Well, the keynote is said and done. We have some good stuff coming our way. Now let’s see how I stacked up against the actual announcements:

iPhone 2.0 (Software) – Finally, ActiveSync support, the long awaited App Store, and search capabilties. Though I thought the launch would be immediate, it is actually July 11th, 2008.

iPhone 2 – 3G, GPS, more capacity (16/32GB) and 802.11n support. Well, I was half right… 802.11n was not announced, neither were any larger capacities.

Unlocked iPhones – only available in some countries (which will then be sold online and distributed free of charge to Apple, compliments of eBay). Whoo boy, did I get this one wrong. It looks like they’re making things worse by requiring activation in the store. (At least my current iPhone will have resale value thanks to this stupid decision).

Blu-Ray Support – They’ve been paying to be part of the BD association, there are drives that can work with their hardware, why not have the OS support the format? Nothing formally announced, though it may be part of OS X 10.6′s Quicktime X support.

A new .Mac – Could it be the rumored Mobile Me? While I’m not sure what the branding will be, I’m sure Apple wants to get into the push email space and drop the newly supported ActiveSync ASAP. Yeah, I was right. And they definitely want to muscle Microsoft out of the market, obvious with the “ActiveStinks” comment.

So, 3 out of 5… not bad for a first time predictor.

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While there are more than enough rumors circulating about what will be unveiled at WWDC ’08, starting tomorrow at 10AM, I thought I would weigh in on my predictions for tomorrow:

• iPhone 2.0 (Software) – Finally, ActiveSync support, the long awaited App Store, and search capabilties.
• iPhone 2 – 3G, GPS, more capacity (16/32GB) and 802.11n support.
• Unlocked iPhones – only available in some countries (which will then be sold online and distributed free of charge to Apple, compliments of eBay).
• Blu-Ray Support – They’ve been paying to be part of the BD association, there are drives that can work with their hardware, why not have the OS support the format?
• A new .Mac – Could it be the rumored Mobile Me? While I’m not sure what the branding will be, I’m sure Apple wants to get into the push email space and drop the newly supported ActiveSync ASAP.

I haven’t seen anyone else talk about Blu-Ray support, so let’s see if I’m all alone on this one. If so, perhaps Jobs will have to shut me down.

Anyone cleared their schedule to refresh their page obsessively during the keynote?

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Well, I guess Sony won. Toshiba has thrown in the towel and Blu-Ray will reign as the champion of disc-based video for the next 10 years or so, until the next Ultra Hi-Def Super Duper Audio & Video Format comes along.

I’m not surprised by this turn of events. Remember, this is why I bought a PS3 recently. And from a general consumer perspective, this is a good thing. Now people can start investing in one format, and let loose on the HD movie offerings.

Still, it sucks (ok, it fucking blows) that Sony won. I mean, they’re still changing the format and older players (except the PS3) are going to be limited in what they can do with Blu-Ray discs. But somehow, this is the format that you all decided to support. What can I say?

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As you can see, Sony (i.e. Blu Ray) is (sadly) winning the Hi Def Disc Format War. With only two studios now backing HD-DVD, I decided it was time to cover all my bases. So I have the HD-DVD drive for the XBox 360, as well as a PS3 now, only for the Blu Ray drive.

Sorry, world. I really tried not to let Sony win. I wish you all would have supported me.

Format Wars: Where Things Stand In The Hi-Def DVD Format War

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