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Ars at WWDC: Keynote expectations and coverage preview
What do you expect out of Monday's WWDC 2009 keynote? We summarize the  
rumors and speculation about Snow Leopard, the next-gen iPhone, iPhone  
OS 3.0, and the announcements that might come out of AT&T. Be sure to  
tune in for our live coverage, too.

By Jacqui Cheng | Last updated June 7, 2009 8:00 PM CT

WWDC 2009 is upon us, and the Ars Technica crew is on the ground,  
ready to bring you the latest on this week's announcements. The  
keynote is scheduled for Monday morning at 10am Pacific Time, led by  
Phil Schiller and Apple's team of executives. As usual, Ars will be  
doing live keynote coverage during the event, so be sure to load up  
the aforelinked page before the show starts to get in on the goings-on.

What will be announced at the keynote? Apple has already said that it  
plans to give developers a final Developer Preview release of Mac OS X  
10.6, code named Snow Leopard, during the conference, so we can expect  
to get a more in-depth look at it during the keynote. By most  
developer accounts, however, Snow Leopard isn't expected to actually  
be released this summer—instead, most people familiar with the  
operating system expect a preview at WWDC and a final release date in  
the fall.

Most of you reading this, however, are undoubtedly waiting to hear  
about the yet-to-be-announced iPhone update. Apple is expected to  
announce a release date for iPhone OS 3.0, which the company previewed  
to us in March. There's no doubt that the updated version of the  
mobile OS will bring more features and functionality to all iPhone  
users, but new iPhone hardware is all but guaranteed to be in the  
pipeline as well. In March, we found evidence of new hardware in the  
works, though the next flagship iPhone is probably going to look quite  
similar to the current iPhone 3G. The specs, however, are supposedly  
going to bring us more processing power, RAM, and storage space (good  
news for those of you with big iTunes libraries). Most reasonable  
Apple-watchers (ourselves included) don't expect the hardware to be  
available until later this month or July, though.

There are a couple announcements that may come out of AT&T tomorrow as  
well, depending on how far along the carrier is in preparing its  
network. Tethering support surfaced earlier this year in betas of  
iPhone OS 3.0, indicating that Apple and AT&T may have finally  
hammered something out that will allow users to make use of the  
iPhone's data connection on their laptops. In fact, several developers  
confirmed that tethering over USB works—it's just a matter of when  
this feature will be announced, not if. AT&T may also announce  
cheaper, tiered data plans for the iPhone sometime soon, though recent  
comments from AT&T execs indicate that such a plan is still in the  
works and not yet in the final stages.

Finally, there's the slightly crazier group of rumors that includes  
things like an iPhone light/nano (rumored since before the original  
iPhone was even released) and a possible "media pad." The last we  
heard about these possible devices, Apple was said to be in talks with  
Verizon to launch them, so there's no telling whether we'll hear  
anything about them this week or at a later date, if ever.

Outside of the keynote, we here at Ars plan to bring you some glimpses  
into what the developer community is excited about in Snow Leopard,  
iPhone OS 3.0, new hardware, and whatever else may pop up. You can  
follow all the goings-on at Infinite Loop or at our special WWDC-only  
page. If you use Twitter, check out ourArsWWDC account for musings  
from the staff and links to our WWDC-related coverage.



http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/06/arswwdc-keynote-expectations-and-coverage-preview.ars



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