Apple confirms Schiller will deliver WWDC keynote
The Apple World Wide Developers Conference will kick off at 10 a.m. June 8 in San Francisco with Vice President of Marketing Phil Schiller at the podium.
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In a press release issued Wednesday morning, Apple stated that Schiller will give the keynote address, but will be part of "a team of executives" who will address the crowd gathered in San Francisco's Moscone Center.
As expected, Apple promises that developers and media in attendance will hear about the company's newest operating systems, iPhone OS 3.0 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
There is no mention of the two topics on everyone's mind: new iPhone hardware and Steve Jobs. Jobs had originally said his current leave of absence would expire in "late June," which most likely means after the June 8 event. But there's always a chance he could decide to show up.
As for a new iPhone, that is also a guessing game. Apple has shown off a new iPhone at the two previous June WWDC events. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said in a research note Wednesday that he is not holding his breath for a new iPhone announcement at the developer conference.
"Rather, we expect Apple to host a special event in late June or early July to launch a family of iPhones," he said. That scenario is interesting because that could allow for Jobs to do the iPhone introduction honors once he is back on the job, in whatever capacity that will be.
As always, remember to be back here at 10 a.m. on June 8 for our live blog and full coverage of WWDC.
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The applause would be thunderous.
The real danger comes if he *doesn't* come back at this conference. Should be an interesting time to watch the stock prices reflect investors' moods based on what does or does not happen.
If Jobs doesn't show up, investors may take that as a sign that he isn't coming back as promised and sell off their investments.
Then they may not- it's one of those speculations that Wall Street analysts have been tossing around for a while and those same analysts often influence what the investors will do regardless of the company's actual condition.
anilsudh, I see you are addicted to the crack named Mac, hooked to something that's adding no value to your life but making a bunch of executives rich based on some 1984 'stick to the man' belief. Grow up!"
Let's clear a couple of things up. First, just pre-judging someone and trying to slam their buying habits is just plain dumb. Second, Mr. Dee, name me one major/large company that doesn't try to make executives rich. Don't worry, I'll wait! BTW, if anyone needs to put the crack down...wait. That one is just too easy. Hopefully one day you'll be able to contribute something positive to a conversation instead of just hunting down things you don't like or agree with and slamming them without a care.
But if they don't announce a new phone, how long do I wait for? Until August?
- by azzuro2006 May 13, 2009 6:52 PM PDT
- I think it would be in the company's best interest to give more clarity on Steve Jobs. Everyone has to get used to life without him. I hope I am wrong, but I am not optimistic on his health - his weight loss and his remission from pancreatic cancer - probably means he has a relapse and doesn't have long to live. I think Jobs has probably set up his team to move on without him. But all the best to Jobs, a true legend....and one of the most respected CEOs the world has ever seen.
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