I have been far more patient than usual in waiting for WWDC –
move-related things are the culprit. Normally, by this time, I'd be
incredibly antsy and impatient. We are still not fully unpacked, but we
have been making progress. My husband is the King of Organization,
whereas I'm just OCD about a limited number of things in the same vein
as Monica on Friends – namely my desk area, files, and my gadgets.
Other things, not so much. All of this together means that my husband
has done more to get us settled than I have, god bless his little heart.
😉
So, one week until WWDC! If you don't know why WWDC will be exciting
for me (and many other iPhone/Apple fans), all you need to do is Google
“3G iPhone” to see a healthy chunk of rumors about the next iPhone that
is speculated to be making its debut then. And some news on the iPhone
2.0 firmware is definitely expected – at Apple's last iPhone-related
event in February, the new firmware version was announced and described
to be available in “late June”. The big thing about the 2.0 firmware is
the App Store, which will be a gateway to buy and download 3rd party
applications on the iPhone. I know Steve Jobs generally likes to
under-commit and over-deliver, so I'm hoping that the “late June”
mentioned in February will actually translate to early June to coincide
with WWDC and that the new firmware will be ready for download next
week.
There are also rumors about Apple's .Mac service, many of which I hope
will be true (push email, more integration with the iPhone, and better
access to information while on the go). And I've also read rumors about
a tablet-sized Mac – that would be exciting (and would be enough to give
me pause before going ahead and buying a MacBook Air as I've been
planning to do) and just like Apple to throw out something that most
people aren't really expecting.
I'm sure I'll keep busy with things around the house (and with migrating
my site to a new host) until June 9, though I'm sure I'll get antsy next
Monday morning until the time of the keynote, and glued to my computer
throughout to see the news on the various blog sites. I'll definitely
write my impressions about every that's announced, as I did for last
year's WWDC.
FYI to everyone who subscribes to my blog RSS feed – I'm finally going
to be consolidating my main blog with this mobile blog, and I'm not
quite sure what will happen to my RSS feed at that time. I'll keep you
posted…
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