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Steve Jobs to Introduce iCloud, iOS 5, and Mac OS X Lion at WWDC Keynote
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Hardware yes or no?
Since there is so much forth and back here about hardware announcement possibility, check out this link on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWDC
From the article:
Before 2002, WWDC was not a place for hardware announcements, but Apple deviated from that principle in 2002 when it announced the rack mounted server Xserve, in 2003 with the introduction of the consumer-oriented iSight and the Power Mac G5, in 2004 with the introduction of redesigned Apple Cinema Displays, in 2005, when an announcement was made that Apple Computer would start the transition of their computers from IBM's PowerPC microprocessor line to Intel's line of x86 processors, and in 2006 with the release of the Xeon-based Mac Pro and Xserve.
Since there is so much forth and back here about hardware announcement possibility, check out this link on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWDC
From the article:
Before 2002, WWDC was not a place for hardware announcements, but Apple deviated from that principle in 2002 when it announced the rack mounted server Xserve, in 2003 with the introduction of the consumer-oriented iSight and the Power Mac G5, in 2004 with the introduction of redesigned Apple Cinema Displays, in 2005, when an announcement was made that Apple Computer would start the transition of their computers from IBM's PowerPC microprocessor line to Intel's line of x86 processors, and in 2006 with the release of the Xeon-based Mac Pro and Xserve.
I agree with you 100%. I am 19 years old and I firmly believe that this icloud announcment is the first of many cloud services that apple will have. I can see in the future when there are no more hard drives, everything will be in the cloud. I hope this is the first step to a cloud based future. And for all the old people reading this thinking this kid is an idiot, please try to get with the times.jkjk
come onI am really hoping for live streaming...
I was very disappointed last time.
Yeah, I am not sure why that was the case either since they did it before. It is a great use of the iPad as I discovered previously.
Hope to make use of that again. You can be sitting at work and prop it up right on your desk. Perfect.I am also hoping that this move to the cloud will necessitate a complete rewrite of iTunes. It's gotten very sluggish compared to it's younger days. (Though haven't we all...lol). A 64 bit Mac rewrite would be nice.
Crossing fingers....
LOL..until Skynet takes over your data at least. But I think your idea of the future is far away, if ever. The infrastructure just isn't there yet to support storing "everything" in the cloud. Who wants to be cut off from their files while on an airplane or train or going through a tunnel? Also, there are many people who would not want their financial data, medical stuff, legal stuff, etc. etc. being hosted on some third party server they have no control over. Even companies with all their trade secrets would not want that.
I know its an assumption but this is just my guess.
iTools became .mac and then MobileMe. MobileMe did not have the best of starts and I get the impression from other mac/iPhone users that its not that popular. Yes I am sure there are hundreds of thousands of users but of the 20 or so people that I know that have iPhones and mac's I am the only one with a MobileMe account. (OK I may not be typical)
So is MobileMe a brand worth protecting or would a relaunch be a benefit?
MobileMe lets the users store email, contact details, documents & photos etc in a cloud based environment. So if Apple are going to let us store music in a cloud based product, does it not make sense that this is packaged with their current consumer cloud product (i.e. MobileMe) and rebranded?
The brand "iCloud" at least to me does not make me think of iTunes, music or video. To me (and I fully admit that I am just guessing) iCloud sounds like something bigger.
Alex
I bet you Steve will say, "one more thing" "the iPhone 5!" at the end of the keynote. I bet 100 internets.
More to the point, lets hope iCloud isn't run on just US based servers as it'll flop and be hated just as much as crummy iDisk.
True.
I also see a connected world where you can enter the subway, the mall, etc. without ANY devices - just wireless headphone buds. These will be able to talk to the cloud located in the subway / mall / business where it can access your personal cloud material or public cloud material at that location.
The world would be differentiated by 'connected' spaces (like New York City) where all your devices are always with you without you really carrying anything, and 'unconnected' spaces like farms in South Dakota where you need real devices to access your music, videos, phone calls, etc.
In the 'connected world', you would just touch any one of thousands of public iPad type devices, wall-mounted screens, etc. and it becomes 'yours' with all your private data until your session is over. (Much the same that public pay-phones were around before personal cell-phones)
Steve Jobs leave of Absence
If these are Steve Jobs' responsibilities during a leave of absence I wonder if he previously mopped the floor at night, too.
It's awesome that he'll be front and center and better still that Apple has pulled the curtain open just a tad to acknowledge the inevitable upgrades.
If these are Steve Jobs' responsibilities during a leave of absence I wonder if he previously mopped the floor at night, too.
It's awesome that he'll be front and center and better still that Apple has pulled the curtain open just a tad to acknowledge the inevitable upgrades.
I'll be looking forward to the announcements. I'm very happy that OS X upgrades will be all digital with the new app store. Lion should run nicely on my new tricked out MBP.
I am also very interested to hear about iOS 5. I desperately want a new notification system-- one that doesn't suck. Second priority will be an implementation of dashboard for all my quick data oriented updates in one place. (Read: weather, maybe latest tweets, fb posts, etc.
I am also very interested to hear about iOS 5. I desperately want a new notification system-- one that doesn't suck. Second priority will be an implementation of dashboard for all my quick data oriented updates in one place. (Read: weather, maybe latest tweets, fb posts, etc.
what do you live under a rock?
Macbook Air at Back to the Mac event was a "One More Thing"
So your logic is that it happened in the past so it will happen this time? Many people are saying the one more thing will be new iPhone hardware. And your reasoning is that it is because it happened before. That is very poor reasoning when you're up against a full keynote lineup, Apple being extremely blatant about the lineup, and quite a few rumors that the iPhone won't get an update until around the fall. But they released stuff before by saying one more thing...
And again, I'm not saying these words won't be uttered. I'm saying that people have this impression that it is the equivalent of a hail Mary. How many of those one more things were significant hardware updates at the very end of the show? MacBook Air was a big chunck of the show if you want an example.
Do you really think they'll have time to talk about Apple Store 2.0, the App store and iTunes numbers, 10.7, iOS 5 (which we have never seen before), iCloud (which was only just now officially announced) and revised iPhone hardware? They don't even have time to talk about the new iWork apps. I'm doubting there will be any one more thing announcement other than a release date for 10.7 and maybe iCloud.
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someone has to pay for the bandwidth used to download an operating system that consumes the better part of a dual layer DVD, and it sounds like you are stepping up to the plate here.
Expect to pay a premium over and above the cost of the standard DVD.
Up until now, I had resigned myself to believing that the next iteration of iPhone would be out in the fall. I am learning to deal with my lowly Ip3G at this point -- and am ready to upgrade in June. That said, I decided to be patient.
However, now that Apple is going to showcase and release i0S5, I don't know how they can do it -- hype it up like this -- while demo-ing it on a 1+ year old, current generation phone. Where's the excitement? How can you put a new mobile OS out that looks to the future -- is the next big thing -- and demo it on your 1-year-old product?
I think they will be either a) demo-ing a new phone with spec bumps or b) give real insight into the development process for iP5.
You just cannot talk about i0S5 and its capabilities within the framework of iP4 and expect there to be excitement that Apple has always drummed up.
However, now that Apple is going to showcase and release i0S5, I don't know how they can do it -- hype it up like this -- while demo-ing it on a 1+ year old, current generation phone. Where's the excitement? How can you put a new mobile OS out that looks to the future -- is the next big thing -- and demo it on your 1-year-old product?
I think they will be either a) demo-ing a new phone with spec bumps or b) give real insight into the development process for iP5.
You just cannot talk about i0S5 and its capabilities within the framework of iP4 and expect there to be excitement that Apple has always drummed up.
My hopes for iCloud
I travel a lot. I have a 500gb (and growing) iTunes collection. I have no single device capable of storing even 1/3 of my music collection. I want to be able to access my music no matter where I am in the world, and be able to sync remotely with my library on any iDevice I own.
Anything else would be gravy.
PS - I'm aware there are other streaming services - I'm using Audiogalaxy now. But an official Apple service that allows streaming+syncing of *all* my content (including legacy protected AAC, etc.) is what I need.
I travel a lot. I have a 500gb (and growing) iTunes collection. I have no single device capable of storing even 1/3 of my music collection. I want to be able to access my music no matter where I am in the world, and be able to sync remotely with my library on any iDevice I own.
Anything else would be gravy.
PS - I'm aware there are other streaming services - I'm using Audiogalaxy now. But an official Apple service that allows streaming+syncing of *all* my content (including legacy protected AAC, etc.) is what I need.
I couldn't agree more. It would seem weird showing a new iOS for the future on a device of the past.
They do this every time.
The current gen will run everything you see here today.
The previous gen will run a subset of features.
Features specific to new hardware will be shown alongside the new hardware.
Considering the crappy state of the internet in large parts of the country and the fact that many major ISPs are embracing data caps, I wouldn't be so sure.
The iOS 5 release at WWDC will be beta 1, so there's still plenty of time.
Judging by the large number of reports of the Lion betas, and the absolute lack of hands-on reports of an iOS5 beta, I'm guessing we'll get the final release of Lion within 2 weeks of WWDC and a beta of iOS5 will be released to developers.
I don't expect the new iPhone to happen until September - probably alongside the iPod iOS devices. 3 months was the amount of time between the announcement of iOS 4 and iPhone 4. Both were made available the same week.
I don't think Apple will release a new handset without iOS 5.
I don't expect the new iPhone to happen until September - probably alongside the iPod iOS devices. 3 months was the amount of time between the announcement of iOS 4 and iPhone 4. Both were made available the same week.
I don't think Apple will release a new handset without iOS 5.