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WWDC 2007 Keynote bingo
It wouldn't be a Stevenote without a little bingo thrown in for fun, right? John Siracusa, of Ars Technica, has once again posted a PDF of his bingo card so you can play along on Monday. Just in case you aren't familiar with this whole Keynote bingo thing, here's a quick overview: Steve gets on stage, you ready your bingo card and cross off spots when something that matches the card happens (Steve says 'Boom,' new iMacs are introduced, and so forth). It makes a Stevenote even more fun (if such a thing is possible).If PDF isn't your thing, you can also download this WWDC Bingo application. The neat thing about this app is it'll create a random bingo card based on 100 options, so chances are your card won't be the same as the person's sitting next to you.
WWDC Party: The Delicious Generation
Those crazy kids behind MacHeist and My Dream App are at it again, this time bringing you a night of drinks, demos, and developers. The Delicious Generation party will feature live demos of upcoming software from prominent Mac developers including Austin Sarner of AppZapper and the Pixelmator team. Mac Media and Developers get in for free, and a select few of us unwashed masses will be admitted to mingle amongst the Mac digerati. For those who don't make it in, there will be a live screencast of the demos, as well as archives of the video for those of you who have more important things to do on the night of the 13th.Scott and Victor will be there representing TUAW, and maybe even giving away some schwag. Party on![via Phill Ryu]
First WWDC 2007 pictures
RoughlyDrafted has posted the first pictures of posters up at WWDC 2007-- the event of course doesn't start until Monday, but Apple is already starting to plaster the Moscone Center West with tasty morsels of what we might see there next week. As you can see, it looks like Leopard is not surprisingly going to take center stage-- the long banner in the pic above specifically references Time Machine (there's even a little logo just left of the star).Unfortunately, there's no reference to any of the "secret features"-- MacOSXHints rounded up a good poll of what we might see there. Since I wasn't around to make predictions the other day, I'll drop one right now: like Gruber, I think Leopard will be beautifully resolution independent. Yeah, I know, not too far out on the limb, but I just got here, so I'm playing it safe.Update: Commenter iwit helpfully points out a flickr page with even more shots.%Gallery-3780%
Your Mac Stories
If you're a Mac user in San Francisco next week we're going to be around to take your picture. In fact, what we'd really like to do is tape your story. We're on a hunt to hear as many Mac stories as possible. What's a Mac story? Anything positive or remarkable about your Mac experience. That time you showed a coworker how they can save as a PDF, or how cool you thought Sherlock was back when it was released, or how the Chooser changed your life. We'll be hovering around Moscone all day Monday through Wednesday and would love to hear the tale. And if you're not in San Francisco? Dial up your favorite video-sharing service on the internets and tag the video with TUAW. Post a link below if you like, and we might just feature it one day. Nothing about how you stopped the alien invasion with your PowerBook, OK? Oh, and we're looking for Mac stories, which means we'd rather not have a zillion "my iPod is teh awesomes" videos. The Mac is the truly definitive Apple experience, which is why we're itching to hear how the little platform that could serves you best.
New iMacs are / aren't coming to WWDC
Good news, folks, we have no idea what's going down on the hardware end at WWDC, leaving ample room for two of the heavy hitters in the Apple rumor industry to come out with completely contradictory reports on new iMacs next week. ThinkSecret is quite confident in new brushed aluminum iMacs, that neglect the 17-inch model and aim to reposition the iconic computer as more of a premium item, starting at $1500. AppleInsider generally agrees on the move to slowly kill off the 17-inch and slim down the iMacs, but is fairly sure we'll have to wait until later in the year for any of that to happen. We'd weigh in, but we're too busy placing bets on how long it'll take that developer beta of Leopard, which will be freely distributed at the show, to hit the interwebs.[Thanks, Glen]Update: ThinkSecret seems to be changing its tune a bit, saying that sources are confident in the plans for a release next week, but that schedules might've changed, pushing the release into the following weeks. Like we said, no idea what's going down.Read - AI says no new iMacsRead - TS differs
WWDC 2007 banners caught on camera, reveal absolutely nothing
Here it comes, that periodic rush of excitement brought on by Apple event banners being put up by unwitting convention center workers, prompting rabid discussion and even on that rare occasion actual product knowledge. Unfortunately, none of that to see here, unless you want to try and read into the starry backgrounds on the Leopard posters, or the particular shade of white being used for the Apple logo. Be our guest, we've got bigger, more historic fish to fry. Keep reading for another shot of the action, the source link was down the last time we checked.[Thanks, Otsego_Undead]
TUAW Predictions Roundup for WWDC '07
It's that time of season again, oh dear TUAW readers: the time just before a major Apple event when we TUAW bloggers look deep into our crystal balls to make both wild and sensible predictions as to what WWDC 07 might bring us next week. This time around we have a fairly rich selection of rumored products (like iMac updates) and updates we all thought we would see at Macworld 07 (iLife 07 anyone?). Without further ado, and without any of that silly 'insider knowledge' tainting the perspective of our crystal balls, here are the predictions of some of our TUAW bloggers (in no particular order) for what WWDC 07 might bring us next week.
TUAW crashes WWDC, invites friends over to party
Keeping with the tradition of our unofficial nature, TUAW will be party-crashing next week's Worldwide Developer's Conference. While we won't be brushing up on our kernel debugging, we may very well be outside protesting the lack of a common UI. Mostly we'll be around to give readers at home a feel for the massive codejam that is WWDC, conduct a few interviews, and host a little get-together on Monday night.Oh, and did I mention the TUAW t-shirts we'll be randomly giving away all week?If you're interested in showing off your Cool New App let us know!
Rumor: Brushed metal iMacs
As we approach "Steve Keynote Time," the rumors about what he may discuss begin to fly, as you all know. The latest describes a "brushed metal iMac," that resembles the bastard child of the current iMac and an Apple Cinema display. Eh, I guess I can see this as a progression of the current design. That way, the Mac Pro, Macbook Pro and iMac would all have a metallic case. Plus, the current design has been around for some time now (in the tech world, at least). What do you all think? Could this mock up be the look of things to come?[Via The Boy Genius Report]
iPhone to get software development kit at WWDC?
The iPhone's critics have focused on a handful of issues that could serve to to derail its would-be path to retail dominance; of those, the lack of a removable battery, 3G radio, and support for third-party apps are frequently cited as the top three (presented in no particular order). We may be waiting for round two to get either of the first two niggles resolved -- but contrary to initial reports, it seems that independent devs may end up getting a crack at the first model after all as Jobs had suggested at D. The New York Times is citing "a person briefed on Apple's plans" as saying that WWDC will see the introduction of a software development kit that allows folks to convert small Mac apps to run on the iPhone, seemingly making good on Apple's claim that the handset runs OS X. So who's ready to take the plunge if -- and only if -- this announcement pans out?
NYTimes: iPhone SDK at WWDC?
Uncle Steve hinted last week that 3rd party software development would be coming on the iPhone sometime in the future. Gruber wondered aloud over at Daring Fireball just where the iPhone SDK might be that would make this possible. Well according to the New York Times, something is coming at WWDC. An anonymous source "briefed on Apple's plans" said that at WWDC, "Apple intends to announce that it will make it possible for developers of small programs written for the Macintosh to easily convert them to run on the iPhone."Hmm... "small programs"? That sounds a lot like widgets to me. The obvious question is just how limiting that will be. After all some dashboard widgets out now already tie into the Mac pretty deeply. So even if 3rd party devs are limited to widgets it's still likely that quite a lot will be possible. If we're lucky "small" may just refer to the binary size, and full cocoa apps will be allowed as well.
Analyst: new MacBook Pros, "MacBook mini" possible at WWDC
We're always a little more skeptical of Mac-fanboy analysts (fanalists, if you will) that often seem to make this stuff up as they go, but American Technology Research's Shaw Wu -- who doesn't really have the best track record on calling Apple's moves -- is jumping on the bandwagon in the belief that WWDC will break from its typically developer-centric agenda and land some new laptops, including LED-backlit MacBook Pros (which we weren't really expecting this early in the year), and even a "MacBook mini" geek-fantasy ultraportable, complete with power-saving SSD drive. Also on Wu's docket: OS X virtualization, which would enable, say, Windows to run almost as an app in itself (another beaten-to-death rumor; see also: Parallels). Not that we'd put a lot of weight on this one, but you've been warned.
Apple to drop new Macbooks and iMacs at WWDC?
While we know for sure that Steve is going to show off a "feature-complete" version of Leopard at this year's WWDC, and we wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone got some quality time on stage as well, we haven't really heard anything solid about any hardware revisions taking place next month. Well, Gene Munster, Piper Jaffray's resident Apple analyst, crunched some numbers (or visited MacRumors) recently and speculated during a recent conference call that he expects to see new MacBook Pros released at WWDC. Seeing as Apple is basically the only big company that hasn't announced a Santa Rosa laptop, an announcement at WWDC wouldn't exactly shock us, but Munster decided to get a little wackier with his predictions, saying that by his calculations, Apple releases new pro lappies every 182 days, and that the current MBP has been on the market for 209 days. Similarly, Munster used the vast resources of the multinational investment bank that employs him to determine that Apple releases new iMacs around every 168 days, and that the current generation has been on the market for 257 days. Quelle horreur! We're not sure how these numbers led Gene to determine that we'll see new MBPs for sure and maybe new iMacs (seems like the other way around to us), but there it is. Analysts are often prone to over-speculating about Apple launches, but at this point it's almost anyone's guess -- trying to call Apple's next move is a cruel, cruel mistress.[Thanks, Kiwi]
Leopard beta for developers at WWDC
We just received an email here at TUAW headquarters from Apple. Entitled, "See the future. Then take it home with you," the message states that developers attending WWDC '07 will receive a beta copy of Leopard to take home and play with and share with their friends. The full text follows:"At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, we're planning to show you a feature-complete version of Mac OS X Leopard, and you can take home a beta copy. Be the first to get your hands on the Leopard beta and get a huge head start on development. Register now for WWDC 2007-it's your ticket to the future of Mac OS X."
My Dream App to hold developer competition for Season 2
My Dream App, the wildly successful American Idol of the Mac software world, is coming back for a Season 2 - and they need a few good developers. But this time around, they're adding a new layer to the competition by allowing users to vote on the actual developers who will get the chance to code the winning apps. A press release and announcement on the My Dream App site states that the crew will be at the upcoming WWDC 07 in June doing video interviews with interested developers, but an email address is also provided if devs want to get a jump on things.Whether you are eagerly watching development of the apps from Season 1 (and yes, they're still making progress; this stuff doesn't happen overnight), this new season should be pretty fun. I'm definitely interested to see which developers are interested in hopping on board, and which ones the public chooses to build the app winners.
WWDC early registration extended to May 11
Alright all you procrastinating Apple Devs, the Mothership has decided to look kindly upon your laziness and has extended the early registration for this year's WWDC until May 11th (it was supposed to close on April 27th). So you have another week and a half to save $300 on a ticket. Of course, it's still going to run you $1295, but considering you've waited this long, consider it more like they're paying you to go! I can't help but wonder whether this move was prompted by lower than expected early registrations. It's hard to imagine, though, that the full unveiling of Leopard won't be a banner event.
Jobs officially confirmed for WWDC keynote
Not that there was any question of who'd be delivering this year's WWDC keynote, but for those concerned it might not be Steve, Apple allayed all worries today by confirming His Jobsness is indeed dishing (and thankfully not for three hours). Of course, with the iPhone launch scheduled within the next couple of weeks after the show, we expect to be hearing a lot about that little number. As might be expected, attendees will get to see a "feature-complete" version of Leopard up on stage, but that won't be the same as the new beta they'll get to tinker with until October, when the real deal hits the streets. Sounds like all those secrets about what 10.5 can really do will be revealed that day, so mark your calendars, it's all going down Monday, June 11th.
Steve Jobs to kick off WWDC
File this one under, 'We knew this, but it is nice to be sure.' Apple today announced that Steve Jobs, the CEO we all know and love, will be kicking off the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC to those in the know) this year. The Stevenote begins promptly at 10am (Pacific) on June 11th and will showcase a 'feature complete Leopard.' Developers will also get a beta copy of Leopard to take home with them.
WWDC Coding Headstarts
Over at Theocacao, Scott Stevenson points out that Apple has added a Coding Headstarts page to their WWDC site. Basically it's a way for WWDC attendees to hit the ground running by watching a introductory video and seeing a lesson guide with some sample code before they get to San Francisco. To download these Headstarts you must be a WWDC 2007 E-Ticket holder, however Apple has made the short (1-3 minute) Introductory Videos available to anyone with a Apple Developer Connection account though iTunes (iTunes link).
WWDC keynote scheduled for 3 hours
When I first read that headline, I thought of Ricky Ricardo: "Lucy, jo got some 'splaining to do!" With all the press that Leopard's delay has been receiving - both online and in print - Steve probably has a lot to say. He'll get his chance at WWDC '07, as the keynote he's scheduled to deliver on June 11th will be a three hour lecture (people have finished the Boston Marathon in less time). Bring some bottled water.Actually, the thought of a lengthy keynote is pretty exciting. We'll probably get a full demonstration of Leopard - including those "top secret" features - as well as a good look at those 8 core Mac Pros. That would still leave time for iLife '07 (not really a WWDC topic, but he's got three hours to kill!) and perhaps some new goodies. We can't wait!UPDATE: Apple put a call in to Engadget to tell them a typo erroneously listed the keynote as being 3 hours long. It will actually run from 10:00 AM - 11:30AM. So, crisis averted.
