Comments on: WWDC banners are up: Let the guessing game begin

As the first signs for the Apple developer conference next week are hung in the Moscone Center, the speculation over what Apple will unveil intensifies.

[sbwinn]

"One year later . . . " - a measure of time, obviously.

"light-years ahead" - a measure of distance, as in light-years in front of the competition.

So what is the problem?

[Everlovin G]

@ sbwinn

WORD!

[B-McGee]

there is no problem, TUAW is trying to be coy.

how anyone can sit there and criticize the marketing side of Apple is beyond me.

[servermaker]

If they've outpaced the competition by "light years" in just one year, then we need to start re-visiting relativity.

[CredulousDolt]

Seconded: TUAW's editors should instead apply their considerable acumen to their own articles. The poster is, in fact, damned pithy.

[BK216]

Spongebob?!

[ikramerica--2008]

SQUAREPANTS!

[standards--2008]

There is no grammar problem here. They could have said "One year later - a million of miles ahead". Instead they said "One year later, a light year ahead". Both are grammatically correct.

Grammatically confused: "Miles away, but a light year ahead."

[grossj144]

She was referring to Think Different (obviously, it should have read Think Differently...if you are following US English grammar rules).

[ikramerica--2008]

Obviously, if they want you to "think differently" then you are right.

But most people didn't get that they wanted you to think DIFFERENT. Macs are DIFFERENT than Windows machines, and they wanted you to think about choosing something DIFFERENT. They could have put different in "quotes" I suppose, but there is no requirement to do that.

It always amuses me when people try to correct grammar instead of looking for the actual meaning of a phrase. Sometimes, it's not the first thing you think it is.

[Justin8888]

I cannot wait, its gonna be awesome

[Chapmaniac]

WWDC prediction - updated "AppPhones" with more RAM... maybe a faster processor, possibly a lower price (but don't bet on it). Might be mention of Verizon at some point in the future. Lots of competition bad-mouthing.

[iPhoneUser]

32GB next gen iPhone, video downloads direct to iPhone, app sharing via bluetooth, hd capable, touch auto-focus 3MP camera, on-board video editing...

i'm already setting up my lawn chair in front of my local Apple store waiting for one...

[rwrife]

"Light-years ahead" implies that their ideas are so far out there that they're unattainable.

[Perry_Clease]

Not not that, it implies that the competition is far behind.

[ikramerica--2008]

It implies that they CAN'T CATCH UP no matter how hard they try. A year ahead, traveling at the speed of light. As Monty Python sing: "Twelve million miles a minute and that's the fastest speed there is..." Approximately.

Unless faster than light travel is part of Palm's API. :)

[shycelticwitch]

I am confused. Apple has been light years ahead of everyone else since the 90s... what's different now?

[Perry_Clease]

Even the ratchet jaw sports commentators keeping announcing the score when it hasn't changed in last 30 minutes. :)

[shycelticwitch]

LOL touché!

[camp88]

Erica,

I am one who remembers "Think Different" and I remember that it is grammatically correct.

The statement concerns WHAT one thinks about (different) not HOW one thinks (differently).
Think pink, similarly, is also grammatically correct.

[ikramerica--2008]

Right. You can think smart, think smarter, and think smartly. They are all the right, all mean different things.

[jggrothe]

With the rumor mill swirling, why is no one concerned with the fact that the iPhone has the worst speaker of any phone I have ever owned? Hardware has to change in the next phone or it's just a software update in a pretty new piece of shell. If anyone has heard anything about a better speaker system please leak the details!!!!!

[DasaniDude5]

Wow, now THAT is some cool stuff dude! I like it!

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