From what I hear, Steve Jobs will be delivering his keynote address at MacWorld today. While I don’t consider myself part of any cult, including the Cult of Steve, I count myself among raving Apple fans without the slightest reservations. I look forward to seeing the video in a day or so after the traffic has peaked.
Speculation about this event has become something of a tradition of course, and there are about a billion bloggers out there more qualified than me to guess what’s coming in the form of product announcements. I can only tell you what I’d most like to see and how likely I think it is that I’ll get what I want.
The first is for Apple TV to grow up and become something that can actually deliver video worthy of a good HDTV and, most critically, to add DVR features. Perfect world? Throw in a great distribution deal with NetFlix. But I don’t think that’s going to happen today. I have no reasoning to offer, my gut just says it’s not going to occur.
The second is for the iPhone to start shipping with a 3G radio. Today might be the day for this one, but I doubt it. With Christmas immediately behind us, releasing a better iPhone than the one that a whole bunch of people just unwrapped might be as big a PR mess as dropping the price $200 right after launch was. But of the two things on my wish list I definitely think this one is the most likely to be unveiled. In any case, I won’t be buying one until that feature arrives.
All Hail Steve – if that’s your thing.
