I lent my voice to the new SkyNext Podcast intro. We were trying to closely replicate the opening voice-over from the show to fit the podcast. I felt it turned out pretty good! Listen below:
[audio:http://www.grahamhancock.net/media/SkyNextIntro.mp3]
Wow. I don’t think there’s ever been a Macworld Keynote where all of the rumors preceding it were so completely off. The only rumors that proved to be accurate were the ones that surfaced late last night about iTunes nixing DRM.
Take this to heart: now that Apple’s market share has more than doubled in the last five years, the rumors are even more speculative and inaccurate than ever. Folks overlooked the fact that Apple was overdue for a new iLife & iWork suite, and that the Macbook Pro 17″ needed an update to match the current generation of models. Instead it was all high-flying ‘Gee, wouldn’t it be great?’ rumors that weren’t even on Apple’s radar. You gotta love Macworld.
(This is an Audio Blog! Click the player below to listen!)
As many of you may or may not know, I revived my blog here while I was at Macworld last year. The very first post on this new blog was about waiting in the registration line last year at Macworld in San Francisco. So a year has come and gone and Macworld 2009 starts today. I’m not there this time around, but that doesn’t mean I can’t participate in the fun: trying to predict what Apple will be announcing during tomorrow’s opening keynote!
I started to type up a big post about this but quickly changed my mind and decided to make this into my very first Audio Blog! My predictions are below, and you can listen to more of my thoughts about them by clicking “Play” on the flash player.
My Macworld 2009 Predictions/Opinions:
- Improvements to the “Me” Service
- Highly doubt we’ll see the “iPhone nano”
- Will likely see a new iPhone color or set of colors
- A preview of Snow Leopard
- Possible refresh for iMacs and Mac Mini’s
- Official announcement from AT&T about iPhone data tethering
- Surprise appearance from Steve?
[audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/hancocklg/GH-Macworld.mp3]
