Alleged leaked Macworld Keynote

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Leaked Macworld 2008 Keynote?

by kameron
This is an excerpt of a supposed leaked keynote highlighting details about the iPhone for this coming MacWorld 2008. As with anything “leaked”, take it with a grain of salt. (Source: Void Inside (http://voidin.blogspot.com/2008/01/macworld-2008-keynote-leaked.html))
iPhone
- Best iPod ever
- Sales figures, market share
- Sales beyond our wildest dreams
- Much more than the 1% market share we asked for in January
- Starting today: 8GB $399, 16GB $499
- Four times the memory as original iPhone for the same price
- iPhone is coming to Japan in March with NTT DoCoMo
- SDK is unveiled!
iPhone/iPod Touch SDK
- Apps and Widgets
- Using Cocoa with Objective-C
- Developers submit programs as source code, not executable
- Specify iPhone or both iPhone/Touch (certain features iPhone only)
- Set your own price: Apps $0-$6.99, Widgets $0-$2.99
- Users buy/download in iTunes Wi-Fi Store / iTunes Store (Mac/PC)
- Automatic updating wirelessly or docked
- Demonstration of exporting from XCode 3 to iTunes Store
- Submits source code to Apple for validation (make sure that people aren’t abusing the system, prevent malware and viruses)
- If using microphone or GSM, iPhone only; otherwise, available for both iPhone and iPod Touch
- Apps can be free or up to $6.99; Widgets free or up to $2.99
- Developers recieve 70% of revenue for their products
- Licensed under Apple Mobile Software License
- Can download wirelessly from iTunes Wi-Fi Store or docked to computer from iTunes Store
- Demonstration of wirelessly downloading (and running) the app submitted earlier
- Apps and widgets can be rearranged on front screen; front screen scrolls to show all apps/widgets
- Resubmit updated versions of apps; when added to store, iPhone/Touch will ask you to update it next time you use it (or next time you dock the iPhone/Touch)
- Developers can get their hands on a beta version of the SDK tomorrow on ADC and start developing; final version due early February
- iTunes 7.6 and iPhone/iPod Touch Software update 1.3 allowing for Apps mid-February
Example apps/widgets
Apps:
- iChat (coming with 1.3 update) (AIM, Jabber/Google Talk)
– Quick demonstration
- RSS Feed Reader (coming with 1.3 update) (read feeds online or off)
- One of our partners made something cool: Last.fm (scrobble tracks played on iPhone/touch wirelessly without syncing w/ computer)
Widgets:
- Dictionary (coming with 1.3 update) (quickly look up words, translate, use wikipedia)
– Quick demonstration
- Yellow/White Book (coming with 1.3 update) (search for contacts, add them to your address book directly from the app, will sync back with address book on your Mac/PC)
- Sports Ticker (coming with 1.3 update) (choose your sports and teams, get updates on their progress)
- Another partner: Twitter (update your Twitter on the fly, see your friends tweets)

This post is from http://www.iphoneskinning.com/2008/01/leaked-macworld-2008-keynote.html

This list sounds very reasonable to me, and is probably very similar to what will be heard at Macworld. Any thoughts?

[KNK]

Interesting, but what happened to update 1.2??

This says 1.3 or do they mean 1.1.3?

[dichertz]

- Set your own price: Apps $0-$6.99, Widgets $0-$2.99
- Users buy/download in iTunes Wi-Fi Store / iTunes Store (Mac/PC)

Did anyone NOT know this was going to happen?

- Apps and widgets can be rearranged on front screen; front screen scrolls to show all apps/widgets

TOO LATE!

Thank god for Jailbreak.

Dana

[astrolux]

I can buy all of that. Unlike most leaks, this one seems well written, has a deadline, and does not encompass everything everyone wants. The reason I made the last comment was that most rumored updates seem to include to me the big three: video, MMS, and cut and paste. This not including any of those seems more of a reality.

[KNK]

With the MacWorld theme "Somthing in the air" you can see it is all about the wifi...buying...syncing etc.:smile:

[IphoneTony]

rumors rumors rumors hopefully they will be true

[Swagger]

I could be wrong, but what I'm reading from the OP, tells me this. The Apps that everyone has enjoyed on their iPhone (through modding) for free, will now start to move towards "Fee Based" items.:angry:.Mark

[AWY]

Excellent, this looks to be very promising. :smile:

[Ramesh]

While I'll be glad if that ALL comes true, I highly doubt it. We've had what, 3 updates since launch? Even the "major" ones didn't include THAT many features. Just seems like a lot for an Apple update.

[Tinman]

I'd like to know how they can release it in March in Japan when NTT DoCoMo have no GSM/EDGE service at all. It would have to be 3G and I have a hard time believing they'd release a 3G model that soon, and in Japan first--and why wouldn't 3G be in the keynote?

I also have a hard time believing those prices. To me the $6.99 cap is too low for the kind of software that the iPhone is capable of running. This is cheaper than many apps for competing platforms and if true means we won't see those apps. Or it could mean the SDK will be so limited that the only apps possible are low-grade, not worth more than $7, at the most.

Time will tell...


--
Mike

[iHuman]

I'd like to know how they can release it in March in Japan when NTT DoCoMo have no GSM/EDGE service at all. It would have to be 3G and I have a hard time believing they'd release a 3G model that soon, and in Japan first--and why wouldn't 3G be in the keynote?

I also have a hard time believing those prices. To me the $6.99 cap is too low for the kind of software that the iPhone is capable of running. This is cheaper than many apps for competing platforms and if true means we won't see those apps. Or it could mean the SDK will be so limited that the only apps possible are low-grade, not worth more than $7, at the most.

Time will tell...


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Mike

I think in order to compete at all in Japan, they would have to go with 3G.

[powersrus]

Well, if we could only get half of that....that would be great!!! :laugh2:

[Luckykelleyk]

Starting today: 8GB $399, 16GB $499

I really (selfishly) hope the "starting today" part is wrong, because that temptation would be too much to resist. It would probably make me sell my blackberry and my 8 gig touch......

[KNK]

Starting today: 8GB $399, 16GB $499

I really (selfishly) hope the "starting today" part is wrong, because that temptation would be too much to resist. It would probably make me sell my blackberry and my 8 gig touch......


Don't you mean iPhone??

Also thanks, did you get the long stem roses I sent?

[Luckykelleyk]

Don't you mean iPhone??

Also thanks, did you get the long stem roses I sent?

Haha no, unfortunately I do not have an iphone, just a lowly blackberry curve and an ipod touch.

No roses yet! Im waiting......:wink:

[Youngbinks]

While it's coming straight from the Rumor Mill, it does seem like it's at least somewhat plausible. I'm still not holding my breath but I wouldn't be too disappointed if this leak was true. However, the mention of the "new" 16GB iPhone says nothing about 3G but it's going to Japan, as Mike stated. The CEO of AT&T said there would be a 3G iPhone stateside but there's no mention of that, so that's a bit off. Also, with the Apps, I think Mike is right on that one too, $7 apps just seem too good to be true (as in, I would expect them to be more expensive) so hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised.

[KNK]

While it's coming straight from the Rumor Mill, it does seem like it's at least somewhat plausible. I'm still not holding my breath but I wouldn't be too disappointed if this leak was true. However, the mention of the "new" 16GB iPhone says nothing about 3G but it's going to Japan, as Mike stated. The CEO of AT&T said there would be a 3G iPhone stateside but there's no mention of that, so that's a bit off. Also, with the Apps, I think Mike is right on that one too, $7 apps just seem too good to be true (as in, I would expect them to be more expensive) so hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised.


And also about the revenue sharing. The apps could be cheaper because of mass quantity of projected downloads.

[OJsakila]

I think in order to compete at all in Japan, they would have to go with 3G.

I thought 3g was nonexistant in Japan...

[KNK]

I thought 3g was nonexistant in Japan...


No they are 3G and have been so far ahead of the USA.

(I like this Avatar the best...is OJ still in the can)?

[Youngbinks]

And also about the revenue sharing. The apps could be cheaper because of mass quantity of projected downloads.

Ah, I didn't really think of the possibility of the "discounted bulk price" but that could be a possibility. I just hope there's something good enough that would make me want to restore my very personalized iPhone in exchange for something that would make my phone look like everyone else's again. *Sigh*

I like that avatar the best too OJ, just for the record.

[acosmichippo]

this also applies to us.

One More Thing
- Been brewing for a while
- YouTube's been in Apple TV and iPhone/iPod touch: now it's in iTunes
- Download YouTube videos straight to iTunes or from iPhone/iPod Touch for later offline viewing (sync back to computer)
- Coming in iTunes 7.6 and iPhone/iPod Touch 1.3 updates

[Eragon]

Correction on NTT Docomo's technology:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/18/iphone-coming-to-japans-ntt-docomo/

Although AT&T's loose lips didn't quite sink the ship, there is no mention of a 3G release in the US or any mention of A2DP?