“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.
These aren’t exactly earth shattering predictions.
10 Things Everyone Already Expects From Apple, but we need some hits to here’s an article anyway:
1. Mac App Store (duh, already annouced)
2. iPad 2 (really? maybe they’ll keep the current iPad for 2 years)
3. iOS magazine rack (ok)
4. iPhone 5 (That’s a tough one)
5. Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Already announced for summer, nice try)
6. Increased focus on iOS after Lion’s release (Wow, nice work)
7. Opening up AirPlay (Can’t go anywhere but more open)
8. Improvements to MobileMe (Steve Jobs email already confirmed)
9. iTunes music streaming service (ok)
10. Doomsayers rebuffed (That’s a constant when dealing with Apple)
Neeeexxxxttttt….
@ Marcus
Just because you know what’s coming out for Apple next year does not mean the article is not relavant.
Hey, give him some credit – he didn’t rehash the Verizon iPhone rumors!
Add iWorks ’11.
yeah they are pretty much all slam dunks, and jeebus from that standpoint it looks like Apple is gonna continue to dominate the world. Crazy thing is that you gotta factor in some actual surprises that Apple is sure to have up its sleave. Ouch, I wouldn’t wanna be a competitor.
Marcus Aurelius
I think using that name would make a more positive outlook on your comments in life.
Try to remember alot of people do t read this on a daily basis and it’s nice to have a breakdown of things. Thank you for posting 10 things MDN
why didnt you mention that big apple dildo stucks up your ass
@bizlaw
I was just thinking that!
This guy is a genius.
While the article is, in fact, accurate in that these are 10 things to expect from Apple next year…it just seems like it didn’t take much journalistic or analystic (is that a word?) talent to come up with the content.
Yes, to the layperson, these 10 items might be newsworthy. But, for the most part, everybody on MDN is fully aware of the majority of these predictions.
Didn’t stop me from reading
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Odd as it might be to some, there are many people in the world who do not keep track of the latest sneeze from Mr. Jobs. (bless you)
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It’s a round up of information that is of use to many people.
Please don’t say verizon iphone. Verizon has already came out and said they are announcing some LTE android phones. Basically nullifying any iPhone rumours for CES and month of January.
http://www.bgr.com/2010/12/20/confirmed-verizon-wireless-to-debut-lte-android-handsets-at-ces/
Yep, those are all in the cards. I’ll add to the list of obvious items:
SSD replace hard drives on everything but the Mac Pro
Optical drives remain as legacy hardware options for 2 or 3 yrs at the most
Apple TV joins the iOS app world and becomes a cloud based gaming platform
App store for Mac kick starts a golden age of Mac Gaming
Office for Mac sales fall in 2011
and the most obvious prediction for 2011……..
Neither Dvorak or Paul Whatshisname will “get” the iPad.
11. Sky continues to be blue.
Yeah, I don’t see the iPhone 5 before 2012 personally… I think the 2011 version will be a slight revision, like the 3g and 3gs versions.
I don’t see a completely new iPad either – too much invested in cases and so forth IMO – but again slight revisions.
everyone is so hungry for Apple to lead the charge, they create news to satisfy themselves LOL. pretty amazing.
@ fred
Re: “why didnt you mention that big apple dildo stucks up your ass”
Thanks for your insightful and thoughtful comments, fred. You’re a really valuable contributor. Certainly persuaded me, with that cogent analysis.
If you can’t proofread your post with even a third-grade skill level, why should anyone lend credence to anything you have to say? (For “say,” read “vomit.”) “Stucks”?
Morons with a keyboard. The world’s true nightmare.
Here are my predictions:
1. aTV getting apps, and a few more networks signing up.
2. Minor iPhone revision, maybe 64 gb, and software update
3. The obivous Mac updates.
That’s really IMO what’s gonna happen
Also see a front facing camera on the iPad, don’t really see the need for a rear facing, but maybe and a better screen and maybe faster processor. Case will not change much
@ Bill:
” Sky continues to be blue.”
Hmmm… I dunno. Let me come back at midnight and re-read that…
I see an iMac update coming as the current design will be 2 year old soon
@anevilmeme
Sound like good calls to me!!
I think this article was ridiculous. If they read this they’ve obviously reading MDN for a while? And theyve posted many articles about these but in more finer in detail and if this is news to you, your abit of an idiot. And iPhone 5 does not have the same ring to it as 4 or 3GS so I don’t think they’ll call it that. iPhone 4S perhaps?
I was hoping Macstradamous would foresee apps on the Apple TV, if only to have a new platform for games.