Jim Barraud

WWDC 2008 Thoughts

iPhone 3G
Very nice. I really dig the white variant. 3G speeds are obviously a good thing. The suits will love the Enterprise Exchange integration and will probably prove to be the killer app of this iPhone. The addition of GPS is huge. This will fuel a slew of awesome location based services. The price drop is very welcome, but still won’t get me to by one since it’s still chained to AT&T.

iPhone 2.0 Software
This is what I was really waiting for since I’m an iPod Touch owner. I was expecting more in the way of new features, but I’m sure the addition of the SDK and App Store will more than make up for it. I’ll be plunking down my $9.95 nominal payment come early July. Oh, and three words. SUPER MONKEY BALL.

MobileMe
.Mac rebranded. The angle this time is “Exchange for everyone”. Which is odd because if by “everyone” they mean people not in an office environment who don’t use exchange, that may be an issue. Because office workers are the only ones who would really know what “Exchange” is. Sure, there’s small business and non-microsoft shops. But they more than likely have their own solutions (Google Apps?). Essentially MobileMe is a glorified way to sync your Address Book, Email & Calendar with your PC, Mac, and iTouch device. I’d call this a minor improvement over the current .Mac and that it falls short of it’s potential.

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