Counting down to WWDC: Last-minute rumors

We're down to the wire -- less than 90 minutes before the WWDC Keynote ramps up, and the rumor mill has wound down to a murmur after a week of wild speculation. Want to read about how the new iPhone will singlehandedly boost your love life, bring you millions of dollars and boast a video camera, Swiss Army knife, automatic can opener and turn into a mini TARDIS? Sadly, those rumors have yet to appear. Except maybe the video camera.

Daring Fireball's John Gruber has been the focus of most of the very last-minute guessing with his thoughts of today:

The iPhone 3G ... oh, sorry, iPhone 3GS: It'll be faster, twice the current amount of RAM, video camera, more storage ... those aren't new rumors. But, Gruber says that he's heard that the phone will also receive a name upgrade to the iPhone 3GS. The other nice piece of speculation is that the iPhone 3GS will also have a 15-20% longer battery life over the current model.
Cheaper phones for the masses: A $99 version of the iPhone that will not have as many features as its more expensive siblings, though it could just be the existing 3G iPhone at a lower price after the new models are introduced. This isn't exactly that new of a rumor considering that The Financial Times had this one over the weekend.
Snow Leopard pricing: Gruber believes we could see Snow Leopard priced as low as $19 considering it doesn't have any major features ... unless Apple manages to pull out something today.
Playing with Marble: Of course, that new $129-cost "feature" could be that Snow Leopard will feature a reimaging of the OS's visual appearance. However, it's more likely that a move to "Marble" is slated for OS 10.7.
The Holy Grail ... er Mac tablet: It's real, but not today.

To prepare your rumor checklist, check out our other posts rounding up rumors, speculation and just plain ole guessing from over the weekend.

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thomas666

okay and BFD...or in other words: who cares...!!??

June 08 2009 at 11:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ramcosca

Damn, got them all right. Just went off by $10!

June 08 2009 at 4:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dakota Trotter

I am currently waiting in line for the geniuses over at the Mac Store, and I overheard them talking about what's being announced today. There are going to be new MacBook Pro's with built in SD Slots, and 15', 17', 18' screens. Take this with a grain of salt of course, just what I overheard.

June 08 2009 at 1:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dakaix

Macbook Updates please! Need to buy one later this week...

June 08 2009 at 12:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Noah

$19 for Snow Leopard?! I'll take 10!

June 08 2009 at 12:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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captain underpants and the bringdown gang

...can I have one?

June 08 2009 at 12:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

odrunr

A buddy has been trying to send me a MMS this morning and it does not go through. I know, Ihphone'c can't open MMS but at least we usually get the text saying where the image can be viewed. This is disabled. I am thinking an update today . . . ???

June 08 2009 at 12:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jonathan ober

apple store is down

June 08 2009 at 12:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tom Castle

Bigger hard drive??

June 08 2009 at 11:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jonathan ober

store is down

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Andrea

the store is down