Lots of web sites have their opinions on the WWDC keynote (pretty much all I can talk about all week), so my comments will be brief.
I really, really wanted a new MacBook Pro; my machine is now 2 years old running a Core Duo processor and not the newer Core 2 Duo. My machine is quite sluggish and as soon as Apple announces new MacBook Pros, I’m ordering one. Likely by then, I’ll be able to get a 320 GB 7200 RPM drive which will be great, but the machine won’t be available soon enough.
The 3G iPhone was a given, so that wasn’t a surprise. The GPS wasn’t a surprise either, nor the enterprise features. What was a pleasant surprise was the $199 price. This pretty much means that the number of iPhones is going to sky rocket and the market will be huge. I’m hoping that this will translate into more work for me with companies wanting me to build iPhone applications.
The rest of the keynote really wasn’t all that catchy. I was hoping for the “one more thing”, but we didn’t get that.
One thing that the person next to me commented on is that Steve looked a little thin and that Phil Schiller may have gained the weight that Steve lost. Could that have affected the pizzaz of the keynote? Was Steve not feeling well? Or did Steve not want to upstage the 3G iPhone? It’s quite probably that this conference will be basically an iPhone conference. Another thing that surprised me is that Apple will basically have a 2 month lack of iPhone inventory. I guess this will cause people that bought not to be pissed off by getting an older model, but 2 months of sales is a lot to sacrifice.
I’ve noticed that there are a ton of people that haven’t done Mac or iPhone development judging by the list of sessions. With my 6 years of Cocoa experience, I hope that this gives me a leg up on doing iPhone development. We shall see; I’m sure that there are a number of talented developers that will create excellent applications (I’ve been amazed at some of the demos I’ve seen).
Today has been a long day and I’m quite excited about the iPhone; I keep running into people I’ve known for years and have enjoyed talking to them about what the iPhone means and where it is going. I’m not sure what the rest of the conference will hold, but it better slow down or I’m going to collapse before the end of the week!