Tuesday, January 11, 2005

MacWorld keynote vs. Marvbloke

So how did Marvbloke do with predicting the MacWorld keynote?. Not too badly...
  • New entry-level Mac £299? Will it have TV-out enabling use as a sort-of "media centre"?
    Mac mini: Is actually £339 and has no keyboard or mouse. No TV out. But very small.
  • New entry-level iPod mini £99? 1Gb? Use of AACplus to squeeze even more songs on it?
    iPod shuffle: 1Gb model is £99, but there's an even cheaper 512Mb model at £69. USB pendrive form-factor and no display. No sign of AACplus, so it stores 120 or 240 normal-sized songs.
  • Current 4Gb iPod mini increased to 5Gb for the same price?
    No.
  • Motorola/Apple phone announced?
    Was demonstrated. Haven't seen it yet.
  • iPod games available to download?
    No.
  • Apple own-brand iPod speakers?
    No.
  • Airport Express 2 with proper remote/display?
    No.
  • iWork '05 productivity suite (including Keynote 2) to replace the aged AppleWorks on all new Macs?
    iWork '05: Includes KeyNote 2 and Pages (a new design-friendly word-processor) for £49. I'd say it's positioned half-way between AppleWorks and Microsoft Office. Not bundled with new Macs.
  • iLife '05 announced with 16:9 support in iMovie/iDVD?
    iLife '05: £49 or free with new Macs. 16:9 support in iMovie and iDVD - and some nice new features in GarageBand 2.
  • Tiger release date announced? Will it include iWork and iLife?
    No. And no. But Apple have posted a lot more information on Tiger on their website including demos.
  • Doom III for the Mac demoed by Aspyr?
    No.
  • iTunes Music Store extended to Ireland and Australia?
    Ireland: Yes, a few days earlier. Australia, no.
  • New Apple Stores announced in the UK? Manchester? Birmingham date?
    No.
Keynote will be posted by Apple at 2am our time tomorrow morning, so I may update this post then.