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The Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) 2009 will take place today. The much awaited annual conference which is followed by Developers and tech geeks alike have been an opportunity for Apple CEO Steve Jobs to deliver a keynote address and would often present new apple products and/or any development to the media.
Months before any Apple event takes place, rumors would come out from tech sites like Engadget and MacRumors regarding upcoming apple products. This hype combined with with apple’s secrecy raises public expectations have been known to boost sales and garner a huge chunk of the market share.
As for my own, here is a list;
- OSX v10.6 Snow Leopard – everybody have kept their hopes up for the final release of the next OSX update announced last year which promises better core functionalities; Grand Central - which has the ability to take full advantage of multi core CPUs, a 64-bit kernel and support of up to 16 terabytes of RAM.
- Refresh of the MacBook line – this is more of a personal expectation for me, some guy in chat told me that they might have a refresh of the current macbook line by discontinuing the 2.0GHz, dropping the 2.4GHz to $1,299 and a new one will take its $1,499 price point. I must admit this came from an unreliable source, but since Apple is keeping quiet about things, it won’t rule out the possibility for such a refresh.
- New iPhone – this has got to be the most discussed rumor on the intarwebz. Rumor has it that the new iPhone will come out in a wider range of models by bringing back the 4GB model for $99 with a 3-year contract, together with new 8GB, and 16GB models, and introducing a whopping 32GB version. It has also been reported that they will come with the ability to make Video Calls through iChat and that 8GB and above iPhones will have 3.2 megapixel cameras while the 4GB will get the current 2MP.
- iPhone 3.0 software update – this anticipated update will have 100 additional features which includes; Spotlight searching, Copy & Paste(FINALLY!!!), Push Notifications, MMS, and Peer-to-Peer connectivity just to name a few.
What are your expectations for the upcoming keynote? Feel free to comment right down, there.. ^_^
