WWDC Sold Out with Over 5,000 Attendees
Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, scheduled for June 9-11, has sold out for the first time ever. Attendance at the event has rapidly grown as interest in the Mac platform has snowballed in proportion to rapid new sales of Macs.
Build It and They Will Come
This year however, WWDC is expanding to address the new iPhone mobile WiFi platform, an new expansion Apple illustrated in WWDC marketing with a photoshopped doubling of San Francisco's landmark Golden Gate Bridge.
At last year's event, which focused on the then yet unreleased Mac OS X Leopard, Apple unveiled a preliminary web-based development program for the iPhone, which resulted in some howls of protest from developers who wanted to tap into the full features of the device rather than just offer server side custom web applications.
Since then, Apple released the iPod touch and then promised a full Software Development Kit for both devices based on the same Cocoa development tools as Mac OS X. Interest in developing applications for the iPhone and iPod touch kicked into overdrive in February as Apple outlined plans to securely host developer's signed applications in the iTunes Store and offer direct wireless downloads from the devices via a new App Store icon.
The prospect of a piracy and malware resistant development program has seen enthusiastic interest from everyone from games developers including EA and Sega to custom corporate Intranet development and major software vendors from Microsoft to IBM to Salesforce.com. Adobe and Sun have also been feverishly working out how to port their Flash and Java ME platforms to the iPhone, apparently without much help from Apple.
Bulging at the Seams
WWDC has grown dramatically in recent years, prompting Apple to move the event from the original underground Moscone Center into the modern new Moscone West building. Last year, Apple set a new record for WWDC attendance with 5,000 developers from around the world.
Apple hasn't said how many have registered for this event this year, but had to cap further ticket sales due to space limitations. On its developer web site, under the notice that WWDC 2008 has sold out, Apple says, "You can still get all the great content from WWDC 2008. Session videos will be available to purchase on iTunes shortly after the conference. More details will be available soon."
Build It and They Will Come
This year however, WWDC is expanding to address the new iPhone mobile WiFi platform, an new expansion Apple illustrated in WWDC marketing with a photoshopped doubling of San Francisco's landmark Golden Gate Bridge.
At last year's event, which focused on the then yet unreleased Mac OS X Leopard, Apple unveiled a preliminary web-based development program for the iPhone, which resulted in some howls of protest from developers who wanted to tap into the full features of the device rather than just offer server side custom web applications.
Since then, Apple released the iPod touch and then promised a full Software Development Kit for both devices based on the same Cocoa development tools as Mac OS X. Interest in developing applications for the iPhone and iPod touch kicked into overdrive in February as Apple outlined plans to securely host developer's signed applications in the iTunes Store and offer direct wireless downloads from the devices via a new App Store icon.
The prospect of a piracy and malware resistant development program has seen enthusiastic interest from everyone from games developers including EA and Sega to custom corporate Intranet development and major software vendors from Microsoft to IBM to Salesforce.com. Adobe and Sun have also been feverishly working out how to port their Flash and Java ME platforms to the iPhone, apparently without much help from Apple.
Bulging at the Seams
WWDC has grown dramatically in recent years, prompting Apple to move the event from the original underground Moscone Center into the modern new Moscone West building. Last year, Apple set a new record for WWDC attendance with 5,000 developers from around the world.
Apple hasn't said how many have registered for this event this year, but had to cap further ticket sales due to space limitations. On its developer web site, under the notice that WWDC 2008 has sold out, Apple says, "You can still get all the great content from WWDC 2008. Session videos will be available to purchase on iTunes shortly after the conference. More details will be available soon."
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i put googly eyes on mine so i can look it in the eyes.
[the only way to know where you stand with someone is to look them in the eyes]
i put googly eyes on all of my keys on my keyboard, too.
what is the differance between macworld and wwdc
i have a question.
what is the differance between macworld and wwdc
MacWorld= Consumer focus
WWDC= Developer focus.
MacWorld= Nerdy like
WWDC= Full Tilt Nerdom
MacWorld= Deep pockets
WWDC= Pocket Protectors
i have a question.
what is the differance between macworld and wwdc
Consumer / Developer
/Mikael
WWDC has grown dramatically in recent years, prompting Apple to move the event from the original underground Moscone Center into the modern new Moscone West building. Last year, Apple set a new record for WWDC attendance with 5,000 developers from around the world.
Apple hasn't said how many have registered for this event this year, but had to cap further ticket sales due to space limitations. On its developer web site, under the notice that WWDC 2008 has sold out, Apple says, "You can still get all the great content from WWDC 2008. Session videos will be available to purchase on iTunes shortly after the conference. More details will be available soon."
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Go Apple Go!
...is that they switched venues from the San Jose Convention Center to Moscone because Moscone was much larger and could accommodate more people. Now the Moscone Center is filling up...
Go Apple Go!
This should set the pulses of our famed analysts racing.
MacWorld= Consumer focus
WWDC= Developer focus.
MacWorld= Nerdy like
WWDC= Full Tilt Nerdom
MacWorld= Deep pockets
WWDC= Pocket Protectors
MacWorld= Consumer focus
WWDC= Developer focus.
MacWorld= Nerdy like
WWDC= Full Tilt Nerdom
MacWorld= Deep pockets
WWDC= Pocket Protectors
MacWorld= Consumer focus
WWDC= Developer focus.
MacWorld= Nerdy like
WWDC= Full Tilt Nerdom
MacWorld= Deep pockets
WWDC= Pocket Protectors
WWDC has far deeper pockets, especially the after hours parties by VIP only. You get to get smashed with the elites in the Industry and discussions of tens to hundreds of millions of dollar contracts are discussed.
MacWorld= Consumer focus
WWDC= Developer focus.
MacWorld= Nerdy like
WWDC= Full Tilt Nerdom
MacWorld= Deep pockets
WWDC= Pocket Protectors
Very good Murch!
New Cinema displays would be nice. An option for an isight in the display would make a lot of sense.
I was expecting to see new displays at NAB in April, but Apple was a no show, and so were the displays. I believe the last time they came out with new ones, they showed first at NAB.
Something 1cm thick would be awesome.... more so if it has an iSight built in (but the aiming of the iSight might be a pain on large monitors - return of the separate iSight?).
I hope they make a new display based on the MacBook Air design frame: ultra thin. Sony released a super thin TV in Japan (3mm) that is amazing to see (although it is a little short on real-estate).
Something 1cm thick would be awesome.... more so if it has an iSight built in (but the aiming of the iSight might be a pain on large monitors - return of the separate iSight?).
I really don't care if a display is all that thin or not. What advantages does it have?
Illumination evenness is more important.