Posted on Monday 9 January 2006 - Popularity: 2%
Macworld Expo San Francisco 2006 is going to start tomorrow and this time the rumors going around are really interesting. Now I’m not going to add anything new as everything I would like to see, maybe expect a WiFi iPod, was already posted on one of the big rumor sites and I don’t have any insider contacts which revealed anything to me, but for anyone that doesn’t follow those rumor and analyst postings, here’s a round-up of round-ups to get you prepared for tomorrow:
Think Secret: Intel and New iBooks, Media Mac mini, Digital Content Partnerships, iLife ‘06, new iPod shuffle, Apple Plasma TVs and a new iMac.
Perhaps most important to keep in mind, we would not be surprised to see at least a handful of announcements that as of yet have not been reported. While on some occasions Think Secret nails virtually all of Apple’s announcements in advance—such as last year—a few announcements each year usually fly under the radar.
Mac Rumors: .Mac Update, Plasma Viiv Displays, Intel Macs, new iPod shuffle, iWeb and iLife ‘06.
Apple will not be providing a live Quicktime stream of the event. Instead a replay will be posted following the keynote address. MacRumors.com will be providing live coverage if at all possible.
The Mac Observer: Updated iPod shuffle, Intel-based Mac mini and iBook, new iTunes Video Content and Consumer Electronic Devices.
Piper Jaffray analysts, Gene Munster and Michael Olson, have a positive outlook for Apple, and expect some exciting new products at Macworld Expo 2006. Both analysts expect Apple will remain healthy thanks to updates to the Mac platform, a focus on home and portable media, and strong iPod market share.
AppleXnet: New iPod Shuffle, Intel Mac mini, iBook
This may be the most unpredictable Macworld yet, and the most exciting. Don’t forget, live coverage will be available in four languages in #apple-x, #apple-x-de, #apple-x-jp, and #apple-x-es on irc.freenode.net. See you there!
The Business Online: Low-cost laptop and cheap iPod
Despite recent legal attempts by Apple to silence US-based website ThinkSecret, which has been predicting the imminent launch of a cheap laptop, US analysts believe Apple plans to unveil a new laptop this week.
ZDNet: Mac OS X 10.5, Intel PowerBook, iWork ‘06, iLife ‘06, Bluetooth remote control, AirPort Ultra, 1GB iPod nano, Intel Mac mini and a Widescreen Intel iBook.
It’s that time of year again, time to dust off the crystal ball and prognosticate about what Apple has in store for us at the big January love-in at Moscone. So before you lay your money down for that shiny new computer, here are Jason the Greek’s Vegas odds on Steve Jobs announcements for The Big Dance.
Macenstein: iLife ’06, iPod nano with video playback and storage increase, Intel iBooks and Mac minis, PowerBook speed bump, iWork spreadsheet program, smaller iPod shuffles in various colors and The Simpsons go to Macworld.
Obviously there will be stuff we missed, but these are the things we are most confident of. All in all there’s nothing to mind-blowing, yet any new iPod announcements are sure to get press attention and the love of Apple stockholders. In addition, the threat of the first Intel Mac is sure to make this one of the most covered Macworlds in recent memory. Because of all the free publicity, we think it is extremely likely Steve will have a fairly impressive “one more thing” this year.
Bloomberg: Apple Builds Proper, Lovable iPhone, Ditches Motorola Rokr
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future,” said Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist who won a Nobel Prize in 1922 for his work on the structure of atoms. With that caveat in mind, here are some headlines you might find yourself reading in 2006.
And here is a nice article about Apple keynotes in general, “Behind the magic curtain” where Mike Evangelist tells the insider secrets of Steve Jobs grueling preparation.
Fredi
PS: FoxTrot comic by Bill Amend.
December 8th, 2006 at 9:15 am
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