Tech Conferences
Next week there will be two conferences offered by a couple of big names in the computer industry.
One of them is the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. You’ve probably heard about this. After all, it is sold out. On Monday’s keynote speech, Steve Jobs will be announcing something big. Rumors all seem to agree that it will include the next version of the iPhone - potentially a 3G version, maybe with GPS.
But as Michael Gartenberg points out, the important part of the conference is not the announcement of the new phone hardware, but the updated OS, available for all iPhones old and new, that provides a software development platform. This has attracted developers that, previously would never have considered developing for the Macintosh platform. This platform has established the iPhone and iPod as mobile Apple computers. Personally, I can’t wait to see what the future holds for the iPhone, the Mac* and even AppleTV.
Oh, yeah… What’s the other conference I referred to? That would be the Microsoft IT Professionals Conference. You didn’t know about that one? You haven’t read everyone blogging about that? Doesn’t Microsoft control the industry?
Lexie and I were discussing the disparity between the contributions Microsoft and Apple. While Microsoft certainly has the OS market share, no one gets excited about their announcements. Compare this to Apple, whose announcements are far more likely to be revolutionary. I’m not so much of a fanboy that I think Apple is perfect, but I do recognize the positive impact of their products.
* At the WWDC, the banners display “OS X Leopard” without “Mac” so it looks like the Apple may be planning to use “Mac” to define the desktop and laptop hardware with “OS X Leopard” on it, but expand “OS X” to also encompass the OS of phones and TV.
Category: Apple, Technology
Posted by: Chuck @ 11:02 am on June 7, 2008