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It’s that time of the summer again, WWDC is around the corner and the rumor mills are server farm electricity supplies to the ground. Almost, but not quite. Odd thing this time seems to be that all of it is only really circling the imminent release of 2nd gen. iPhone. No one’s talking about updates on hardware or the possibility of a totally new product. True, pro hardware often gets updated without a keynote unless there’s something that more resamples a revolution rather than evolution. I think pretty much everyone using the pro equipment is ready a revolution, has been for a while. MacBook Pro case design is, you could say, the same as it has been for the last 6 years. PowerBook G4 was released in 2001. Only big step we’ve since seen was the Intel transition. MacPro’s looks the same as the 2003 PowerMac. Let’s not talk about the screens.

I feel tempted not to make another list of things that are going to be announced in the keynote as it’s all too obvious. But I’ll make one anyhow, I have to, for the people. And just to hold on to my bad track record:

• 2nd gen iPhone - GPS, 3G, slightly smaller, better battery life
• iPhone SDK v1.0
• AppStore - 50 apps ready to go, 18 buzzle games, 8 GTD list apps, 4 text editors, etc. 4 really cool games/apps that I’ll buy moment I can, including Skype
• Snow Leopard - Bug fix only version of OS X, release date Jan 09 but delayed until April 09, $89
• New screens (one day….)
• Mention of some great upgrades to iWork/iLife/FCS that are in the pipeline
• Black anodized aluminium MacBook Pro
• 10.5.4 - TimeMachine/Aperture flaw stops sucking

Hmm. I don’t really feel inspired but check back on monday night to see how off I was.