More post-MWSF 2006

Posted: Friday, January 13, 2006 | | Labels:

It would seem that one blog was right on the dot when it came to predicting what Jobs was announcing on the keynote address. Kevin Rose's blog entry on January 9, 2006 correctly predicted the coming of the MacBook Pro ("15-inch MacBook, thinner, dual core"), the Apple Remote with FM tuner ("iPod FM receiver" and "new remote of some type"), iWork and iLife 06, Photocasting with iPhoto, and OS 10.4.4 with new widgets. Can't wait what he can tell us for the next few months during Apple's transtition to Intel. Perhaps some iPod rumors, too. Rose's on target predictions are featured in MacRumor's roundup on who got their MWSF 2006 keynote predictions right and who got theirs wrong, like this one from Mymac.com and some more mentioned in a Macworld article.

As I have already said before, PowerBook = MacBook Pro. iBook = MacBook. Perhaps the MacBooks will get a design revamp and the puported 13-inch screen.

Step back a bit and see what's missing in the new MacBook Pro. Also, was the MacBook Pro released too early?

The new Intel-based iMac and MacBook Pro made a big splash. But according to Wired there was supposed to be more. Something much cooler. We'll just have to wait and see for the next couple of months.

Why is Apple dominating the multimedia scene today? It is because they provide consistency and reliability of its products, unlike what Apple's competitors are offering to the public. Sony's CEO also said that Jobs was smarter at software that they were.

The media have fallen in love with Apple and its CEO but the problem is, are the media asking the real hard questions that will affect Apple users in the future? Like it or not, small may be the marketshare that Apple has, MacWorld got the same, if not more, media coverage as compared to CES.

Otellini tells Jobs not to underestimate Samsung, as the Korean company has taken a huge chunk out of Intel and is relentlessly trying to do the same to Apple. Because even if some think the January's release of the new Intel Macs might be one of the keystone in the computing industry, for Apple, according to TG Daily, its innovate or die and another writer notes that Apple's future is murky even after the earlier than expected release of Intel-based Macs.

Kodawarisan hacks open an Intel iMac (among other things).

EVDOinfo.com says that the MacBook Pro users won't need a WiFi hotspot. They can surf the net at 300-400 kbps by using the EVDO techonology. All there is to do now is to wait for manufacturers to make cards for the new ExpressCard/34 slot.

It was announced that Apple sold 1.25 million Macs on the last quarter of 2005.

Cringely writes his hits and misses on MWSF 2006. His average for this year? 66 per cent.

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