“WWDC is drawing near, and its time for our almost traditional heap of speculation and wishful thinking, hammered into the constraints of a numbered list,” Charlie Sorrel blogs for Wired. “Of course, ninety percent of what is written below will turn out to be far from the mark or just plain wrong, but hey, if we don’t make a guess, we won’t get anything right.”
Sorrel’s list with probabilities:
1. 3G iPhone – 10/10
2. Proper New MacBook Pro – 8/10
3. Aluminum MacBook – 4/10
4. Internet Tablet – 1/10
5. Touch Screen Nano 5/10
Full article here.
Touch screen nano? Doesn’t sound appealing.
More like an iPod Touch Nano
This seems to be the most guesswork ever. Everyone is in the dark. Sure, we can speculate, but noone really knows anything. I just wish it was going to be next week instead of 3 weeks.
Hype can get boring, too. It needs to peak on June 9th, but it has peaked too early. I don’t think Apple predicted the iPhone would sell out quite this early.
How about some updated MONITORS. It’s only been, what, 5 years since the last refresh? The current lot are mummified.
Fast refresh rate.
Color accurate.
Built-in iSight.
Holographic Tablets I tell you!
4. Internet Tablet
no no no no no, what the hell do you think an ipod touch is? DUH, whats the point in making it too big for the pocket, but otherwise the same?
30 inch Cinema Display with a multi-touch screen, mounted horizontally.
Call it a Big Ass Table.
“How about some updated MONITORS. It’s only been, what, 5 years since the last refresh? The current lot are mummified.
Fast refresh rate.
Color accurate.
Built-in iSight.”
they do get silent upgrades and use the best panels available, there will be no isight as it would sacrifice sales in studios etc.
Gabriel’s list with made-up probabilities:
1. Apple TV Touch (will magically provide a multitouch interface for your TV) – 15/10
2. Airport Extreme Touch (will allow you to simply touch the WiFi waves) – 19/10
3. Two-Sided MacBook Touch (monitor on both sides, touch interface all over, even on the aluminum) – 3.14159265358979/10
4. The Magical Runs-Every-Program-Ever-Written-For-Any-Platform-Ever-Even-The-Amiga: MacBook Unicorn – square root of negative 17/10
5. iPod Holo – 100/10
Hey, it’s a list, and it’s about Apple! That must make my least at least equally newsworthy.
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Missed the most important one.
Forking of Mac OS X into two different versions. One for servers, desktops and laptops, one for handhelds.
The cinema displays can use integrated iSight, LCD backlighting, and/or a price drop.
Apple will launch a big ass tablecloth. You will be able to spread it out on any table or hang it on the wall. Complete touch interface. Will connect through WiFi. Will charge itself by collecting the static electricity generated by the user’s touch or from a microwave power distribution system. Can be used for TV, Keynote, Blu-Ray DVDs, as a virtual window (not Windows), functions as a web cam as well with sensor between the LEDs. Uses a flexible OLED screen. Optional remote keyboard and remote. Also imbeds thin-film speakers for an excellent audio experience.
The cinemas definitely need an update. As far as built-in isight… I don’t see that happening… I am somewhat pissed off I cannot buy an apple isight for my mac. I guess they didn’t sell enough to keep making them for the desktops.
2. Proper New MacBook Pro – 8/10
Please let my dreams come true.
Perfect timing for a sleek new purchase.
correction: I cannot buy a NEW apple isight from apple… I could always ebay for one…
The purchase of Dell by APPLE, for the manufacture of MAc-clones and to recover the assembly line of the displays… And Dell sharholders could be damn glad of that!!
If you check out the history of the WWDC, new hardware announcements have been the rarity, rather than the norm, with only Apple Studio Monitors, the Power Mac G5, Mac Pro and Xserve being unveiled since 2003. All predominantly PROFESSIONAL grade hardware.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_Developers_Conference
Now, since this is also corresponding with the iPhone SDK there is a logical tie-in with a new iPhone announcement, as well as potential iPod Touch capacity increases with the applications also running on the same platform. However, I believe that any additional consumer hardware announcements would be highly unlikely.
I almost wouldn’t be surprised if the shuffle got dumped from the iPod line-up. I have a feeling that the next iPhone, 3G or not will be cheaper. Accordingly the iPod Touch will likely get a price reduction (and a higher capacity version at the original price), in turn other iPods may get reduced to maintain their relevance in comparison to the iPod Touch. As such, the Nano will be so close the shuffle as to make no difference.
My kids won’t leave my 3.5 year-old Dell Inspiron alone. It’s high time I let them have it. Daddy needs a REALLY new MacBook Pro. Not just another speed bump.
@ cptnkirk
bwahahahahaaa – brilliant!
I hope a new Cinema Display releases. Its pathetic how Apple thinks they can charge $600 for a 20″!! Not only is it expensive, but its specs suck! My common sense says that it has to come soon, but my gut instinct says they’re going to leave it for a smaller conference or launch. WWDC is all about the iPhone.
@Gabriel
Haha, some good ideas there!
Game system or games for the Apple TV.
Touch shuffle = iTickle
WWDC will not be about hardware, it will be about the software; specifically, dev tools for iPhone and Mac development. I would not expect to see much beyond the new iPhone; maybe upgraded macs and mac pros…