Will it be a thinner or fatter iPhone? Will it record live video? Will it have a metal cutting laser?

To heck with the iPhone rumors. We know the story, all we’re waiting on are the details. I’m more interested in what we don’t know. What aren’t we expecting? Will there be “one more thing”?

(thanks to roblef for the sweet photo.)

WWDC: Safari for windows!?!? Leopard looks sweet, but delayed ’till October. iPhone apps = web apps.

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Those of us hoping for an early release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard might be disappointed to learn that Apple will just be getting around to giving out a “feature complete” beta at WWDC in mid-June. If you really must have it, conference badges are $1,295.

The Leopard beta. Available first at WWDC.
At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, we’re planning to show you a feature-complete version of Mac OS X Leopard, and you can take home a beta copy. Be the first to get your hands on the Leopard beta and get a huge head start on development. Register now for WWDC 2007–it’s your ticket to the future of Mac OS X.

Nobody knows how long until the full release (or a torrent of the beta) is available.

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Other than a bit of head scratching after the announcement in June, I’ve been quiet about Apple’s switch to Intel processors. Now, ArsTechnica’s Jon “Hannibal” Stokes has written some of the most intelligent material I’ve seen since.

How’s it work? Hannibal thinks Apple’s relationship with IBM soured to the point where they refused to play the game. And Apple is imagining a world of devices Macs, iPods, and as yet unannounced portable, personal lifestyle devices. The announcement Apple didn’t make is its switch to Intel’s XScale processors for those portable devices.

It’s worth reading the whole story.

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I’m not sure what to think about Steve J’s WWDC announcement (video stream) of Apple’s switch to x86 processors. Coverage at MacNN, Mac Rumors, Ars Technica, etc. I’m not sure, but it would be easier to take if I wasn’t the only one who saw conspiracy in it. Does this relate to Intel’s recent shoehorning of DRM onto the CPU?

It wasn’t long ago that I was praising Apple for making devices that served the remix world that exists in the void between fair use and copyright infringement, but moves since then have concerned me. I live with iTunes DRM, but can I tolerate DRM throughout the OS all the way down to the hardware? Can I tolerate something that eliminates the (entirely legal) me2me sharing that I expect (and is revered in the analog world)?

Anyway, there’s some mixed news about PPC on X86 emulation that will be part of the next OS release, and I expect the jabbering about the effect of this announcement will last all summer. Here’s some now from MacNN, and PowerPage. And here’s something I can laugh at.

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