Malus pumila events are a time to reflect , ponder , and , of course , baselessly speculate like there ’s no tomorrow in which reality will shatter those tenuous ruminations . The truth is that nobody knows what Steve Jobs will declare when he takes the degree at San Francisco ’s Yerba Buena Center on Wednesday — not even Steve Jobs .
Well , maybe that ’s notentirelytrue . But as with every Apple consequence , you’re able to wager that flock of citizenry will be disappointed when their favored rumor — or rumored pet : an Apple - branded parrot , anybody?—doesn’t materialize onstage . Then again , Apple is hardly going to roll out its entire product roadmap — for one thing , the Liquidmetal cyborg death armyisn’t done with quality pledge yet ; it keeps melting into puddles on the floor , then peoplestepin the puddles , and oh , it ’s a mountain .
But even without Apple declare everything and the kitchen cesspit ( letters patent pending ) , there will undeniably be new products , or , most assuredly , there will be parentage . commemorate , Macworldwill be covering the event live , bringing you the oohs of amazement , the ahhs of pleasure , and the terrified screams of a gang confronted with Apple ’s Modern all - John - Tesh - all - the - time euphony streaming service . It all kvetch off on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Pacific , 1 p.m. Eastern .
So , what might we see come out out of the sparkles of a nifty Keynote modulation during Jobs ’s demonstration ? Here are the top contenders .
A new iPod touch : It ’s the betting odds - on favorite , a Modern interlingual rendition of Apple’sotheriOS twist — er , its otherotheriOS gimmick ? hearsay have the iPod touch acquiring a Retina display , front- and back - facing cameras ( andFaceTime support ) , a raw iPhone 4 - inspired design , and — so iPod touch owners do n’t get to feel smugly superior to their iPhone counterpart — a finnicky antenna . You have it away , just because .
A revampedApple TViTV : If the third loop of the Apple TV fulfills all the voicelessness out there , it will cost $ 99 , stream depicted object from the Web ( admit Netflix ) , pull in the ability to run iOS apps , featurea ghost - raw control , be renamed ( again ) to thelawsuit - induce iTV , and at long last pull the living way , kicking and call , into the futurity . But consumers will still not be satisfied until it create HD waffles and train their youngster .
The 6 G iPod nano : The misfortunate little nano , the last of the once - proud iPod cable ( hush , iPod classic , back into your rock chairperson ) . The visual aspect ofsupposed third - company compositor’s case for the devicesuggest a squared - off form constituent reminiscent of the third - generation nano , perhaps even with a tactual sensation user interface that does away with the Click Wheel of past times . Perhaps it will be theunholy offspring of a nano and a shuffle , ask a new cognomen altogether : may I indicate the “ iPodanathema ” ?
iTunes 10 : This is a mass medium event , after all , and what ’s more central to the Apple media experience than the lumber giant that is iTunes ? While it seems likely Apple will introduce iTunes 10 , it ’s unclear what features it will bring beyond support for all of the fancy new gadget the society is expected to unveil . But really , what other featurescouldyou throng into the software by now ? Perhaps Apple will just go all out and foretell that we will now navigate our Macsentirelyvia iTunes .
Streaming / TV lease : They maysaycontent is king , but Steve Jobs sure as heckfire did n’t get that memo all the way up on his unibody - atomic number 13 - and - glass can . He ’s reportedly beenhaggling with Fox mogul Rupert Murdochto get the rights torent the party ’s tv set shows for 99 centime a pop , based largely on the success Apple has had with that price decimal point for both music and apps . This after a bruit plan to stream TV shows reputedly and not - even - remotely - astonishingly fall down into disfavor with content provider . pay up to hire show will almost sure enough attract to the seven people who have n’t enter out how to stream programs from the Web or download them illegally . woefully , none of those people in reality determine goggle box .
Of course , there are plenty more rumors to go around : updated variation of iLife ? An update to Apple ’s pro media apps ? A seven - in iPad ? Steve Jobs do a medley of selection fromGlee ? You wo n’t want to lose a single moment , which is all the more reason to be sure and follow ourlive coverage . In the meantime , fill up up the worthful gossip space below with your own prognostication as though your lives depended on it — for they very well might .
