{"id":7246,"date":"2011-05-31T10:45:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T15:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=7246"},"modified":"2023-12-14T16:29:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T22:29:39","slug":"apple-announces-wwdc-menu-media-shocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/05\/apple-announces-wwdc-menu-media-shocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple announces WWDC menu, media shocked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Oh my gawd, Apple just did the unthinkable! It revealed the products and services to be announced at WWDC 2011 ahead of time! What kind of reverse psychology is this? Apple has been known to be extremely strict about announcing something new, usually waiting until the time of announcement before even confirming rumors that have been making their way around the intertubes. Yet here we are, about a week away from Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, the annual Apple developer conference scheduled for June 6 through June 10, and Apple is spilling the beans. Has Steve Jobs lost his mind? Is Apple adopting a new hipster mentality? What is this voodoo magic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Apple is planning on unveiling iOS 5, Mac OSX Lion, and iCloud, a cloud music service similar to Google’s cloud storage and Amazon’s Cloud Player. It is kind of absurd how far people are taking this announcement. Some<\/a> speculate that this might mean one of two things: 1) the products are so unbelievably awesome that Apple is being forced to release some info ahead of time in order to allow for Steve Jobs to cover the insane amount of orgasmic manzana deliciousness in his keynote, or 2) these services are pretty lame and not worth the hype and speculation surrounding them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did anyone consider option 3? It’s entirely possible that Apple has grown to the point where it doesn’t need some ridiculous hype machine shrouded in secrecy to build awareness about its upcoming products and services and that the shift is no longer on those products and services but on the features they offer. In fact, Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud are not all that gaspworthy and secret. We have known about Lion for many months know and know that it was pegged for a summer release, so no shocker that Lion will be a topic at WWDC. iOS 5 is also a given because let’s face it, Apple keeps a strict schedule of giving its mobile platform a spruce-up every summer, often before the next incarnation of the iPhone is released. As far as iCloud goes, not only is it one of the worst kept secrets in Cupertino, but it is absurd to think that Apple wouldn’t announce such a service at WWDC and let Amazon and Google enjoy a comfy head start in a market that Apple has no choice but to enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“OMG, but why didn’t Apple wait until WWDC to announce them to thunderous applause and praises of being magical pioneers,” you ask? Maybe because the story isn’t about what is being announced, but about the features that are coming inside these products and services. Lion is the next version of Mac OSX, its desktop operating system. iOS 5 is the next version of Apples mobile operating system. iCloud is an extension of iTunes that is allowing Apple to enter into an emerging market that Apple’s competitors are already in. Not one of these things is something unexpected. Not one of these things is titled “Magical Time Traveling Fellatiator.” The focus isn’t on the products because the products and services themselves are givens. They are “same-old same-olds.” The focus is on the features that these products and services are offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yes, Apple has told us what’s coming up at WWDC. However, they’ve really told us nothing at all. Go ahead, go bananas over the fact that Apple did something out of the norm. You’re exactly the reason options 1 and 2 above exist. Steve Jobs could come out tomorrow and say “iFolio, our new computer line is coming out in October” and people will go crazy over whether or not Apple is killing off one of its product lines instead of what it is that iFolio has to offer. So yes, I Mad, Bro. But not at Apple. I’m mad at people who instead of fueling Apple’s hype machine with insightful and reasonable thoughts and comments, they are fueling it with inane blather about topics that would make a fifth grader cringe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forget rumors, Apple just dropped a bombshell – revealing key WWDC 2011 announcements early! Is it marketing magic or a sign of dull products? 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