Apple rumors for WWDC
Apple’s World Wide Developer’s conference is almost upon us and the Interwebs has been swirling with Apple rumors. Here is a round up of the latest rumors people are expecting to see out of Apple’s keynote this afternoon, that’s 1 PM EST.
Of course, everyone is expecting the announcement of a brand new iPhone. The leaked pictures is supposedly of an iPhone with a matte back finish, looks slightly thinner, has a faster processor, twice the RAM, with twice the amount of storage at 16 GB and 32 GB capacities. The new iPhone is supposed to feature a front camera with the ability to record video, a feature that was not available on either the iPhone 2G or 3G models. It’s also rumored that with the launch of the new iPhone will come the official annoucement of the iPhone 3.0 OS, which has been in beta stages for developers since last year. Features of the 3.0 OS will include universal search, push notifications, Internet tethering, MMS and video/voice recording.
Other rumors include, Apple releasing a smaller 4 GB capacity iPhone for those who do not need the extra storage space, lowering the cost for those who have wanted an iPhone, but could not afford one.
As far as non-iPhone rumors go, Snow Leopard is expected to have its official announcement, but the Marble UI is not expected to be included in this announcement.
There are, also, rumors of Apple finally releasing an official tablet with multi-touch, so think of it as a much larger iPhone.
The Macbook Pro line is to get a slight refresh to its line with the possibility of a built-in 3G modem and flash card slots.
Finally, Steve Jobs is supposed to make his triumphant return back to Apple.
With the recent launch of the Palm Pre, you can’t help but think that Apple will be stealing much of Sprint’s and Palm’s thunder come 1 PM today. I am decidedly pretty excited in whatever Apple will be announcing this afternoon.
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--written by Peter To--
