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Who can forget MacWorld 2007! Jobs took the stage in San Francisco, and a few months later, lines formed so that people could be the first to grab the iPhone! So what can we expect Jobs to hype on us at MacWorld 2008? Make no mistake, this one won't be as exciting as last years! The rumors on the web is that Apple will introduce a sub-notebook that sits somewhere between iPhone and MacBook useability. These rumors are largely based upon a report that Apple secured several 13.3 inch LCD displays from from a company out of Taiwan. A web site called Mac Rumors is reporting that this very light laptop will include a DVD/CD player and flash memory, but also include an external optical hard-drive. This configuration would make such a laptop very lightweight for travel, and very versatile for business and personal use. One would also expect iPhone update announcements. Lets hope that high speed internet is one of those announcements! The price of the iPhone is a premimum one for sure, and one should expect more than EDGE for a data stream when paying such a price for a cell phone! And I am hoping for maybe a hint of what iPhone 2 might look like. Personally, I would love to see a version of the iPhone that includes a physical thumb-board and better support for business apps like Microsoft Office. Finally, expect partnership announcements with several players out of Hollywood. Since iPods now include such a great ability to do video, it only makes sense that Apple take their iTunes model and expand it to include Movies. This should boost Apple's "Apple TV". A unit that allows you to send your media from your PC to your TV. If there has been a weak spot in Apple sales in the last year, its probably with this device. Reports are that Apple has sold just over one million of these units. Not bad, unless compared with sales of other recent Apple products. I don't expect any real iPod news, as last year most got updates. But I do expect a few MacBook announcements as well as some time spent to Apple's new OS "Leapord". So I am waiting for Tuesday to get here! In the meantime, I guess I will have to play "Stevenote Expo, the game ".
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