Caution: Anyone reading this will be subject to Apple spoilers. I'm assuming you know about them already when you read this post. Close now if you don't want to get the spoilers.
I remember when Stevenotes were surprising. That was when rumor sites were either wrong, or didn't exist. But now, here's my ideas on why rumor sites are so spot on nowadays:
- Apple is predictable as fuck.
- People speculate too much and eventually get it right.
- Apple refers to rumor sites when it comes to product roadmaps.
- Someone was/is being/will be fired.
So first, let me just say that the following will only be based on what I've read throughout the afternoon on MacRumors Live. Haven't really looked everything up on Apple's site yet, so my reasoning might be a bit off. Bear with me.
Mobile Me (a.k.a. .mac Redefined)
I was one of the few people who found .mac's lack of push email to be incredibly odd, considering Apple charges for .mac, and Yahoo offers push IMAP to iPhone owners for free. Well, that's gone with Mobile Me. Push email. Go them. There's also push calendar and push contacts, which should theoretically mean no more sync conflicts for .mac users.
Amazingly, Mobile Me's Web interface is very very Mac-like, I wouldn't be surprised if it was based around something similar to the Objective-J framework the 280 North people showed off last week. Definitely nice to look at. I'd also like to add that the Contacts and Calendar apps both look better in the on-site screenshots than Address Book and iCal (on Tiger).
One thing that needs adding, and many people have said this at some point: There's an iDisk app in Mobile Me that lets you send/recieve files with people using the Public folder, but why is there no iDisk mobile counterpart? Imagine dragging an Office/iWork document to your iDisk's documents folder and being able to view it automatically on your iPhone. DropCopy does this! It works incredibly well! Do it! Some people would jump on Mobile Me if that were the case... this is just a slightly enhanced .mac.
iPhone 3G
Predictable. :P Rather surprised about the GPS though. Didn't see that coming.
However, notable things that may/may not be coming with software update 2.0:
- Support for multiple calendars. Finally.
- Scientific calculator on 2.0 is also looking pretty nifty.
And yes. iPhone will be on both Rogers and Fido. On July 11. Bandwidth rape plans haven't been announced yet. Stay tuned!
So ummm, Snow Leopard?
Apparently Bertrand Serlet is giving a demo of the new OS X "after lunch", which I can only assume means that it'll be a part of the OS X State of the Union... (I hope someone breaks NDA?)
