8 Predictions for Macworld 2008
1. iTunes Update
2. AppleTV Update
3. The Strongest Holiday Season Ever
4. Updated Macbooks
5. No iTablet
6. iPhone and iPod Touch Software Updates
7. iPhone SDK
8. One More thing…Mac Nano
In brief there they are. I think most are right on. iTunes update is a no brainer. We already see rental strings in current iTunes software versions. Strong sales has been on for Apple for several quarters, no signs of slowing down there. Macbook updates. I think this will happen, as this is a consumer oriented show…that said. iPhone SDK? MacPro Updates (not mentioned, but often spoken about). Those sound more like WWDC updates to me. Though I think the original PowerBook was shown off at MWSF…so it certainly isn’t completely out of the realm of possibility.
I think it might make sense for the Nano and the AppleTV to merge. The AppleTV hasn’t been selling gangbusters and neither have the competitors. A Mac for the living room, with AppleTV functionality, but with more power might be the way to go. That said, Jobs is notoriously against TV-as-monitor. He sees them, and correctly so, as two different exercises. One is brain on (computer) one is brain-off (television).
Only time will tell.
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