Rumor Round-Up: Last Minute WWDC 2011 Predictions
Hey guys, so WWDC is a short while away, I’d like to let you know what I expect to see at WWDC and what I don’t expect to see.
I will be updating this article with news with late-breaking rumors and leaks.
iCloud
Definitely, Apple even said iCloud would be announced today. Now, as for what it consists of is a very big mystery. The music streaming portion of iCloud is definitely a go. However, some industry analysts say that we will only be able to stream tracks that we’ve purchased from ITunes, while others say Apple’s pre-paid for any pirated tracks that may be uploaded to iCloud.
iCloud is also said to be launched as a free service, for a year, then the price will go to $25 a year. A very reasonable price.
Now, I believe MobileMe will be discontinued and iCloud will be taking it’s place, this means you’ll be able to do everything MobileMe currently does. Some people are already receiving refunds if they recently paid for MobileMe.
iCloud Wireless Syncing & Updating Via Time Capsule
This is a fairly new rumor. Some people are speculating that an updated Time Capsule will make it’s appearance at WWDC and then allow people to wirelessly sync and even update their iOS 5 devices, this new Time Capsule is also said to run iOS 5 and have an A5 chip inside.
Time Capsule To Be Your iCloud Server
This one also falls under the “late breaking” category. Some leaks suggest that perhaps our stuff won’t be stored on Apple’s new $1B data center, but rather, we can buy our own ICloud servers by having a Time Capsule do our bidding. It’s not a far-fetched idea seeing as even Steve Jobs has talked about this in the past, even as recent as the D8 conference.
iOS 5
iOS 5 is going to make it’s appearance. I don’t believe it will be released until “This Fall”. Us developers will receive a beta today, however.
New iOS Notifications System
100% certain. This and iCloud will be iOS 5′s biggest features. Apple hired an ex-Palm employee that worked on the notifications system, and even Peter Hajas, maker of MobileNotifier, the only MobileSubtrate extension that I would ever run on my iPhone 4.
We expect the notifications to look like the leaked picture we received late last night.
Deep Twitter Integration
Definitely, expect iOS 5 to be a lot more social. Now, this is definitely a logical step, Apple is taking a page from Mango, and baking social networking into the OS. Also, don’t expect a bunch of boring “send to Twitter” buttons, Apple is expected to do something quite amazing with it.
[LATE-BREAKING] iOS 5 Widgets Via DropDown Status Bar Menu
Some VERY late breaking news. A tipster has said that iOS 5 will have an Android-like status bar that will reveal widgets as well as recent notifications by swiping downward on the screen! This keeps getting better and better!
[LATE-BREAKING] BBM Style Messaging
Another late-breaking leak suggests that Apple will be bringing a BlackBerry Messaging type of service and putting it into iOS 5 using Apple’s “own MMS / SMS protocol which will be a native part of the phone” that’ll identify iOS users and “route the message accordingly.”
[LATE-BREAKING] MobileNotifier (Beta 5) Style Lockscreen Notifications
Yet another late-breaking rumor, looks like the lockscreen will also get an enhanced notifications view. It will have notifications (with their icon next to them) and if you drag them into the “slide to unlock” message, they will take you to the proper application. Cool stuff!!
Apple TV 2G (iOS 5)
Here is something that I am definitely waiting to hear more about. I believe we may finally see apps for the Apple TV. Also, I believe that iOS 5 will turn the Apple TV into something amazing, a lot more than a box to rent movies on, but now, a place where you can stream iCloud content right from the device. This will be a place to access EVERYTHING you own.
iOS 5 To Be iPhone 4+
Here’s a rumor I never really wanted to believe. Apple still sells the iPhone 3G S, so it seems very stupid to stop updating it at this stage of the game. It would piss a lot of people off, however an A4 chip qualification is possible. I have both a 3G S and an iPhone 4 so I’m safe either way, but I’m sure a lot of you are stuck on old hardware and I just don’t see Apple killing the 3G S this time around.
As for the 3G S having 100% of the features in iOS 5, I doubt it. It’s tradition, Apple will slowly kill the older iPhone, not all at once like the rumor suggests.
Mac OS X Lion
My sources are saying that Mac OS X Lion is what we’ll be starting off with at WWDC.
Mac OS X Lion To Be Released On June 14th
Here’s a rumor that is very possible. I believe that developers will get a GM today, and the final release will be a week from today.
The distribution of Lion will be both digital and via a physical disc. Now, personally, I would like to have a DVD of Lion but I want it right away, so I will probably end up buying it on the Mac App Store.
Surprise Features & Interface Upgrades In Mac OS X Lion
I’ve got word saying that we will see a few new features and even some interesting interface upgrades. Remember Leopard? When Apple demoed it, it looked like Tiger, but then at WWDC, there were new interface changes, massive ones. I believe this will be the case today.
Mac OS X Lion Pricing
I just don’t see Lion being priced at $29 like Snow Leopard was. Snow Leopard was more of a service pack, than a brand new operating system. Lion has a ton of new features and the experience is completely new.I think Apple may price it at $99 or even at a surprise $49 price.
iPhone 4S/iPhone 5 Announcement
Ha ha, don’t make me laugh!
read moreWWDC 2011 Kicks Off In Just 2 Hours!
Well here we go again! Another year, another round of amazing announcements sure to come our way. We will be posting the most important announcements from WWDC right here, live as they happen!
All the fun starts at noon (CST), the lines are already forming. Here’s a gallery of pictures from ground zero:
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LEAK: iOS 5 Caught On Camera
Well well, looks like I was right. We are going to recieving some very late breaking rumors and leaks for you right before WWDC in about 13 hours. In 2010, the iPad (and, we didn’t know it at the time but the iPhone 4 was in the same pic) was leaked the night before the big event.
This time, iOS 5 and possibly it’s new notifications have been leaked.
As you can see, Twitter integration and a new gray bar at the top for notifications! Like MobileNotifier maybe?
The image also shows a black camera icon, which makes sense. Why? The original camera icon was done to resemble the original iPhone’s camera icon, and this new icon resembles the iPhone 4′s back camera, flat as well.
It’s really interesting. I believe this to be a valid image, I don’t see any signs of this being a faked image. I’ve seen this up close and see no signs of being doctored.
Join us for WWDC at noon (Central), 10 a.m. (Pacific).
Click here to see some proof of the image’s authenticity
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BREAKING: Apple Launches iWork For iPhone
UPDATE: Also, to my surprise, they work on the iPhone 3G [S] & iPod touch 3rd generation as well as all A4 & A5 devices.
UPDATE 2: Click “Read More” at the bottom of the post to see some screenshots of the apps!
Finally, this long rumored piece of software has been released to the public! We have had rumors and evidence shown to us since late 2010 and it’s finally come true.
Apple has released a statement:
“Now you can use Keynote, Pages and Numbers on iPhone and iPod touch to create amazing presentations, documents and spreadsheets right in the palm of your hand,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The incredible Retina display, revolutionary Multi-Touch interface and our powerful software make it easy to create, edit, organize and share all of your documents from iPhone 4 or iPod touch.”
Here’s what the new version of iWork does (as well as becoming universal applications):
Keynote
• Keynote Remote app (sold separately on the App Store) to control your presentation from another iPhone or iPod touch.
• New document manager to easily sort your documents and organize them into folders.Numbers
• New document manager to easily sort your documents and organize them into folders.
• Improved usability including Smart Zoom for viewing and editing data.Pages
• New document manager to easily sort your documents and organize them into folders.
• Ability to change font style and size directly from the ruler when editing text.
• Smart Zoom for viewing and editing data.
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Apple Updates Their Apple Stores With iPad 2s
Well, the big mystery of what Apple is doing has been leaked by one of the employees. It seems as though Apple is revamping the retail experience (yet again) by adding a 9.7 inch multi-touch display that lets you go in-depth on the products Apple is selling. I’m, of course, speaking about iPad 2s!
There is an iPad at every station and this is basically a console that customers will be able to use to display product prices & information for products, product features, prices, lets you compare between models, and you can even use the iPad to ask a specialist to come to you!
Apple has created some interesting iPad 2s however, they aren’t normal iPad 2s, it seems as though they aren’t connected by dock connector, but by a cord running through the back of the units, and the home button is rendered useless (multitasking gestures anyone?)
So here’s a gallery of some pictures MacStories got ahold of:
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