MacWorld San Francisco 2007 Rumors
The Keynote is at 9am PST on Tuesday, January 9th, in SanFrancisco... this is an hour earlier than normal...
Ok, here are the rumors thus far:
Rumor 1: An Apple iPhone
Specifications 1: Kevin Rose
- January launch date on all carriers
- Extremely small form factor
- Two batteries
- Two Models: 4GB for $249, 8GB for $449
- Slide-out keyboard.
- Possibly touchscreen
Specifications 2:
- Two Models: 4Gb for $599, 8GB for $649
- Wider than the iPod nano, yet thinner than the iPod Video
- Made of Metal
- Muliple Colors, but at least black, white, silver
- Claims Cingular is likely US carrier.
- Virtual Clickwheel
- Full screen LCD (3.5 inch)
Specifications 3:
- 3-megapixel Camera.
- 2.2 inch display
- Complete iTunes/iPod integration.
- Strictly GSM/EDGE
- Apple asking carriers to not subsidize the price of the phone
Rumor 2: True video iPod
There are too many to list.... however here's the basics
- Full Screen
- Touch Screen, on screen scroll wheel
- Larger Capacticy? I don't see why not, with the increase of storage capacities...
100GB would be my guess is that it would have this one...
Rumor 3: Increase in .MAC storage
There's a video floating out there, here. I'm not sure if this is true or not... we'll see...
Rumor 4: Mac Pro Upgrade
Possible update of the MacPros to include the Intel Quad Core processors... meaning 8 cores for processing with the MacPro.
Rumor 5: Mac Mini upgrade
- Possible upgrade to the Core 2 Duo, versus the Core Duo it currently has
Rumor 6: Blu-Ray addition
- Possibility of adding Blu-ray support to the Mac Lineup
Rumor 7: New iSight Camera
- Apple stopped selling the iSight camera, and the only way to get it is in the laptops... so a new one?
Rumor 8: New Displays
- Possible refresh of the displays, including 32" display or possibly 37" display.
- Rumored 50" display.
Rumor 9: Thin 12" MacBook Pro
- There used to be a 12" powerbook model, but that was dropped, so could they be replacing it with a 12" macbook pro?
Rumor 10: Mac Tablet
- Least likely, since Steve Jobs doens't like the idea of a Tablet
Releases we'll most likely see:
iLife '07
iWork '07
- Which might include a spreadsheet application
More Information released
iTV (name will be changed) But this is Apple's Wireless streaming devices...
- Small Hard drive for cache
- HDMI connector
- RCA audio
- Component Output
- 802.11n Wireless
- No power brick, internal power
- USB 2.0
- Ethernet
- Digital Audio output
- Works with the Apple Remote
- Front Row-like interface
- Works with iTunes PC and Mac
- $299
Next version of their operating system OS X: Leopard
- Includes TimeMachine, a new feature that allows automatic backup of files.