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WWDC 2009 Rumor Roundup: iPhone, Snow Leopard, Laptops?
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Laptops are usually updated quietly (speed bumps etc), unless coupled to a major innovation or redesign, which will just not happen anytime soon. After all the unibody was introduced just last year.
The introduction of 3G to some of the laptops is another thing though. They might announce it as a side-note in the keynote. Or they might choose to announce it through a press-release at some point.
I'm not expecting any major news around laptops or tablets this WWDC. It will be mostly iPhone and hopefully Snow Leopard.
Will there be full IRC coverage by any chance?
I like the ars front page for these, as you get a full (and rapidly typed) blow by blow account of what happens. They're running an IRC channel themselves, but it looks likely to only be summarised news like everyone does on Twitter.
Wouldn't mind too much, but will be out and about... the ars page refresh is a PITA on the iPhone (scroll scroll scroll "ARGH it refreshed!"), would rather use something like Colloquy
I like the ars front page for these, as you get a full (and rapidly typed) blow by blow account of what happens. They're running an IRC channel themselves, but it looks likely to only be summarised news like everyone does on Twitter.
Wouldn't mind too much, but will be out and about... the ars page refresh is a PITA on the iPhone (scroll scroll scroll "ARGH it refreshed!"), would rather use something like Colloquy
*laugh* I always thought that since we're in a recession even Apple would eventually have to cut down on Jobs as well.
ARM Cortex-A8 is not the "next" generation of cpu's. Its over 2yrs old. Cortex A8 is a design reference not a cpu ... the TI OMAP3430 is what the Palm-Pre is using. OMAP3430 is based on the Cortex-A8 reference design.
Next generation CPU is the ARM Cortex-A9 reference which ST-Ericsson has a full working platform and successfully running Symbian OS with SMP - Semetric_Multi_Processing. Symbian is proven in this regard and has been ready for this for just over 1yr now.
I await for this in the iPhone without so many limitations as seen before - with the need for hacking.
A bump is coming, maybe not today but very soon. The white macbook is faster than the aluminum, so the MBP's will get an update (probably to 2.26 and 2.67, but maybe one multiplier down). The only reason to do the white quietly is to provide a hook for the back to school announcement (without an actual event this year) but save the shiny guys for a media event. They decided not to spend developer time talking about BTS, but I would expect an announcement today for the "real" books even if it is a 2 minute aside because it is one more nifty thing to throw in there and they don't talk about the whites anyway.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/07/apple-launch-new-iphone
"Apple unveils new iPhone as rival launches the Pre
Technology group reveals its latest model just as Palm's challenger hits the shops in the US"
I think somebody at the Guardian has jumped the gun slighty... or maybe they know something we dont...?
"Such concerns did not stop consumers in the US queuing up to buy the phone on Saturday, however, with shops around the country entertaining small groups of dedicated fans desperate to get their hands on the new Palm device."
Maybe im missing something.. but can any of you see "dedicated fans desperate to get their hands on the new palm"...?
"Apple unveils new iPhone as rival launches the Pre
Technology group reveals its latest model just as Palm's challenger hits the shops in the US"
I think somebody at the Guardian has jumped the gun slighty...
or maybe they know something we dont...?"Such concerns did not stop consumers in the US queuing up to buy the phone on Saturday, however, with shops around the country entertaining small groups of dedicated fans desperate to get their hands on the new Palm device."
Maybe im missing something.. but can any of you see "dedicated fans desperate to get their hands on the new palm"...?
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I just want to see Steve healthy again. He is one of the best public speakers of our time. He can capture an audience like he invented water. Boom. That..just...happened.
That would actually be fantastic, my scroll ball is boogered. Hopefully some kind of multi-touch surface mouse.
Also hoping for OS 3.0, but it's unlikely...
Wait a sec, the article is unclear, the plans are for the iPhone to incorporatethe cortex CPU which is not used a the moment right?
So lets hope that the new iPhones (assuming they are announced today) are available quickly.
I've waited the last 3 years and watched this phone and am finally ready to get one. It just so happens that I dropped my cell phone in the toilet last week too, on accident!
I've waited the last 3 years and watched this phone and am finally ready to get one. It just so happens that I dropped my cell phone in the toilet last week too, on accident!
This at face value might seem an excellent idea, but Apple have a vested interest in at least making the windows programs you run (in parallels and such) be less integrated and less user friendly. Otherwise, why would any big software company with windows only software (im looking at you, autodesk) even bother to write a Mac OS optimised program. 5 or 10 years down the line 95% of our software would be running emulated since the 'windows' versions run well enough to get by. Apple machines would be reduced to nice hardware running iWork, iLife and a boat load of windows software.
I think the level of interoperation we have with parallels is too much even. Most people find it 'good enough', but ive found it much more stable to run windows software in bootcamp than use parallels anymore.
At the very least its a tricky catch 22 situation.
Possible Demo at Keynote
Just had a thought about the introduction of the new iPhone with Video chat. (If this has been mentioned before - I apologize, I haven't caught up with all the posts)
I can imagine Phil introducing the video feature, talking it up, then getting a video call from Steve!
Showing Phil can pull off a great product intro, and giving a glimpse of a recovered Steve utilizing the latest insanely great technology!
Just a thought.
Just had a thought about the introduction of the new iPhone with Video chat. (If this has been mentioned before - I apologize, I haven't caught up with all the posts)
I can imagine Phil introducing the video feature, talking it up, then getting a video call from Steve!
Showing Phil can pull off a great product intro, and giving a glimpse of a recovered Steve utilizing the latest insanely great technology!
Just a thought.
This will be a boring Keynote. Since Jobs won't return for a couple of more weeks Apple will hold off on any "One More Thing" this time around. Instead sticking to the nuts and bolts of OSX and iPhone OS. That will be about it.
No surprises this time since we pretty much already know what's in iPhone OS and Snow Leopard.
Normally I would give my normal 2 years in advance ideas but not this time.
4 new models of the iPhone.
iPhone OS released Friday with the new iPhones on sale next Tuesday.
Speed bumps on laptops tomorrow ( the normal Tuesday ).
Snow Leopard preview with a release date of August.
Updated iTunes to block out the Pre in August.
We have seen a rash of software updates this past week. That is a normal indicator of new hardware or O/S updates so there's an outside chance Apple has blown off the Marble GUI in favor of a stable release to developers this week.
Introduction of the embedded OS SDK. If this happens we will see Steve Jobs show off the fabled MacTouch Tablet as a one more thing. It's his baby and only Steve could turn on the RDF for that.
Perhaps the Multi-touch mouse and keyboard.
Not setting my sights too high for this one. Everythings waiting on the return of Jobs.
I don't see him there today but if he is watch out.
No surprises this time since we pretty much already know what's in iPhone OS and Snow Leopard.
Normally I would give my normal 2 years in advance ideas but not this time.
4 new models of the iPhone.
iPhone OS released Friday with the new iPhones on sale next Tuesday.
Speed bumps on laptops tomorrow ( the normal Tuesday ).
Snow Leopard preview with a release date of August.
Updated iTunes to block out the Pre in August.
We have seen a rash of software updates this past week. That is a normal indicator of new hardware or O/S updates so there's an outside chance Apple has blown off the Marble GUI in favor of a stable release to developers this week.
Introduction of the embedded OS SDK. If this happens we will see Steve Jobs show off the fabled MacTouch Tablet as a one more thing. It's his baby and only Steve could turn on the RDF for that.
Perhaps the Multi-touch mouse and keyboard.
Not setting my sights too high for this one. Everythings waiting on the return of Jobs.
I don't see him there today but if he is watch out.
As an AutoCad user and a Mac user this is already a reality for me today.
Cider, crossover, Paralells etc. are all patchwork for the occasional temp fix but not as a permanent solution. Besides the real stuff largely requires a reboot to bootcamp to able to use it for any serious work, 3dsmax, AutoCad etc.
Imho, this is what Apple should work on instead of coming up with a years old feature on their damn toy i.e. video calls. If anything it seems cider et. al. have put a damper on development already.