WWDC Free Zone

"What will Apple announce at WWDC06? There will no doubt be some surprises, but here are some well known inevitabilities, some reasonable possibilities for new apps, new UI, and new hardware, and a few commonly repeated ideas that - sorry - have no chance,"

Daniel Eran writes for RoughlyDrafted.Eran compiles a very interesting list. To wht you appetite, here's his list of "no-way predictions," the commonly repeated ideas that have zero chance of happening:• Red Box WINE or Windows Virtualization Not going to happen.• Use of Linux Kernel Linux isn’t even in the running.• Microkernel Removal Nothing wrong with the kernel.• An Intel-Only Leopard It will be Universal.• The End of an open Darwin project The kernel not going to stay closed.• iPod based Phone It will be a phone, not a music player that can place calls.• Self-Destructing Rental Media Exploding media is lame.• Skins on anything are not going to happen.

MacDailyNews | Predictions for Apple’s WWDC 2006

Right that's it. Only 3 days to go and I'm declaring that this blog is now a WWDC predicition free zone.

I suggest we all take a collective deep breath and wait until after the keynote and stop hyping things up.

Remember the disappointment when Steve announced the Intel Mac Mini, the iPod BoomBox and the iPod Cases. That was after some pretty intense speculation about what was to be launched during that special media event.

Ok, so two of the products themselves where disappointing but no matter!

Don't expect everything that's been mooted especially in the consumer area. WWDC is a developers conference and will be focused on products that matter to developers. Steve will deliberately hold back on some consumer announcements until later in the year, I think especially once the Zune specs and availability is announced.

Watch out for the iPhone though, don't developers need to start developing for a mobile platform before it's released :-)

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