WWDC isn’t over yet, but we learned a lot today. Let’s see how I did with my predictions.
| Category | My Prediction | Correct? |
| iPhone | ||
| 3G | Yes | Correct |
| GPS | Yes | Correct |
| Faster Processor | No | Correct |
| Video Conferencing | No | Correct |
| Thicker (face-to-back) | Yes | Correct1 |
| iPhone mini | Yes | Incorrect |
| Higher Pricing | Yes | Incorrect |
| SquirrelFish | Yes | ? |
| iPhone widgets | No | Correct2 |
| Apple Software | ||
| OSX 10.6 Will Be Announced | Yes | Correct |
| OSX 10.6 Named Snow Leopard | Yes | Correct |
| OSX 10.6 Specifically be for Atom Devices | No | Correct |
| OSX 10.6 OSX 10.6 Will Drop PPC Support | Yes | ? |
| OSX 10.6 Will Drop Carbon Support | Yes | ? |
| New / Improved / Revamped .Mac Services | Yes | Correct |
| .Mac Rebranding | Yes | Correct |
| Apple Hardware | ||
| New Apple Device | No | Correct |
| New MBP Designs | Yes | Incorrect |
| New Displays | No | Correct |
| Pie In the Sky Prediction | ||
| OSX 10.6 Adds Resolution Independence | Yes | ? |
Outcome: 13 correct, 3 incorrect, and 4 unknowns. So my prediction accuracy is 65%-85%, depending on how the unknowns turn out. Not bad, given that 10% of my predictions were complete guesses.
1 The original iPhone was 11.6mm thick, according to Apple’s support site and the new iPhone is 12.3mm according to the new iPhone site.
2 No discussion of a DashCode for iPhone or HTML+JavaScript+CSS application development solution was stated during the keynote. If it comes to my attention that widget iPhone development is possible, I will toggle my answer’s correctness.
