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What has Apple got in store for the new year?

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christian
on December 9, 2007
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iphone iPhone

I would be surprised to see a new iPhone so soon after the first one, and would hope Apple spend their time improving the functionality of the first before moving on and launching the second. However the irresistible urge to improve their products and pressure from the mobile phone carriers may be too much. Hardware improvements in the new iPhone will be 3G (depending on battery life, something Apple wasn’t and still won’t be willing to sacrifice), improved camera on the phone, louder speakers, and more flash storage. Software improvements will bring the ability to save from safari to a folder on the phone, copy and paste functionality, and the ability to record using the microphone.

Apple TV+Mac Mini

Something going to happen here, otherwise you have to explain why Apple upgraded its MacBook to the Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor, but kept the Mac Mini using the older Intel GMA 950 graphics processor. If i were a betting man, i’d bet a change is due, and they didn’t want to spend any more money upgrading the graphics processor with only 6 months before the newly redesigned Mac Mini arrives.

I’d add that the Mac Mini is in a prime position to replace the Apple TV as a functionally more rounded product. Giving you access to your email, internet, applications, music and video. The only thing its waiting for is a little more beef in the specs, and perhaps a fresh look, (by all means, call it the new Apple TV+), its no secret that Apple has been itching to get rid of the Mini in its current form.

itab mac with multitouchUltra-Portable MacBook

There has been a lot of talk about an Ultra-Portable from Apple in 2008. Based on the information from Toshiba, we should be seeing 32GB, 64GB and 128GB NAND Flash storage in 2008. With the 128GB module not coming out until May 2008, any ultra-portable Apple creates would most likely have a) two 32GB versions, or b) two 64GB versions, making a max of 128GB storage using the latter configuration. Based on the estimate that the iPhones’ multitouch technology costs $33.50 per phone, i wouldn’t be surprised to see the ultra-portable come equipped with that technology. How Apple plans on implementing a touchscreen on a portable, be it a swivel screen, or something unique, we will have to wait and see.