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17 November 2004
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In news that suggests promising announcements at the MacWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, January 10-14 2005, it has been confirmed that Steve Jobs will be giving the keynote speech.
MWSF has often been the place at which Apple announces new software and/or hardware, and already, speculation as to Jobs's presence is beginning to filter across the internet
MacWorld San Francsico website:
http://www.macworldexpo.com/live/20/events/20SFO05A
Many are already suggesting that the iLife product range of software
will be updated. Rumours of a more advanced iPod are also out on the
net, also though I'd suggest that given the recent launch of the iPod
Photo, a new and more adaptable iPod released so close to that launch
may not be likely.
Most probably, we'll see some revision in the G5 tower range and there
is also discussion as to whether new PowerBooks will be announced.
Those brave enough amongst us (not me) are speculating that we might
even see the launch of a G5 PowerBook. We can only wait and see on that
one.
Others hope that well see the revision of the new iMac G5, which may
include built in wireless or bluetooth cards, or at least a small
updating of the processor speed. As many of you will know (sorry
Resellers) I've suggested for some time that waiting for an iMac G5
revision was a good thing to do....I'm hoping that San Francisco will
be where it happens.
Finally, perhaps contradicting what I have said already, Apple must
surely continue its focus on the digital lifestyle, so who knows what
we may see.
AppleInsider recently speculated about an iPod with wireless technology based upon patent documents that it had looked at...
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=745
...which doesn't seem that far removed from what Andy Ihnatko was
suggesting at his talk that I attended in Santa Clara at the O'Reilly
Mac OS X Conference....
http://www.nzmac.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=69
The good news is that we'll know the results of this in around about
two months. The bad news is that we're not going to know the results of
this for around about two months.
Let the speculation begin!
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