Anticipation, rumors build ahead of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ June 6 WWDC keynote

Friday, May 27, 2005 · 7:26 am · 26 Comments

Apple CEO Steve Jobs will kick off Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with his keynote presentation on Monday, June 6, 2005, beginning at 10:00am (PDT) at San Francisco’s Moscone West.

During his keynote address last year, Jobs introduced 20-, 23- and 30-inch Apple Cinema displays featuring aluminum finish with two FireWire 400 and two USB 2.0 connections and previewed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Speculation over what Jobs might reveal this year are all over the map from music video to video content (iTunes Video Store – iTVS) announcements, to new iPods, video iPods, PowerBook, iBook, Mac mini updates, satellite radio iPod add-ons from Sirius and Apple, 2GB and/or 4GB iPod shuffle introduction, H.264 and QuickTime 7-related announcements, 3GHz Power Mac G5 debut, Apple touch screen AirTunes-related remote control, Apple as a content provider via satellite, Apple’s new wireless carrier service, to an Intel-powered Mac Tablet running Mac OS X or a “Mac OS X Lite.” And that’s just a small sampling of what the rumor mill’s been churning out lately.

The five-day event, which runs from June 6 to June 10, will host more than 140 technical sessions with new content designed to serve a wide range of Mac developers, including tracks for making the most of Mac OS X version 10.4 ‘Tiger,’ hands-on labs with the latest Mac systems and a unique opportunity to work developer-to-developer with the Apple engineers who created Tiger.

Other activities at Apple’s WWDC 2005 include:
• an in-depth look at Tiger technologies, from its open source foundation to innovative application frameworks, next generation development tools and its more than 200 new features including Spotlight, Dashboard, Automator, Core Data, .Mac Sync and more
• detailed technical information and guidance to make the most of Tiger and other technologies including special sessions on creating Dashboard Widgets, writing a Spotlight plug-in, and implementing Sync Services in applications
• an Enterprise IT track helping enterprise developers, system administrators and IT managers to make the most of the core technologies in Tiger and fully leverage them in their environments
• hands-on labs highlighting new tools and techniques for accelerating applications, including one to help developers migrate projects to Xcode
• comprehensive sessions where developers can learn firsthand Apple Engineering’s own coding strategies and best practices for leveraging technologies like Spotlight, Core Image, Xgrid, Core Data and Quartz Composer
• special events and activities such as the opening night’s Apple Developer Connection Reception, Apple Design Awards, Stump the Experts and Late Night Labs

The cost of the five-day conference is $1,595 (US) per attendee. Visit Apple’s WWDC website for registration and complete session details at http://developer.apple.com/wwdc

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26 Comments

iYann

Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 7:24 pm · Reply

I always thought the “i” thing also stood for “i can do it all myself”.

With my Mac…
i can make movies
i can manage my music and photos
i can make my own DVDs
etc

killjoy

Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 2:38 pm · Reply

Does anybod think the talks with Intel could lead to another attempt at a hybrid like the Quadra pc. I think it would be a cool alternative to a kvm switch. Just a thought since the dual platform 25 mhz processor machines didn’t seem to catch on. An anouncement at the WWDC would probably be a little premature compared with the timing of the talks, however it could have been in the works for sometime.

Aaron

Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 3:53 pm · Reply

iYann: That is by far the best explanation of the “i”s I’ve ever heard. Great job!

fenman

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 6:32 am · Reply

The ‘i’ in iMac and all the rest originally stood for intelligent and the marketing had all sorts of derivatives of that including internet. As far as I can tell it still stands for (and is totally applicable to) intelligent.

As for rumours for the 2005 WWDC, try this for size:

A 23″ iMac G5 possibly 2.3GHz. The extra space would allow additional cooling for the 2.3 and possibly extra RAM but I doubt that. I know that a 23″ iMac is under development from my own sources inside Apple R&D. I just don’t know the timing. Given that the 23″ display is ramping up in production, the very recent iMac upgrade along with the price drop in all iMac’s seems to indicate a new top end iMac announcement is imminent. WWDC would be about right.

I think we can expect the max RAM in the PowerMac to be increased to 16 Gb (seeing as how the XServe G5 max RAM just increased to that) but I do not expect any firmware upgrade for that. I would like to see a 3GHz G5 announced but given the recent 2.7GHz I suspect we are still a few months away from that.

I do not think we will have a G5 PowerBook until IBM gets its 65nm plant on-line for G5′s. A 65nm G5 would run a lot cooler, be physically small and have lower power consumption. I think the PowerBook case may need a redesign to use the G5 as the thermo requirements would be different and the case forms an integral part of the heat dissipation profile. We may get another increment in speed for the 17″ PowerBook and if so I expect another boost in the iBook top speed at the same time.

It is my guess also that a 2Gb iPod Shuffle will be announced and maybe even the rumoured 4Gb version.

Some of the smaller announcements may include going to DVD+/- R across all SuperDrives.

We might also be ready for an increase in max speed for the XServe – perhaps going straight to dual 2.7 liquid cooled.

On the super computing front – look for a configuration tool to assist in setting up XServe clusters for business and not just scientific applications. I think to that Oracle will make a fuss at the WWDC over the availability of its 10g platform on OSX. Especially now that they have committed between 50 and 100 million dollars towards using OSX for part of their corporate service delivery internally.

SJ may just wow us all with a PDA as well. If so it may be a mini clamshell like the Sharp Zaurus C860 but running OSX instead of Linux like the Sharp. If so ….. I WANT ONE NOW !!!!!!!

Friday, June 3, 2005 - 12:18 am · Reply

my prediction is that because there have been few rumors around…there will be major upgrades. Also becuase it has been reported that Apple is paying rumor sites not to publish rumors and to publish WWDC ads. This sounds fishy. Cmon, the only rumors people really are talking about are tablets and intel processors…which are really just stock rumors that get stired up everytime there is a conference. G5 PB’s probably not..but I’d like it. g5 emac yes. dual g4 pb-maybe. tablet..oh who knows.
more ipods..i don’t really care..but bluetooth/wifi would be great. color across the line as well. asteroid..sure..but thats not a huge deal. new ibooks should be obvious..it’s been way too long without an upgrade. dvd-r DL across the line should be obvious as well. it’s happened everywhere but the laptops. “the year of the HD” needs some sort off plug here…maybe more with the new qt codec…itunes 5 video etc. or a video program like ivideo…with dnload service….hmm. If psp can have it’s own new format what stops apple from starting another dnload revolution. maybe some more partnership with sony…some new camera or device? I feel/hope there is a lot under apple’s sleeve this time. The abnormal rumor frenzy or lack there of makes me wonder what is going to happen on Monday. I can’t wait

oliver oli

Sunday, June 5, 2005 - 7:15 am · Reply

“Cmon, the only rumors people really are talking about are tablets and intel processors…”

my guess: steve jobs will present a tablet mac running with pentium M ultra low voltage CPU.