In an uncharacteristically open press release on Tuesday morning, Apple not only confirmed the appearance of CEO Steve Jobs for the WWDC 2011 keynote on Monday, June 6 but also outed iCloud and iOS 5 in addition to the release of Mac OS X Lion.
Apple shot out a doozy of a press release on Tuesday morning about the keynote at next week’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference. The event kicks off on Monday, June 6 at 10am PST with Apple CEO Steve Jobs “and a team of Apple executives” -- and they’ll likely need them all to do the heavy lifting for what’s sure to be a keynote for the ages.
“At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software -- Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS® X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers the iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®; and iCloud®, Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering,” the shockingly open press release reads.
Of course, no one is really expecting iOS 5 to be launched at the event -- it’s likely just a preview of things to come. iCloud is referred to as “upcoming,” which also reads like it won’t be rolled out next week, but we can dare to dream.
Mac OS X Lion 10.7, on the other hand, appears to be closing in on a release. Apple has only officially said “summer,” but with a Mac OS X 10.6.8 software update making the rounds with developers which promises to prepare Snow Leopard users for a Lion upgrade, we’re likely looking at weeks instead of months.
Either way, this year’s WWDC is sure to be one not to be missed -- mark your calendar for Monday, June 6 and 10am PST and stay tuned to MacLife.com for all of the coverage!
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May 31, 2011 at 3:14pm
It'll be really awesome to see what Apple's cooked up for the cloud service, and though I'm actually switching to Windows for my next computer, seeing what Lion is all about will be cool too. The ONLY thing that I really, really want to see though, is that they've included a switch for A2DP, or some way to remember my preference on which audio out I want whenever I dock the iPhone to my van. This isn't a little-known problem anymore, as more people are buying vehicles with iPhone/iPod/Bluetooth connectivity (MyFordTouch, anyone?) and have that interrupt every time the vehicle is started. My old, jailbroken phone had an app that could do it quite easily, so I know it's possible. Pretty please, Apple?!
