Monday, August 07, 2006

WWDC today


Well today is the day that us Mac lovers look to like Christmas. We'll sit eagerly awaiting Steveclause to show us the new toys we are all craving. I'll edit this post with my thoughts on the announcements as they happen. Here's what I predict:
1) Leopard Preview (no brainer)
2) Mac Pro
3) iTMS Movie Rentals

I doubt that there will ever be any iPhone and surely don't see one mentioned today. We will know shortly! At 1:00 PM the fun begins!


Things that intrigue me...
1:10 - The new Mac Pro is introduced. It has core 2 microarchitecture and 4mb shared leve2 cash and quad processors at up to 3ghz and up to 16g ram.
1:35 - Time Machine: A new back up software integrated in OSX Leopard
1:45 - Spaces: Virtual collections of applications that you set up. You can set up spaces that have certain apps running like a web space that has Safari and iWeb or a productivity space that has iWork, Mail and Keynote
1:58 - Mail gets an update: Stationary, Notes and To Dos
2:10 - Dashcode: build your own widget for Dashboard by using part of any web page and it builds the widget for you and it automatically updates.

It appears that is it... Looks like I was wrong about the iTMS movie rentals. At least I got 1 and 2 right. So when will I be able to ditch Netflix and Blockbuster? Your guess is as good as mine.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Where are the iTMS movie rumors?

I have been perusing the Apple rumor sites in advance of the upcoming WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference). I see stuff like an iPhone and hints about the new OSX 10.5 among other things. You know what's missing?

Back in March, maybe earlier, people started talking about Apple putting full length movies on the iTunes Music store. Heck, the Disney original movie "High School Musical" was even available for $9.99. Then talk was about discussions of licensing and price for the movies. I even wrote an article about the rental type service that looked promising.

Here we are, just days away from WWDC and there is no talk about any of it. If you ask me that may be a good sign of things to come. One thing is for sure, come August 7th, there will be plenty to talk about!