What is wwdc 2011

Apple has already given us some tasty tidbits as to what we can expect. Several ZDNet bloggers will join me in providing minute-by-minute commmentary and analysis of the keynote. You can also get a reminder ahead of the start time by entering your e-mail address into the module below. WWDC Best keyboard Because you deserve better.

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Not always thrilling — there was the year everyone got a gasp! So, what should you expect? Here's our guide to what's up, with extra help on how likely they are. You've received a text message! Music discovery system to find new stuff, rather like Last. Remember Ping? Hardware Actually, nothing falls into "likely" here, though the Time Capsule wireless backup hard drive is long in the tooth.

Wild cards Some commentary on patent-holding companies that are suing Apple developers. Apple is a slave to iTunes here, but if Google's Android can manage incremental updates that are downloaded during quiet periods, it isn't witchcraft. The challenge is how to revert if your phone is bricked. Split-pane views of multiple apps on the iPad, rather like Microsoft showed off on Windows 8 last week.

Not very likely, because the TV and movie studios have been silent on this, and don't really like the idea of their stuff being available via the cloud. Hardware Apple TV update. OK, so it was introduced in September , and all three of the people who bought it really love it.

But what is it really for? Maybe it need a touch of iCloud, plus some apps, and it can really make TV into something that Apple can get its hands on. Not that anyone else — Google or Microsoft included — has managed this. That stuff is sooo