Figured I might as well start one of these, cuz I have a question for you all:

Do you think we'll be seeing an updated Ipod Classic at WWDC?

6/6/2008 5:07:26 PM

Who cares, the 3G iPhone is going prime time!

all the iPods, I think are going to the waste side, moving towards the Touch and iPhone's.

i think I may actually get one now that AT&T is rumored to subsidize $200 of them.

6/6/2008 5:10:29 PM

no. why would they? I doubt there will be any major changes to the Classic any more, except maybe the occasional storage increase. The Classic is a legacy product - they'll produce it as long as people are buying, but they won't put any more R&D into it. The future is all about the iPhone and iPod Touch, and incremental updates to the Shuffle and Nano.

here are my predictions (that i previously wrote out for a co-worker)

1) A 3G iPhone will almost certainly be released. Other rumored changes are - black plastic case instead of aluminum, thinner and shorter but same size screen, GPS, more storage, 2 cameras (one on the front for video conferencing). Maybe an EDGE-only version for cheaper
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/06/06/iphone-rumor-roundup-iii-attack-of-the-phones
Also for the phone, iPhone 2.0 software will be released. This will include the App Store and the SDK for 3rd party apps. Developers have been building apps for a couple months using a Beta SDK. Also in then new software will be more enterprise features like full Exchange support.

2) Some kind of official split between "OS X Leopard (Computer)" and "OS X iPhone (Mobile)". Up until now, Apple continues to claim that the iPhone runs the full OS, which is obviously not true. So they may officially split the OS into different platforms to get better specalized with each
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/05/apples_os_x_iphone_leopard_banners_show_os_split_pre_wwdc.html

3) "50% chance" a new kind of tablet, 4" or 7"
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/05/larger_apple_multi_touch_devices_move_beyond_prototype_stage.html

4) They will announce and preview OS X 10.6, "Snow Leopard", which will be released next January. The code name, "Snow Leopard", confirms that this will not be a huge change from 10.5, Leopard, but instead will be a stability and speed release, and they might also strip out the old PowerPC code and older APIs, making it the first 64-bit only, Intel-only release
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/03/rumor-mac-os-x-10-6-to-debut-at-wwdc-08/
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/06/04/mac-os-x-10-6-code-named-snow-leopard-may-be-pure-cocoa

5) They've had a service called .Mac for many years. It's basically an online account with email, syncronization services, backup services, web hosting, etc, for $99/year. When it came out in 2001, it was a really good deal, but it has stagnated since then and is way out of date as far as features and pricing, when compared to services from Google, MS, Yahoo, etc. So they're rebranding into something called MobleMe with lots of new features and price cuts and stuff.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/05/30/apples-mac-service-may-become-mobile-me
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/30/mobile-me-the-new-name-of-mac/


I'm banking on #1, 2 and 5 as 95%, 4 as 70%, and 3 as 25%.

6/6/2008 5:13:34 PM

Quote :

"all the iPods, I think are going to the waste side by the wayside"

6/6/2008 5:14:55 PM

here are my the predictions...

6/6/2008 5:24:49 PM

JOBSNOTE today

6/9/2008 8:15:37 AM

anyone wanna buy a 16 gig iPod touch?

6/9/2008 9:00:19 AM

^^^ yes, good point.

where's everybody going to follow it?

as far as I know, this is the only AJAX-ified site that will update automatically so you don't have to refresh the whole page
http://live.macobserver.com/article/2008/06/wwdc_keynote.shtml

others
http://www.macrumorslive.com/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/steve-jobs-keynote-live-from-wwdc-2008/

6/9/2008 10:06:34 AM

^ I thought macrumorslive.com also auto-updated on the last mackeynote...

With that said, i'll probably be between those two, depending on who has a faster textmessager in the room.

6/9/2008 10:28:56 AM

2 hours and counting.

6/9/2008 11:09:38 AM

doesnt appear as if the new iPhones will be released today :-(

i think that the rumor sites would be reporting shipments of boxes to be opened today, but nothing but one single box thats in a safe.

6/9/2008 11:52:31 AM

I thought the rumor was that it would be sort of tease-released... ready for order, but won't ship, or be purchasable in person just yet.

6/9/2008 11:56:39 AM

blows, im itching to dump my sprint POS ASAP!.

[Edited on June 9, 2008 at 12:03 PM. Reason : .]

6/9/2008 12:02:51 PM

Ah! Well I'm feeling that... I've got another year left using this vzw motorola krzr...

I'm most frustrated by the battery life depletion that was extremely quick. The extended battery does the job, but now it's about 150% of the initial thickness.

Lame.

6/9/2008 12:04:35 PM

Quote :

"the rumor sites would be reporting shipments of boxes to be opened today"

i thought about a week or two ago they were all talking about ginormous unmarked shipments being delivered

[Edited on June 9, 2008 at 12:21 PM. Reason : i hope it's today. dads across america have a father's day gift opportunity at stake]

6/9/2008 12:20:26 PM

Quote :

"dads across america have a father's day gift opportunity at stake"

Jobs is no fool... that's a good point.

6/9/2008 12:23:47 PM

Yea I thought I read that massive amounts of shipping containers were coming over from China, all addressed to Apple.

Here's hoping, I'll jump ship for AT&T today if I can get one for $200-$300

My verizon contract expired a year ago, but I've been waiting for the 3G iPhone

6/9/2008 12:29:09 PM

those shipments could be anything for Apple, keep that in mind, though they more than like are a pile of iphones

Quote :

"I thought macrumorslive.com also auto-updated on the last mackeynote..."

last i recall, that's correct, i believe i followed it at macrumors last year for leopard and all

[Edited on June 9, 2008 at 12:34 PM. Reason : ]

6/9/2008 12:32:13 PM

http://www.iphonealley.com/news/wwdc-2008-keynote-live-audio-stream

for the live audio feed

ive been using http://www.engadget.com for picture blogging

there are a lot more out there as well... ENJOY!

6/9/2008 12:34:10 PM

i cant wait for SSD cost to come down so i can finally upgrade my 60GB classic video to a touch and still keep all my shit...im rapidly approaching critical mass

6/9/2008 12:38:07 PM

apple sucks, it will eventually go by the waste side

6/9/2008 12:42:38 PM

^ haha, dont rain on our parade!

thanks for the audio link

[Edited on June 9, 2008 at 12:58 PM. Reason : .]

6/9/2008 12:54:03 PM

haha, Al Gore is there...

6/9/2008 12:55:13 PM

^^^"waste side"

FAIL

6/9/2008 1:06:23 PM

this audio feed blows

6/9/2008 1:08:38 PM

is it me or does the audio stream sound horrible

[Edited on June 9, 2008 at 1:09 PM. Reason : nevermind]

6/9/2008 1:08:47 PM

its shit, its from someones phone.

6/9/2008 1:09:34 PM

wow just got really clear

6/9/2008 1:10:30 PM

they just fixed it

6/9/2008 1:10:36 PM

enterprise support for the iphone, probably the best move they can make to increase sales of the iphone.

6/9/2008 1:12:37 PM

hahahahah Snow Leopard!!

6/9/2008 1:15:33 PM

audio stream isn't loading for me.....

6/9/2008 1:16:05 PM

im trying to re-imp the clapping, it killing my ears... having to wear my headphones.

missed the first one, and I can still hear the roar

6/9/2008 1:17:02 PM

still going fine for me

6/9/2008 1:17:09 PM

6/9/2008 1:20:57 PM

want to buy monkey ball now plz.

6/9/2008 1:29:12 PM

$9.99 games, not bad

eBay app too!

6/9/2008 1:31:22 PM

omg, enough with the demos!

6/9/2008 1:53:35 PM

For real. I know it's the developers conference, but damn, enough already. Announce the new hardware and pricing info Steve!

6/9/2008 1:56:13 PM

i agree, I guess the 3g will come last

6/9/2008 1:57:27 PM

ROFL

Quote :

"ANOTHER medical app. This one by MIMvista. Someone, wake us when Steve's back. Wow, we heard Apple's stock is down almost $5 since this keynote started. Maybe they should just demo their top three and keep going."

6/9/2008 1:57:30 PM

Quote :

"want to buy monkey ball now plz."

YES PLZ. ME WANT

Quote :

"Announce the new hardware and pricing info Steve!"

Can't go straight to the money shot...gotta build up to it


Apple's stock is already down 5% today, wonder where it'll end up.

6/9/2008 1:57:35 PM

STOP CLAPPING!!!!!!!!!!

6/9/2008 1:57:55 PM

sweet, looks like they've come up with an in-the-background solution!

6/9/2008 2:04:13 PM

6/9/2008 2:05:18 PM

that's hardly a solution...

6/9/2008 2:08:31 PM

anything cool yet?

6/9/2008 2:09:49 PM

The open-source community will love this:

Quote :

"Talking about the App Store. A way for developers to reach every single iPhone user. Wireless download support, automatic updates, developer sets the price and keep 70% of revenue, FairPlay wrapped, no charge to anyone for free apps."

6/9/2008 2:12:08 PM

I'm confused. Why would they charge for free apps in the first place? Doesn't free mean no charge?

6/9/2008 2:13:18 PM

This is the Developers Conference. So it's free to make & share apps, so long as they're free. (Like Creative Commons Licensing)

6/9/2008 2:14:12 PM