“I think we’re about six weeks away from the next big thing. At long last, after decades of having to mess with camcorders and cables and PC video editing software and hard drives, my gut tells me Apple will make the iPhone a one-stop studio for recording, editing, viewing and sharing your own videos,” Peter Burrows writes for BusinessWeek.

“Actually, more than my gut. I’ve spoken with a source that is familiar with Apple’s plans for the next iPhone, which may well be announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in early June. Evidently, shooting video is as easy as it is with a Flip, the ingenious device made by Pure Digital (recently purchased by Cisco). Then there’s an iMovie app that lets you quickly save the sections you want, right there on the phone itself. There may also be support for MMS, so the clips can be shared wirelessly with friends. And because of the iPhone’s relatively large screen, your friends don’t have to schlep to your PC or their Facebook page to see that video of your kids or your safari. Just hand them your iPhone,” Burrows writes.

“The atmospherics suggest that I’m right. I’m referring to the loud silence from Apple—a company that is famous for pre-launch misdirection in order to maintain some element of surprise. For example, Apple made no mention of any video recording capability when it unveiled its iPhone 3.0 software a few months back. And yet blog posts from Gizmodo and others have pretty much confirmed that it’s in there,” Burrows writes.

“The company should have no problem coming up with great ads that poke fun at how difficult it’s been to simply send grandma a video of the kids, and how Apple makes it easier. So my hunch is that Apple will be selling loads of iPhones to people who want to create their own videos, rather than just watch those made by the pros,” Burrows writes.

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "JES42" for the heads up.]