Steve Jobs to give MWSF 08 Keynote

Don't know if the keynote will mention all of this... My take on what is in store is this:

- new MacBook (the most successfull Apple computer) -> new "iMac" like design, touch technology, new processor, graphic card, thinner
- new MacBook Pro (the most desired and referenced Apple computer) -> new "innovative" design, more touch technology than the MacBook, thinner, newer processors
- new iTunes content -> new studios, new features (maybe rental? maybe 720p content (talks with studios are likely to be: higher price, no extras but higher definition)
- new "hobby news" -> SW upgrade for AppleTV, maybe including support for more codecs (DivX cough cough) and/or WIDGETS (now that would be great, during a movie or while listening to movies to be able to watch some widgets.
- new "Apple software" -> Aperture 2.0, iPhone SDK and first software titles, maybe others, revision of iTunes (the store has grown to wide and too complicated, everything seems to run through iTunes (updates, software, video, music, you name it)
- new "Mac" -> expand the successful notebook line adding something slick, stilysh (as always) and very portable
- new "Mac Pros" -> the foundation of Apple among professionals. This line needs: new design, new features. Maybe they'll become somewhat smaller

These are news that, IMHO, make perfectly sense, because they are in the natural development of Apple. For the cathegory of dreams are the following:
- "home server" -> might be an expansion of MacMini or Airport Extreme or an entirely new product. It would be: 1) content storage (if you can purchase 720p movies or TV series you will soon need to have an appropriate, centralized, storage space (to sync the ones you want on the AppleTV, iPods, iPhone or even on the "small" HD of your notebook (regardless of which model, you don't want to take it all with you) 2) syncing calendar and contact data among all devices (over the internet with .Mac) 3) streaming content so you have access to all or part of it on the go over the internet (tight integration with .Mac) 4) centralized TimeMachine for all systems and all devices (TimeMachine for iPhone would be great)
- "high definition movies" -> get over "almost DVD like" and show real benefit for customers in purchasing titles on iTunes with the new price scheme!
- new screens for pros: real new screens and for "real pros"
- games on AppleTV (as you might have guessed at this point I am one of the few "crazy" people owning one)
- Video content of iTunes available in more and more countries (maybe a worldwide simultaneous release or a road map about that, or even MENTIONING it)


That would be a 8 hours keynote... But I hope MacWorld brings some of what I mentioned, because my feeling is that most of it is expected by customers. Apple has boatloads of cash and, if they want to mantain their current growth trend, some of it needs to be done badly.

On second thoughts Steve could also say "Live in the UK? just paid for a locked phone for the first time since 2000? Got 15 months left on your contract (we normally have 12)? Unlucky!"

A new iphone would be nice to fill in the gaps that everybody wants in the UK and I suspect the rest of europe (MMS, Broadcast Message, 3G, GPS)

That surely has to be a new Macbook. Every other apple product has dropped the "plastic white look" (ipod shuffle, ipod nano, ipod classic, imac)

uh, doesn't steve do the keynote EVERY year? i mean, that's why we call it the stevenote, don't we? where is the news in this? :P

@nik

we do?

Don't forget Macworld parties!!!!!
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Am I the only one who noticed three "of course" in four sentences?

not to be mean, but previously engadget has done these events better. id like to see you guys do the live blogging this time though, since i enjoy your site more.

Oh Nik... we dont use the word "queue" in america, haha.

Hmm...new Mac Pro's...new ACD's...Ultra-Portable Notebook...new iPhone announcement...what else?