The World Wide Developers Conference, a total sold-out event, starts in San Francisco next week at the Moscone Center and already the buzz surrounding the new iPhone and the much hyped Snow Leopard, has reached a crescendo.
There is however one speculation which has almost died for now and that is of Verizon iPhone release at WWDC this year. With Verizon spokesperson saying that Verizon iPhone is not a possibility in immediate future, its crystal clear that if iPhone 4G release happens at WWDC, the carrier will not be Verizon this time.
It is going to be AT&T still in all probability that will get to carry iPhone for now.
Experts are of the opinion that the newest iPhone will fix its predecessors' shortcomings and bring video, a high resolution camera and faster processing to the storied device. But the big question is if the updated hardware in the new iPhone will support background processing, whereby non-running apps can receive updates?
So far, of course, they can't. "There's still a lot of criticism on that front," says Gartner analyst Van Baker. "There's rumors afoot that they might put that in." According to Baker most of the companies would like to see background processing because this would make the iPhone platform more manageable for IT.
And Web service providers like WhippleHill, which serves up information for private schools over the Web and is rolling out an iPhone app, are hoping for it too.
Apple's almost notorious fame for ultra secrecy was on display once more when it recently clamped down on rogue screen shots of Snow Leopard OS floating on the Web. Screen shots, though, don't reveal functionality.
Apple is under some pressure to deliver breakthrough capabilities, which will likely be in the realm of multicore support.
