Saturday, January 13, 2007

Macworld SF 2007 scorecard

Here's how I scored this year with my educated guesses:

100% right:

  • No DVR or TV-recording capability
    Some people still think the Apple TV might gain that capability. Um, it has zero A/V inputs, so that would be impossible (unless they partnered with Elgato or Miglia and used the Apple TV's single USB port)
  • Movies from additional studios added to the iTunes Store
    But is anyone really going to buy Star Trek V? Seriously?
  • Apple TV shown in use but not immediately available
    Watch for those orders to start shipping on Feb. 26.
  • Apple Mobile product, which will be much more than a cell phone and more expensive than most people consider
    I was pretty much right on all counts with this prediction, but played it safe by not predicting what exactly it would do.
50% right
  • No new iPods
    The iPhone isn't on the iPod area of Apple's web site, but it was called a widescreen video iPod
  • Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will be previewed, but no shipping date will be announced
    No shipping date was announced (it's still just Spring 2007) but the previews being shown in Apple's booth show no new features than what was already shown in August 2006
0% right
  • iLife '07, which will update all of the apps except iTunes
    And I thought this was the safest prediction I made, considering how much work iWeb and GarageBand need
  • iWork '07, which will see the addition of a spreadsheet application but remain at the same price
    I figured I'd at least be 50% right about this one
Some people make a ton of predictions, but if you look at past keynotes, there's usually only about four software/hardware announcements maximum. I tried to keep mine within the 2 hour keynote length possibility (which was actually only 1 hour, 45 minutes long).

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