Steve Jobs and Apple Executives to Keynote WWDC (Officially)

[swingerofbirch]

It makes me sad to think of Steve leaving.

Since Apple reminds me so much of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, I think they should hide five golden tickets amongst five iPods around the globe. The winners of the golden tickets should get a tour of the Apple Campus, but before they get there a mysterious man in the shadows must try to trick the winners into divulging Apple's secrets to Microsoft. Then once in the Apple Campus, greed will overtake four of the five winners, including one who eats all the sushi at the sushi bar and falls gravely ill. The shortest of Apple employees will sing songs with life lessons about not falling victim to these vices.

Alas, one winner, the meekest of them all, most likely me, will be given the golden key to Apple by Steve Jobs and will live happily ever after.

Suddenly, I don't feel so sad about Steve leaving some day!

 

[Whtddhesay]

WWDC is a 'development' focused event. New consumer-focused product announcements are seen at Macworld.

R-Fly

Yeah, but don't you think that a 3G iPhone is going to be announced on that day? Probably at the keynote? And if so, don't you think that bluetooth headphones may also be introduced? I'm just saying it's not out of the question.

 

[MikeDTyke]

So it's probably going to be only iPhone 2.0 and OS X 10.5.3? :-(

It'll be iPhone v2.0 dominated but i fully expect Jobs or Serlet to talk about 10.6 and give a preview of anything developers need to know about. 10.6 is probably on target for a End Q1 or Q2 2009 release. There won't be another WWDC before its released, so anything changed in the core libs will be up for grabs.

M.

 

[CrackedButter]

10.6 wont be mentioned until next year I reckon, Leopard was delayed remember so what makes individuals here think they are on the ball with Lion (or whatever it is called)? Look at it this way as well, we're only on 10.5.2 as well.

 

[thefunkymunky]

Have you ever seen a WWDC keynote before? It always has other speakers. Because Jobs doesn't know the technical stuff like they do.

Yes I usually watch every one. But is hasn't been announced before that "a team of Apple executives" are to attend WWDC with Stevo.

 

[Shasterball]

Anyone think Mac OS 10.6 will get a mention ?

Can we fix 10.5 first?

 

[porky]

Yeah, but don't you think that a 3G iPhone is going to be announced on that day? Probably at the keynote? And if so, don't you think that bluetooth headphones may also be introduced? I'm just saying it's not out of the question.

YES, the 2 bridges on the invitation are 2 different iphones! ... I think....

 

[Project]

Yes I usually watch every one. But is hasn't been announced before that "a team of Apple executives" are to attend WWDC with Stevo.

Yet in reality it is a team of Apple executives, every single year.


I really wouldn't take anything from the wording.

 

[stew278]

What lies in wait ...

Steve Jobs is on the 3-5 years to retirement plan. He'll follow in Bill Gates' footsteps by giving to competitor philanthropic projects of Bill Gates, trying to improve them by making them simpler, sexier, and much more appealing to the consumer recipients. Commercials will follow, letting everyone know how much better his philanthropy efforts are, and will mark the 200th time that Justin Long is cast in one of Steve's commercials. His efforts will be known as "iGive."

 

[Lershac]

cancer Survivor

Jobs has still got a few years left in him, mid-50's is nothing these days.

Well he is a cancer survivor... added risk there. If I were on the board, developing his successor would be among my top to do items.

 

[fewgraphik]

iPhone, SDKs, 3G all right ! but... where are the new Macs ?

Me, I just want some little news about "Macintosh". Remember, the old computer ?

Mac Pros : new look ? where is the blu-ray drive ?

MacBook Pros : new look ? blu-ray drive ? new keyboard ? SSD ?

new cinema display models : new look ? integrated webcam ? more (multitouch) ?

I love iPhone, and I work everyday on my Mac as a graphist in France, but Apple's future needs to think more about the computer users side.

Just in case someone forgot that all came from that.

 

[Mykbibby]

Yes I usually watch every one. But is hasn't been announced before that "a team of Apple executives" are to attend WWDC with Stevo.

Probably to brace fanboys like ourselves for the pain. I HATE when Jobs doesn't do the whole thing. Schiller I don't mind, but that Jobs wannabe kid, and Bertrand Solei just make me want to jump off a building. I swear, if one of them announces the new iPhone hardware, I am really going to be upset!!!

 

[MikeDTyke]

10.6 wont be mentioned until next year I reckon, Leopard was delayed remember so what makes individuals here think they are on the ball with Lion (or whatever it is called)? Look at it this way as well, we're only on 10.5.2 as well.

why do you think that. Sure Leopard was delayed due to iPhone, more specifically to get core animation finished. There's nothing yet to imply a similar delay, so i'd say we're back to 12 to 18 months between releases which from Nov 07 = Q1/Q2 2009.

Besides which Apple show's off at least some of the bells and whistles 9 months to a year before release so that developers can get a feel for what they are developing against. They can't just leave it til next May/June and then release it in 1 to 6 months. Thinking either the release is early summer or late Q4.

 

[Lershac]

Steve Jobs is on the 3-5 years to retirement plan. He'll follow in Bill Gates' footsteps by giving to competitor philanthropic projects of Bill Gates, trying to improve them by making them simpler, sexier, and much more appealing to the consumer recipients. Commercials will follow, letting everyone know how much better his philanthropy efforts are, and will mark the 200th time that Justin Long is cast in one of Steve's commercials. His efforts will be known as "iGive."

Uh no. Steve is not exactly a philanthropic guy. Google it and compare his philanthropy efforts with others at his wealth level.

Not criticizing, it is entirely within his domain what the heck to do with his money, but yeah dont expect too much unless he has some sort of personal revelation. Even Pancreatic cancer didnt do that for him.

 

[Baumi]

Hmm, this makes me think that Stevo will officially announce he is stepping down and Johnny Ive is taking over.

Personally, the phrase "a team of Apple executives, led by CEO Steve Jobs" makes me think of some guys in brightly colored spandex suits setting out to kick Steve Ballmer's (aka "The Evil Steve"[tm]) behind.

 

[Mykbibby]

iPhone 2.0 Hardware, Software SDK mention (brief), MAYBE OS X 10.6, and, one more thing, updating MacBook Pros (sigh)...

 

[Lershac]

Personally, the phrase "a team of Apple executives, led by CEO Steve Jobs" makes me think of some guys in brightly colored spandex suits setting out to kick Steve Ballmer's (aka "The Evil Steve"[tm]) behind.

No, No.... NINJAS, much cooler. and they wield...wickidly sharp edged macbook air units like throwing stars

 

[stew278]

Uh no. Steve is not exactly a philanthropic guy. Google it and compare his philanthropy efforts with others at his wealth level.

Not criticizing, it is entirely within his domain what the heck to do with his money, but yeah dont expect too much unless he has some sort of personal revelation. Even Pancreatic cancer didnt do that for him.

Sorry ... I should have added some [SARCASM] tags ...

 

[Baumi]

MacBook Pros : new look ? blu-ray drive ? new keyboard ? SSD ?

AFAIK, Blu-ray drives are still power hungry, so I wouldn't expect one in an Apple laptop anytime soon. I agree, however, that it should be an option for the MacPros if Apple wants to keep its edge in the media industry.

 

[maxbarros]

I still don't see how they will go more than a month with ZERO iPhone sales, particularly at a time when competitive (at least on price point) phones have just started to get traction in advertising and recognition with consumers. It seems completely detrimental to their brand, let alone their actual quarterly numbers.

you can still buy them on att website

 

[Lershac]

Sorry ... I should have added some [SARCASM] tags ...

Probably so, I got into a heated argument with a fanboy on this subject. Well it was heated on his end. Resolved into him hurling epithets and name-calling. I guess it was hard to see that even the best of folks have areas you dont agree with them on.

Meh, me, I am not sure I would be philanthropic either. Maybe it would be fun though,

 

[stew278]

Probably so, I got into a heated argument with a fanboy on this subject. Well it was heated on his end. Resolved into him hurling epithets and name-calling. I guess it was hard to see that even the best of folks have areas you dont agree with them on.

Meh, me, I am not sure I would be philanthropic either. Maybe it would be fun though,

In all seriousness, Steve Jobs' ego is as big as his bank account. One could easily make the argument that he could stand to deflate both a tad. After all, I just had a neighbor who died a few weeks ago due to a heart attack - nobody knew him because he'd never bother to say "hi" to anyone. The moral of the story being that if you can't bother to think of others once in a while, don't expect anyone to think greatly (or even at all) of you after you kick...

 

[bigandy]

Me, I just want some little news about "Macintosh". Remember, the old computer ?

Mac Pros : new look ? where is the blu-ray drive ?

MacBook Pros : new look ? blu-ray drive ? new keyboard ? SSD ?

new cinema display models : new look ? integrated webcam ? more (multitouch) ?

I love iPhone, and I work everyday on my Mac as a graphist in France, but Apple's future needs to think more about the computer users side.

Just in case someone forgot that all came from that.

See here.

 

[digitalbiker]

Is anyone suspicious?

Does anybody else think that it is odd that the Apple Online store has stopped taking orders on the iphone?

Even if Apple is phasing out the iphone gen 1 for the iphone gen 2 and there are shortages of iphone gen 1. Why isn't Apple still taking orders? Apple has never had a problem before taking orders for product that was over 2 months from shipping.

With WWDC still 4 weeks away, doesn't it sound like the iphone gen 2 will come out before WWDC?

If that is the case WWDC will focus on iphone sdk, iphone apps, mac OS X 10.6 , and possibly new product announcements such as MBA gen 2, totally re-designed MBP, possible new MP, possible tablet, possible new wii like gamer mac.

 

[Mykbibby]

Does anybody else think that it is odd that the Apple Online store has stopped taking orders on the iphone?

Even if Apple is phasing out the iphone gen 1 for the iphone gen 2 and there are shortages of iphone gen 1. Why isn't Apple still taking orders? Apple has never had a problem before taking orders for product that was over 2 months from shipping.

With WWDC still 4 weeks away, doesn't it sound like the iphone gen 2 will come out before WWDC?

If that is the case WWDC will focus on iphone sdk, iphone apps, mac OS X 10.6 , and possibly new product announcements such as MBA gen 2, totally re-designed MBP, possible new MP, possible tablet, possible new wii like gamer mac.

Possible Cinema Displays, Possible Apple TV, Possible Two Button Mouse, Possible G5 PowerBooks, Possibly going from 10 AM to 7 PM, fulfilling the dreams of fanboys all over the world.

Oh, and Safari possibly will seem snappier.