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WWDC 2010: My Predictions

Posted on Mon, Jun 07, 2010
 

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Alright, I have ten minutes to write this before the keynote starts. Here are my predictions on what will be at the WWDC 2010 keynote:

  • iPhone OS 4 ships this week. Many apps already updated, some still waiting. iPad OS 4.0 will ship in August. 
  • iPhone HD/v4. More video capabilities, more video editing, other features covered elsewhere in depth already.
  • CDN available now that will hold your music purchased from iTunes store for streaming to any Apple device you own. Related to lala acquisition. You can stream via wifi 192 Kbit AAC copies of anything you've bought, and video. Not much local storage required that way. You can still download and hold locally if you want though. 
  • No mention of Mac OS 10.7 or new Mac software except for XCode updates.
  • Bluetooth touchpad now available for $89, for Macs and iPads. Full size touchpad like from a 17" MBP. Supports all the iPad/Mac OS smart gestures.
  • Demos from Valve and one other game publisher (Activision? Using StarCraft 2?) on how they've started bringing game development back to the Mac, and how new Apple technology helps them do this more easily.

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As a Blizzard fan, it seems weird to focus on StarCraft 2: they've been releasing games simultaneously for the Mac for years - has Apple actually done anything to reach out to game developers? I thought it was just the developers doing all the work.
Posted @ Monday, June 07, 2010 12:06 PM by Owen
You think there will be any mention of AppleTV?
Posted @ Monday, June 07, 2010 12:30 PM by Waldo
@Owen - I don't think so, but Apple has a history of talking about how they're getting rededicated to game developers and then doing nothing in reality. I wouldn't be surprised for a reprise. The way it's going now it looks like there may be nothing about macs at all though. 
 
@Waldo - I don't think so, or very minimal if anything. The AppleTV is like Steve's pet project at Apple. Unless they're really going to push into that world and fight Roku or someone, it'll remain out there. The AppleTV of today sucks and I'm not sure what it would take to make it a real device... It's not a gaming console and it sucks for as an entertainment console unless you 100% buy into all of Apple's platform apps.
Posted @ Monday, June 07, 2010 1:22 PM by Brian Whalley
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