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Monday, June 09, 2008

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News to Watch Today

- Warner Crocker

IphoneToday, one way or the other, will be a big day for news, mostly dominated by Apple. Apple is set to open WWDC and the hype machine and the rumor mill have both been boiling hot. The big news is that we’ll get a look at what some developers have been doing with the Apple SDK.I’m on record as saying I think this will be a revolution of sorts in mobile computing. Of course the other news is that everyone expects Apple to roll out a 3G version of the iPhone. There are also rumors of a carrier subsidy this time around, making the purchase price a bit easier to swallow as long as you are willing to sign a service contract.

And of course there are Apple Tablet rumors. I’ve been following those, and the rumor that has the most logic to it is that we won’t necessarily see a device announced for sale today, but that we might see such a device mentioned and promoted to developers so that they can begin working on it for a later fall release. Some think that is the reason we might hear about a new Leopard revision, some are calling Snow Leopard, which will have whatever bits in it needed to make such a device operate.

Who really knows, but we’ll find out in a few hours. One way or the other, whatever Apple unveils today, it will have more than significant impact.

Other news to follow today has to do with Twitter. Twitter has had its ups and downs of late, while becoming a favorite tool of many. Some are quite dissatisfied with Twitter because of those downs. They’ve been making some plans to survive the surge of traffic headed their way during WWDC, and we’ll see how those plans work. Is today a pass/fail day for Twitter?

And Twitter isn’t the only service to watch. Om Malik has an interesting piece on how Apple unveiling a 3G iPhone will test AT&T’s 3G network, especially if the rumored video chat comes to be.

Should be an interesting day.



6/9/2008 6:22 AM MST  

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Monday, June 09, 2008 7:48:02 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
For once, I think the rumors of a Mac Tablet have a foot to stand on. Previously, there was no solid incentive for Apple to roll out a tablet, but now they have the enticement of software development for the iPhone. I'm sure iPhone developers would appreciate a tablet to test interaction with the multi-touch screen and accelerometer, as well as the opportunity to expand their wares to Mac OS X. There's also the small incentive of beating Microsoft to market with multi-touch on mobile and desktop computers.
Monday, June 09, 2008 8:40:53 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
Thanks for hyping the hype. Now all of the idiot Apple bashers will have even more to whine about. Meanwhile, those of us who actually care about what gets announced will have to endure their constant attacks and noise-making while we try to find and discuss related news. Please just report Apple news AFTER it happens. Don't hype it, and don't hype the hype. You're not the ones who suffer. It's us, the Apple faithful, who have to take the heat for you, and it's not very fair.
tucker72
Monday, June 09, 2008 9:38:24 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
If el-Stevo pulls an iPhone on us with the Mac Tablet (i.e., announce in Jan. and available in June, so here the MT would be available in December or something), I would be pretty happy - this winter then becomes the season of Tablets with the new Lenovo X200 Tablet, the Dell Latitude XT2, and now the Apple Tablet.
wickedpheonix
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