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As we promised we’ve been feverishly taking pictures, out first days worth of images are up, the next set will go up on Monday.
We have so many now that we’ve created a page to list them all
We’ve updated the galleries with out visit to Cupertino!
Enjoy.
As we’ve mentioned before World of Apple is committed to bringing you the best Keynote Coverage known to the Mac web and we’ve well and truly cracked it.
We currently has three methods in place that could connect us to the internet while the Keynote is taking place, the first method is pretty standard and uses our mobile phones as modems via bluetooth, the connection rate is quite fast and reliable and should be our primary method of connection.
The second method is purely for backup and is guaranteed to get us Internet access, we have rented a small bidirectional satellite dish which connects to the Internet anywhere in the world. It can easily be concealed in a bag and still be effective.
Our final methods includes a Pringles can and some poor DIY skills, we will use a series of Pringles cans to create a powerful Wi-Fi network from the hotel into the Moscone centre, we’re not joking!
This is all incase Apple decide to switch off the Airport which they usually do, of course if they keep it on then all our efforts will have been in vein but its the thought that counts.
Here’s what our head developer had to say on the project:
The Keynote Coverage system uses the latest internet buzzword, AJAX, to ensure a smooth process for the user as well as lighter load on the servers. Requests are made to the server for raw data, which is then processed and output by the user without the need for page refreshes. Submitting to the system can be done via WAP or a standard browser, so World of Apple is never far away.
During and up to the Keynote the whole site will be redirecting to http://live.worldofapple.com
Wish to mock us on our efforts on wish us good luck then place your comments on our Keynote Coverage in this post.
First of all we’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year and we hope you have all recovered from the festivities.
This week is of course the final countdown to MacWorld San Francisco and here at World of Apple we are ready and raring to go. We leave for San Francisco on Friday and for that reason there will be no Special Article this week, sorry.
But we’ve got something even better for you, on our visit to San Francisco and surrounding area we hope to provide you with not just excellent coverage of the show but with photographs of everything that is happening, we’ll have staff snooping the Moscone premises for clues and others will be heading to Infinite Loop to grab some snaps of our beautiful Mecca.
Have a good week and don’t get too excited!
World of Apple would like to take this opportunity to thank all its readers and supporters and hopefully you will all continue to support us into the New Year and for many years to come.
Merry Christmas all, and to anyone who doesn’t celebrate Christmas, please enjoy your celebrations.
Posting will resume 26th December
With Macworld 2006 quickly rushing upon us we have spent the week collating some of the most prominent rumours of the last few months. As usual we will try and give you the best indication of what to expect and naturally afterwards we will do a small comparison to see how well we managed to do.
This year all the talk has been about Intel and its quite possible we may see the limelight move away from the iPod this year, but not for long.
So here we go in no significant order:
iPod Shuffle
Last year we saw the introduction of the iPod shuffle and it has been a roaring success ever since. Recently Apple released the iPod nano, which forced the iPod mini out of the picture but subsequently caused a decrease in the capacity difference in the lower end iPods.
The main reason for thinking the iPod shuffle will a see a refresh is the small capacity, the only problem with this is that even a 1GB increase in the shuffle would cause it too be the same size as the bottom end nano, surely Apple couldn’t refresh the nano already.
So right now (apart from the time since the release) the only thing pointing towards an iPod shuffle release is the recent news of mass shortages of the 1GB model. This could of course simply be Apple selling more than anticipated.
WOA Rumour Rating - 4/10
Mac mini
Moving onto the hot stuff now, the Mac mini was first introduced one year ago at MWSF 2005 and has seen a similar success as the iPod shuffle, switching hundreds of PC users to the Mac platform.
It has been almost certain since day 1 that the first Mac’s making the big switch will be the consumer computers and the mini is the best product for this.
World of Apple and many other sites on the Mac Web have it on good word that the Mac mini is definitely moving the Intel platform in the New Year. With Apple’s recent introduction to the living room with FrontRow it has become evident that Apple will begin to push the mini as a DVR.
This has caused some rumour that the Mac mini will change in form factor, of course recording movies, TV shows and storing music uses up a lot of hard drive space and the current mini uses a 2.5″ Drive, we have it on good word that the Mac mini will increase in size slightly top accommodate a 3.5″ hard disk. 3.5″ hard drives can now commonly go up to 500GB in capacity but obviously price will mainly dictate this.
Of great interest to the Mac web is what processors the new Intel machines will use, until recently it was a mystery but it appears developments in the Yonah processor chip have meant it is certainly going to be used in the Mac mini.
From a World of Apple article:
“The new Mac mini will feature the new Yonah processor, two different speeds will be available, 1.66Ghz and 1.50GHz single core low voltage and the possibility of a higher tier Yonah at 1.66Ghz but featuring dual cores.”
WOA Rumour Rating - 9/10
Intel iBook
Also expected to be included in the consumer Intel line-up is the iBook, the iBook rumours have mainly been led by ThinkSecret and here at World of Apple we have received very little information about such a release, but that doesn’t discount it.
No specifics have ever been release on the spec of the upcoming Intel iBook, or whether it will sport a new look, but it expected that the price could drop by as much as $200 from what it is now.
ThinkSecret has mentioned on a couple of occasions that it expects the new iBooks to feature widescreen displays and drop the 12″ model to introduce a 13.3″ model, in particular a WXGA Display supporting up to 1280 x 720.
Very recently Think Secret said that “reliable sources” had confirmed the rumoured Intel iBooks, using the Yonah processors but still failed to supply any further information.
WOA Rumour Rating - 7/10
Intel PowerBook
Rumour of a Intel PowerBook at MWSF 2006 have been scarce and for valid reason, updating the PowerBook at such an early stage in the switch could be risky business for Apple but on the flip side so could keeping it how it is, updating the iBook could cause it too be considerably more powerful than the PowerBook.
With this in mind it is a hard call on whether Apple will even touch the PowerBook, so we believe that unless Apple has something up its sleeve (low voltage G4) then the PowerBook will stay festering just how it is now in Apple’s lineup.
WOA Rumour Rating - 4/10
iLife ‘06
Every year since its introduction Apple has released a new version of iLife at MacWorld in January and with good reason (they include the year in the products name).
So we expect Apple to release the usual plethora of applications that will be bundled up and sold to customers at the same price as the full package.
Rumours of features to be included in iLife ‘06 have been non-existent, apart from a mention of Apple bundling FrontRow and an optional IR receiver and remote control for $50.
With the recent release of Aperture it is expected that some features could move into iPhoto.
WOA Rumour Rating - 10/10
iWork ‘06
Apple once started with Keynote, then this year it added Pages and it now expected that Apple had developed “Numbers” an application built for working with spreadsheets.
Other than this Apple will likely make some minor improvements too the other two applications and no doubt add some eye candy.
WOA Rumour Rating - 8/10
Briefly some more things that have been thrown around
Last week was a quiet week in the World of Apple, news was slow, but that hasn’t stopped the MWSF rumour mill from turning. For the last 4 weeks rumours and predictions have been popping up almost weekly.
This week World of Apple will be doing what we always do and collecting all the rumours together for an easy and enjoyable read. Of course we’ll add in what we know and what we think and hopefully you out there will chime in with your views. It seems you already have, the poll we started last week has had good response, and we’ll keep it up for a few more days to see what the results are.
Right now World of Apple would like to make an apology, last week we promised something big for you all and unfortunately we didn’t deliver, we know you’re all on the ends of your seats but bare with us, we are getting this just right and we know you’ll love it!
A few days ago we revised the list of Apple releases in 2005, it is now very comprehensive, and it seems other sites have had a go at it as well, World of Apple values the competition.
Finally, we’d like to thank everyone posting in the gallery, it’s a feature we don’t tout often enough but it’s growing slowly and we hope it will grow to be a great addition to the site.
From all at World of Apple, enjoy your week and we’ll update you again later in the week on the Christmas schedule.
The month ahead is very busy and we’re sure you will all be excited and amazed by what we have in store. This month of course is the month that counts down to the biggest Mac Event of the year, Macworld San Francisco.
For this reason the poll this month is themed in that direction, we realise that more than one thing on the list could be selected but we are looking for a nice concise poll, so give it your best shot and we’ll feed back the results after Macworld just to see how brainy our readers are.
Behind the scenes the new site is fully up and running and we believe we have ironed out all the bugs, (if you spot any, let us know.) But further development continues and hopefully it will all be worthwhile. One of these features we are keeping close to our chest so that it really shocks when we release it (hopefully this week), the other is nothing special, but we hope we’re doing it in a way that will out perform all other sites.
During a Keynote or special event the whole Mac Web comes to a stand still has we scramble to find a source for the latest gossip, IRC channels become clogged and the most popular sites crash under the pressure, yet we hope to change this, during the Macworld Keynote on January 10th we intend to redirect the whole site towards a Javascript applet page, this page will load in at under 20KB and contain no graphics. Reporters from inside the Keynote hall will use a mixture of GPRS and Satellite technologies to guarantee news delivery and the small page load will guarantee a quick and responsive page.
So please join us on the day of the Keynote as we change the Mac web forever.
Cool Tip Those panels to the left of the front page; they can be dragged up and down to reorganise there order, you can even open and close them to make your sidebar longer or shorter, and all done with some cool effects.
As the end of the year is racing upon us we have began the first elements of the yearly roundup page, it is currently bare but it will become very detailed and a great resource for seeing what was released and updated during the year.
The page can be seen here or found in the sidebar to the left.
Coming tomorrow - Rumour Roundup for Special Event October 19th
Well for technical reason I’ve moved prematurely to the new servers and new domain and I hope everyone can find it easily from now on. One thing you’ll immediately noticed is the speed and I urge all of you to use the new feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/WorldOfApple
As time passes you are going to see a new site which I hope you will enjoy, in the future expect a new, more professional look, more content than is currently available and at the start of 2006 we intend to do something that no other site on the Mac Web has done successfully.
As you may have noticed we are running a promotion for macTV, if you haven’t heard of macTV then I ask; where have you been? World of Apple will be working closely with macTV in the future and we fully support and love whats going on over at macTV.
Please visit macTV
The site could be a little up and down for the next few hours and even days as I work through moving to a a new server system, should speed things up for the near future. In the next few months expect a move to a new domain and dedicated hosting system.
Thank you for your patience
