macMonday: Macworld 2009 Apple Keynote Predictions and Rumors

Recently, Steve Jobs released a note telling everyone that he is actually having health problems and that is why he pulled out of doing the Macworld Keynote. I now have a listing of all of the rumors I’ve heard and some predictions that I am making.

No Doubt:
Updates for iLife and iWork

The Likely:

Mac Mini Updates
An update for the Mac Mini which also be the Apple Home Server that has also been rumored. Think something like a set-top box that is also a home server that holds the iTunes libraries for all machines on the network.

New Version of iPhone OS
I assume that this new version will include Cut, Copy, and Paste. It will also probably add Street View for the iPod touch.

Demo of Snow Leopard
This will show a demo of Snow Leopard which Apple said it had no new features but I doubt Apple would release a new OS with no compelling features.

iWork in the Cloud
Considering the dominance of Google Docs all over net users, Apple has to try to get office users to come back to there software. This will probably also come with a desktop version or a Google Gears edition.

32GB iPhone
This one is obvious. Everyone wants an iPhone with more space. Unless Apple just stands there and plays quiet music and puts all of the bloggers to sleep.

The Maybe:

Apple Home Server
Like a Time Capsule but it stores all of your media, etc.

iLife moves to the cloud
Just like iWork in the cloud but i don’t know if media editing will work well on the the net, just my opinion.

MMS for iPhone
Well, the iPhone has gone a year and a half without it. Even most phones like the enV have this. Also doing this might make Apple want to add video recording to the iPhone camera.

Push Notification Service
It was due in September. They are months late on this now. They almost have to release this or people will be outraged. You need this even more with all of the different iPhone apps.

Probably Not:

iPhone nano
If they had an iPhone nano with a smaller screen resolution, it would mess up all sorts of apps, especially games.

iPod touch supersized, iPhone tablet, MacBook touch
I just don’t see it coming. If it’s an iPod, it will be in September. If it is an iPhone, it will be at WWDC. Who knows what it is. Maybe it doesn’t exist.

We know that Apple will manage to surprise us at Macworld.

Tomorrow we’ll see what will happen and what didn’t happen. We will also see if I was right of wrong. SACGS won’t be at Macworld, bet we will be watch all types of media sources and we will just have to wait and see what will come.

Natedog, President of the Super Awesome Computer Geek Squad

One more thing. Who knows, Steve might make a cameo appearance during the keynote.