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Inside View on Apple WWDC Rumors

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rumor-grist-mill dept.

AppleLurker writes "In a recent interview with DVD newsroom an Apple employee talks WWDC rumors including the iPhone, Blu-ray, MacPro and the Apple Tablet. More realistic about what not to expect next week when Steve Jobs hits the stage." Apple's next move is always a hotbed of debate leading up to a product release and with all the rumors flying this year all bets are off until we see the checkered flag, so take with the requisite grain of salt.

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  1. Lots of new system software? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm an attendee and have noticed that the online schedule of sessions still has about 40% of the slots with "To Be Announced" as their descriptions. In the past Apple has done this when new technologies are to be announced; the session titles are filled in after the keynote is over.

    So perhaps there's going to be quite a bit of new software this time.

    1. Re:Lots of new system software? by Gary+W.+Longsine · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Loepoard has had the longest development cycle of any Mac OS X release since 1.0. I'd guess there will be some interesting new capabilities coming, along with API so that developers can use them, too. Past examples of new API announced at WWDC and slotted into previously blank sessions include CoreData, CoreImage, CoreVideo, and WebKit. I see there are only two scheduled sessions and one Feedback Forum regarding WebObjects. Perhaps some of the unannounced sessions will bring good news for this product.

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  2. Windows Vista? by abscissa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe if they announce Windows Vista at the WWDC it might actually materialise?

  3. Bets with salt by archeopterix · · Score: 5, Funny
    "...all bets are off until we see the checkered flag, so take with the requisite grain of salt."

    I think that the author should take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.

  4. Re:Working from current news and events by FuturePastNow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Also, Conroe won't go in the iMac for power and thermal reasons. Merom is a drop-in replacement for Yonah, and the iMac has a socketed motherboard.

    The larger issue is with you, me, the grandparent, the article, and the retards who populate every Mac forum (MacRumors, I'm looking at you). We are all just making shit up. None of us knows what Apple's upcoming products are, and while "current news and events" can provide clues, Apple likes its surprises. I have a friend who works at Apple, and he can't tell me anything, because he only knows about his specific project. It's a very compartmentalized company, and anyone claiming to have the "inside scoop" is full of it.

    Sorry about the rant. Back to making shit up...

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  5. Re:Hoping for the iPod video update by Reaperducer · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'd like to transfer them to the video iPod

    Try plugging your iPod into your USB port. It happens automagically.

    watch it during a rail-commute

    Place your iPod in your hand. Get on trin. Sit. Turn on iPod. Select show. Watch.

    or plug it into a friends tv for playback.

    Attach small end of video cable to headphone jack. Attach other end to friend's TV. Set iPod TV output option to "on." Select video. Press play.

    Either you're the dumbest electronics customer in history, or you don't have an iPod and you're just trolling.

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