Look for iLife ‘05 and Keynote 2 at January’s Expo

Among the announcements expected at the next Macworld Expo in San Francisco on January 11 is the release of iLife ‘05, including updates to all core applications in the suite. iDVD 5 will include a way cool DV tape burned directly to DVD feature. iMovie 5 will be renamed iMovie HD to reflect its new support of HDV. GarageBand is expected to see major updates to accompany Apple’s yet-to-be-announced FireWire breakout box, code-named Asteroid. The only app not expected to see a major update is iTunes, which may get minor treatment as a 4.7.1 update.

Users of the presentation software Keynote will likely herald the announcement of version 2. Additionally, there a pair of Keynote-related products in the wings, code-named Crossbow and Slingshot. No word on what the products will entail, but I must say I’m a bit concerned about the level of violence we’re getting to, here. I thought ‘bullet points’ was bad enough! How about a kindler, gentler, presentation software, Apple?!