Roundup: WWDC 2008 Predictions

The Standard — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:11:42 -0700

The following are community-driven predictions for the WWDC 2008 conference to be held in San Francisco on June 8, 2008. The "Community Consensus" percentages equate to the community's feeling on how probable an event occurring (or not occurring) may be. Click through to view the probabilities, and place a bet of your own!

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The Industry Standard's WWDC 2008 predictions are:

New iPhone includes real GPS
.Mac relaunch to coincide with iPhone 2.0
Apple stock price soars above $200
3G iPhone officially announced within 60 days
More than 200 applications available at iPhone App Store launch
No next generation iPhones in the US before August 2008
Apple rolls out mobile videoconferencing on iPhone

Related predictions:

RIM's 3G BlackBerry for AT&T delayed
Apple takes 50% notebook market share
iTunes goes DRM-free by the end of the year
Apple will ship 10 million iPhones in 2008
Apple bundles unlimited iTunes with iPods, iPhones
Apple releases iPhone Nano in clamshell form

Community suggestions for predictions (should we predict any of these events? Vote - time is running out!):

Entire iTunes library to be sold directly to 3G iPhone on mobile broadband
Apple to unveil Ringback Tones on 3G iPhone release
.Mac rebranded as Me.com
Mac OS X 10.6 to preview at WWDC