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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.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andrea said 11:56AM on 6-08-2009
the store is down
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jonathan ober said 11:56AM on 6-08-2009
store is down
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Tom Castle said 11:59AM on 6-08-2009
Bigger hard drive??
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jonathan ober said 12:01PM on 6-08-2009
apple store is down
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odrunr said 12:03PM on 6-08-2009
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 . . . ???
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Noah said 12:16PM on 6-08-2009
$19 for Snow Leopard?! I'll take 10!
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captain underpants and the bringdown gang said 12:31PM on 6-08-2009
...can I have one?
Dakaix said 12:40PM on 6-08-2009
Macbook Updates please! Need to buy one later this week...
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Weasler said 6:30PM on 6-08-2009
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.
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ramcosca said 4:20PM on 6-08-2009
Damn, got them all right. Just went off by $10!
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thomas666 said 11:25PM on 6-08-2009
okay and BFD...or in other words: who cares...!!??
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