“There’s every chance Steve Jobs will at some point pull the tech industry equivalent of a rabbit out of a hat in 2011, unleashing an amazing gadget no-one had thought of but that everyone will want (or, if they’re a competitor, want to copy),” Craig Grannell reports for TechRadar UK. “However, through existing Apple announcements, the company’s previous form and some cunning and incisive guesswork, we can be pretty sure we’ll see the following ten things from the Cupertino giant over the coming months.”
10 things to expect from Apple in 2011:
1. Mac App Store
2. iPad 2
3. iOS magazine rack
4. iPhone 5
5. Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
6. Increased focus on iOS after Lion’s release
7. Opening up AirPlay
8. Improvements to MobileMe
9. iTunes music streaming service
10. Doomsayers rebuffed
Full article here.
FINAL CUT STUDIO 4 Please!
Come on folks… The list is called “Ten Things to EXPECT from Apple in 2011,” so obviously, everything on the list is “expected.” It’s basically a summary of the obvious and already announced.
Now, what would have been more interesting (and difficult to write) is a list of “Ten UNexpected Things from Apple in 2011.” How about…
iPad 2.0 does not have ANY built-in camera
Apple decides to attend MacWorld 2011 at the last minute
iPhone 5 is ONLY available in WHITE
Apple releases “Magic Stylus”
Apple buys Foxconn
Apple corners market on LCDs – competition forced to use CRTs
Apple approves Microsoft’s “Virtual Windows Phone 7 for iPhone” app
Apple “cancels” Verizon iPhone just to drive analysts crazy
OK, I couldn’t think of ten…
@moe: Why does everyone keep saying there is no need for a rear facing camera on the iPad? The obvious use is for FACETIME. Switching cameras in facetime works to great effect. Why can’t people understand that?
Apple TV really needs to get with the apps program. It is long overdue.
I hope iPhone 5 doesn’t bring iOS 5. We don’t need a full new O/S version every year. I for one preferred my iPad’s perfromance under iOS 3.2 vs. 4.2.
The sky is still blue even if it is night time