when Jobs talked Rendezvous before, he had other companies out there on stage (one was Philips and another was HP). So, I think it's VERY likely that we'll see HP demo a wireless 802.11 rendezvous-capable printer that requires no configuration. It'd also be likely to see Philips on stage announcing a new product that connects wirelessly or through ethernet and allows you to play your iTunes playlists right through your stereo. It could have a remote control that could flip to the next song and so forth on the Mac, through Rendezvous.
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Oops...forgot to mention this. I highly doubt Apple will be making a phone. They've already trotted Sony/Ericsson out on stage, and Cingular, so it seems to me they won't provide the hardware (are they really going to compete directly with Sony 6 months after they announced a loose partnership with them?). Other Web sites have let slip (not from a rumor, but from PR copy), something called the "Mac to Mobile" system. (I'm surprised Arn didn't include that in his recap.) What is it? I don't know. But it seems to me that Apple will be providing the software, not the hardware, in this equation. My guess is that the iPhone trademark is not for a phone, but for an iApp to go along with some cool new Sony/Ericsson model. It'd probably do a host of phone/fax/etc functions...or maybe allow you to do voice over IP with your phone when you're at home, so you can save your minutes. If Apple *does" release an actual phone, I would wager a lot of money it'd just be them slapping their logo onto a Sony. So, the question is: what is "Mac to Mobile"...the name for the whole system, using iSync as a conduit, that lets you keep your phone synched with your Mac?
