There's something in the air

Hmm. What. Could. That. Be?

Apple TV wireless content downloading? Wireless backups? WiMax-enabled laptops? Free bean burritos under every seat?

The Macalop's leaning toward WiMax right now. It seems a typical Apple-y move and one that's occurred to the horny one ever since he got his iPhone. "Boy it'd sure be nice to be able to have ubiquitous Internet access with my laptop," the Macalope would say to the dryads and nymphs around him.

They'd just mumble "Yeah" and go back to playing Wii bowling.

The Macalope never should have bought them that. They're supposed to be making dewy nectar but all they do is play Wii bowling all day.

Anyway, the safe picks this year seem to involve some combination of the following:

• New Apple TV with movie rentals.
• Lightweight laptop, possibly with docking station.
• An iPhone update might be announced, but certainly won't be released yet. The Macalope actually doubts it'll be announced yet, despite the loose lips of AT&T executives.
• That thing that's in the air.

The horny one got sucked into the Beatles speculation last year and refuses to get roped in again this year. Which, of course, means it'll probably happen this year. But the Macalope still says no. No, no, no, no, no.

You're just going to have to keep listening to the White Album on vinyl as God intended it. Bonus points if you have the White Album on white vinyl. Ah, those were the days!

Unless "the device that dare not be called a Newton" gets unveiled, this keynote will probably not be of the magnitude of last year's and that's OK. Contrary to jackasstic belief, not every keynote has to introduce a game-changing device or Apple will "die". Mac, iPod, iPhone, remember? Unless the Macalope is very mistaken, Apple didn't release those at consecutive Macworld Expos.

Whatever gets announced, the Macalope will be there. 24 hours to go.

[stonewall-]

I'm just going to put this out there... an ABBA-themed iPod.

[STrRedWolf]

I take it you've looked at the bingo card. Have you heard of the supposed leaked keynote outline? Register Hardware has a report about it here: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/14/leaked_keynote/

Of course, if you play the bingo card, and the outline is real, that means someone out there is going to cry BINGO at the keynote if Steve says "Wouldn't it be great..."

I'll have to play the video later. Right now, I'll have to grumble over Portal not being ported to the Mac or Linux.

[crumbrye]

Macworld prediction..."Theres Something in the Air" refers to both a new wireless gadget and a new environmental campaign by Apple. 2008 is a great year to go green. Remember, just last May, Jobs released his open letter on Apple's environmental initiatives. Plus, Gore is on the board.

http://greenpieceblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/apples-green-up-at-macworld.html

[jlmr72]

I have a wild prediction of my own:

http://abracadanews.blogspot.com/2008/01/apple-to-introduce-its-own-wireless.html

[monkyhead]

One word: Spores. Don't tell anybody I told you.

[ripragged]

The predictions are all in. Simply put, it's impossible to guess. His Steveness has outfoxed us all. No matter what we guess, it won't match the reality. For good or ill. No one has gotten it completely right yet. He even introduced the iPhone when everyone thought Cisco owned the name. Only a few deep (DEEP) insiders have ever even SEEN the next new thing.

Having said that ? a friend, whose cousin's ex-wife's father's former high school football coach's nephew grooms dogs for a janitor at 1 Infinite Loop, tells me that His Steveness will finally introduce the multitouch beer label and the WiFi-enabled corkscrew (with 802.11n foil cutter). Of course, anyone who keeps up with the innertubes already knows this.

I know I wasn't supposed to tell, but I never could keep a secret.

[GaryPatterson]

Flying MacBook Pros and Segway-mounted towers!

This year for sure!

[mutusliber]

GaryPatterson's on the right track.

It's gonna be LEVITATION (finally).

Just look at the banner:

http://images.appleinsider.com/macworld-banner-3.jpg