I don’t think that Apple will move off OS X unless it is to another desktop OS [11?].  I don’t think that they will move to iOS for their “Trucks” either, how else would people program for Apple products [pro & consumer]?  I think that if they move to a touch based OS for “OS 11″ then we will see programming change to a modular and visual interface and the keyboard will still be needed for some functions.  The only way the keyboard could be minimized is if a Star Trek like voice command is implemented.

What I think will happen is Apple will develop it’s Siri acquisition to build a more robust voice command interface and then over time move it into the desktop computer while beefing up the touch interface.  I also think that the home desktop will turn into a media server that will be connected via Wi-Fi to the TV, stereo, and hand-held devices [iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches].  We will use the Knowledge Navigator [hand-held device] to interface with the home server and it will do the heavy lifting and data crunching.  It will store and back-up all the data from our devices and allow for the transfer of songs, movies, and other data back and forth via Wi-Fi.  Yes, this will work with the iPod Nano and Classic too!

The future of Apple is the Federation.  No really, the future is going  to be both trucks and cars, the desktop or work horse machine and the hand-held device.  The number of desktop machines will diminish because a family will own one & then they will all have hand-held devices.  The delivery of media will continue to be in two places the TV and the hand-held.  We will see the ability to move from one device to another and the media will follow seamlessly.

Ahhh, the future, please come now!!!

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They even point out this is a security move for the company and they intend to cycle over 20,000 computers.  That is a lot of hardware a whole lot of hardware!!!  It is an interesting and impressive move.

I know that there are Windows users that are going to call this bogus and complain and Troll the blogs; but either way, Google has made a statement.

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My 2¢:
Go Google!  Windows is becoming more secure and more reliable.  Mac & Linux have been leading with certain features and a stronger security posture.  Those computers [Windows] are a big target and hopefully, that target will shrink because the software is becoming more secure.

If you have been paying attention, Apple recently bought Siri, ‘Your Virtual Personal Assistant’.  Their tag line … “You Ask, Siri Does”.  3G and soon to come 4G services, or ubiquitous wireless services and a person can get access to their data anywhere.  It is coming and I am excited to see next years products.

So, if you take all the things I have been thinking about the iPad from my previous posts, it is understandable where Apple is going.  They know what they are looking forward and planning for.  Do you see it?

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Previous Posts:

Curse of the Mobile Providers

Google unwires the US?

Verizon pulls a 180 on the Band Width Auction

Google Phone?

OS X on your WinBox!!!

The iPhone and Wired prove ME right!

Mobile Moving towards Freedom

Next Awesome iPhone App!

A Possible Apple Tablet

Rotten Apples? Nope, Just Complaints

Apple Tablet Prediction

I was on Yammer the other day and the group was asking about the iSlate and what our predictions were for next month.  As I thought about the question and thought about rumor mill this is what I thought of =  JooJoo + Sports Illustrated Demo + Kindle + Lala + built in battery + Inkwell + Wi-Fi/3G.

Okay, we already know that whatever Apple and Mr. Jobs are doing is going to look great and fit into the architecture that already exists and the JooJoo is a good idea of what can be done today.  Since we don’t have to worry about design [it's not a mouse] we know that it will look great!  Some of my favorite concepts can be found here.  We also know that it will work with iTunes in some way, have built in Wi-Fi [iPhone/iPod Touches and possibly some 3G/4G if the Verizon rumors are true], and a built in battery.

The next thing it will have to cover is the usefulness and ease of use.  What if they left in Inkwell, the handwriting recognition software and allowed for capacitive writing with your finger?!?  … Or a puff ball … which would allow for quick note taking and editing, like the Windows Courier project?  Now, allow for Sports Illustrated Tablet demo functionality with books, magazines [I would love to get Wired like this!!!], and mixed media.  This would make the Kindle and other eReaders look last decade.

Now add iTunes with subscriptions or Lala, which Apple bought in December 2009, and then you don’t have to port your entire library … you can stream it through your iTunes account to the new device!

Well, I don’t know about you, but I want one!!!  I don’t know if I am even half right; Apple is making waves and the rumors are in the water.  We will see on the 27th of January.

NetBooks and eReaders beware they are about to redefine your markets and youse will lose market share.

Listening to MacBreak Weekly #174 and I realized that I forgot something very important, the App Store!!!  It has been leaked that Apple has expressed to some developers that they will want to work on full screen coverage.  They have talked about my thoughts that I wrote about here!!!

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1. ‘Available networks’ tool on taskbar — already present in OS X, works great! It was called Internet Connect, but now is just part of the Network pane in System Preferences.
2. Fewer annoying pop-ups — true we get a bouncing dock icon if you want it; but pop-ups aren’t standard.
3. HomeGroup — oh yeah, I think we call that Bonjour.
4. Device Stage — sounds like more work, OS X launches the program and gets ready to work.
5. BitLocker support for removable storage — Now, for businesses, this has promise.  Home users get nothing from what I understand.  There is FileVault; however if you want whole drive encryption, you can get tools like TrueCrypt.
6. Speedier boot-up — yeah, that is working . . . my MacBook was still faster booting OS X than it was booting Windows 7.
7. Libraries — copycat?  Yeah, *Nix systems have been using this model for some time now.
8. User Account Control is less in-your-face — about time!!!
9. Multi-touch — okay, this is only available on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and ModBooks; we are still waiting for Apple to release a NetBook or Tablet PC that will blow our socks off.
10. It’s not Windows Vista — yeah, we never thought we would see something more busted up than Windows ME; but that has come & now they are ‘getting it right’.

Commentary added.

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So, whether the tablet device looks like any of these [Prediction 1, Prediction 2, and My Fav!] or not; we won’t know until we actually see it.  I think that Steve will present it at an Apple event after his return.  I can see it a 10″ touch Screen running OS X: iPhone with more power and functionality.  With this, I see a new version of iWork for the handhelds.  A lighter version that will meet the needs of an ultra-mobile user, simplicity in function like we have seen.  Think, the ability to edit fresh shot video on the iPhone 3GS concept, but adapted for other applications.

I don’t know what I am more excited about; the new product or the future apps that will blow our minds.  Personally, the TomTom add-on for the iPhone ROCKS!  I look forward to seeing that work and in using it!  Apple, is still on the bleeding edge.  Products that innovate, that make you say “WOW!”.  I have to be honest, no other company is there, they are not designing with users in mind.  I just don’t believe that for a minute.  The corporate user maybe; but not likely.

Okay, the New App, would have to be iWork integration for the iPhone and “MacBook Touch”.  I can picture it and how it would work; but that is why the will have to release iWork for PCs.  I also would not be surprised to see iLife for PCs too; which I wrote about in August 2007.  It just makes sense to slowly convert people, like they have been doing for years!!!  It will get to the point where people with buy a Mac because they have everything but the hardware.  It will just be why buy all this when I can spend the extra on the hardware and get great support and functionality all in one purchase.

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Mac OS X 10.5.7 Combo Update Page.

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I would also expect if the iPhone ‘Lite’ or iPhone Nano for 99$ would be an 8gb device with the exact same hardware as the standard model.  We will find out in a few weeks but no later than 2 months.  I also expect that we will see something like a MacBook Touch or something in the 10′ to 10.4′ screen size.  It only makes good sense to release a killer device that fills this space.  No, not a phone, but maybe a tablet running OS X: iPhone or something that runs that on the cover and then drop into full Leopard.  There is also a rumor that it will be on the 700mhz band that AT&T and Verizon will be opening up in 2010 for all hardware and devices.  I think that they will release the device for Verizon only and then after a year or even right away, it will be available on AT&T.

I am excited to see what happens.  This Fall, after my wife’s contract expires, should be our iPhone & service change.  I am not excited about having AT&T, my favorite carrier comes in a different color; however, I know my hardware needs & can see the solution in the iPhone.

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