What does Macworld's "Something's in the Air" stand for?

Sun, 01/13/2008 - 10:55 — admin
WiMAX?
8% (628 votes)
Fuel-Air Batteries (last 24 hours)
1% (103 votes)
Ordering movies over the air direct from AppleTV. Apple iTunes Rentals (AIR)
16% (1161 votes)
Ultra WideBand (UWB) Bluetooth
0% (36 votes)
MacBook Air - lighter than Air
37% (2763 votes)
Induction charging and no cables - all wireless
10% (778 votes)
Air synching of iPhone to iTunes
7% (501 votes)
Adobe Air = iPhone SDK (yuk!)
2% (123 votes)
An Apple Social. Those Bonjour files in iPod/iPhone? You can now listen to anyone's mac/iphone music library within Wifi range
4% (267 votes)
It is in the comments
1% (99 votes)
All of the Above
13% (970 votes)
Total votes: 7429

Comments

it won't be the movie

it won't be the movie ordering one, apple wouldn't make such a big deal over something like that. wimax, lighter than air, UWB or hopefully induction charging....

i hope for inductive

i hope for inductive charging also. would really be a cool feature

I think the Mac mini is

I think the Mac mini is going to be fazed out and the Apple TV 2 will take over in it's place as new a digital hub which is designed to bring all your iphone/ipod/macs together within your home, not only with movie rentals / purchase direct from iTunes (yes this is a big deal for Apple, as most movie studios will be onboard from the word go). But also Safari & Mail integrated into the Apple TV 2 (like Xbox & Wii, but MUCH better), maybe even with some kind of new wireless touch screen remote/keyboard... could also integrate such an app into the iPhone/iPod Touch which could also double up as a remote. Auto sync (wirelessly) iPhone/iPod Touch to Apple TV 2 without the needs to sync via a mac first.

I just think you guy's are wishing for too much, think smaller and see the larger picture of where Apple is going, Software is in place just need the home digital hardware up to spec!!! WiMax and Induction charging will come one day but not this year!?!?!?

7"-9" iTablet with induction

7"-9" iTablet with induction charging and bluetooth syncing.

7"-9" iTablet with induction

7"-9" iTablet with induction charging and bluetooth syncing.

Couldn't it be a kind of

Couldn't it be a kind of wireless media centre that sets up in 1 click, instead of windows's media centre's 2 hours...? I hope so!

Obviously it refers to

Obviously it refers to apple's new line of helicopters

Wireless "docking station"?

Wireless "docking station"? Hrmmm, could you get enough bandwidth for that to work with video? DVI needs a lot of bandwidth. Docking sans video would seem very weird. If it was for an optical drive though? Better to just have a DVD drive option for use w/the Airport.

Maybe it's about HD Radio.

Maybe it's about HD Radio. Apple mentioned in the past that they'll work with iBiquity.

I don't know if anyone has

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but perhaps there will be an update to iTunes and the iPhone/iPod Touch that will allow wireless syncing. Maybe that is the "something" in the air.

Where's the ALL of the above

Where's the ALL of the above button? In the air is relating to a theme, rather than one specific product or service.

UMTS is also a possiblity

UMTS is also a possiblity using AT&T....we all know how Apple and AT&T are best of friends. Plus, WiMax is a Sprint thing since they're the only large carrier working on it and just a few months from launching it...so unless Apple plans to make new friends and adopt a technology that is sooo very new, so limited in terms of availablity when Sprint launches it, and so very expensive; UMTS should be an option up there.Remember, UMTS is 3G..it's no EDGE speeds. 

Enough with the phasing out

Enough with the phasing out of the Mac Mini for Apple TV 2.0! They're completely different products! Just because the enclosure looks similar doesnt mean they're gonna be merged!

I think Apples gonna bid on the wireless spectrum and that along with the Macbook Air will explain the title...

Zune-like Social ... sharing

Zune-like Social ... sharing of music between iPhones, Touches, and computers on the network. See a list of shared music or what someone is listening to at that time. Instead of 'squirting' to friends, you just share your library the way you do in iTunes on your computer. It's in the air.

Thunderclap Newman

Thunderclap Newman "something in the air" 1969

"Call out the instigators
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right"

listen to the music it has got an apple advertising theme tune written all over it (also plays to Steve's Hippie side

This can mean only one thing - WiFi sharing!

Flying cars! (it's about

Flying cars! (it's about time...)

none of the above.

none of the above.

Here's a wild shot in the

Here's a wild shot in the dark, but I'd love to see: Apple TV with wireless HDMI. Sell an adapter to hook into your HDTV, add multiple HDMI ports onto the Apple TV for your Wii, PS3, Blu-Ray DVD player and you have an AV hub with zero configuration.

dumb

dumb

Hoping for GPS integration.

Hoping for GPS integration.

I keep on thinking that it

I keep on thinking that it means that they're going to introduce a 3G enabled iphone.

In a way, I keep thinking

In a way, I keep thinking that it should be MacBook Air... however, charging with no cables would be awesome... but I don't think it has been tested and approved otherwise, other companies would have done this too before Apple... :B
Ah well... let's see... :|

please god iphone 2

please god iphone 2

foshizzle if thats got 3G

foshizzle if thats got 3G and 16 GB of storage im all over it baby

screw 3G... hope for wiimax

screw 3G... hope for wiimax baby

u said it brother heres how

u said it brother heres how itll roll

iphone wiimax

wii with itunes

macbook with aiimax

 

o yeah and iphone with wii max lol

foshhizzle icould dizzle the

foshhizzle icould dizzle the fizzle in the whizlle rap and hip hop to the iphone 2 homez

STEVE JOBS PLEASE MAKE AN IPHONE 2

i would camp outside of the apple store for 72 hours for an iphone 2 with 3g and 16 gigs of capacity

throw in wiimax and omfg

everyone should know its the

everyone should know its the new apple "air" which is a jetback that runs on a rechargeable lithium ion battery the size of a 24" iMac.

Perhaps there is a clue

Perhaps there is a clue here...

http://www.lyricsdomain.com/4/david_bowie/something_in_the_air.html

Either way, this would be nice:

1. Solid state hard drive for increased reliability. Hard drive on my MacBook crashed.
2. Black or dark grey/gray case. Love the look of my MacBook Black
3. Very light weight. My MacBook is too heavy - yes really! EEE PC is perfect weight, although I know that is a much smaller machine so comparison a littlr unfair
4. Little heat - my MacBook can get a little toasty, does yours?
5. Built in HSDPA wireless for true mobile broadband - no external card required, just insert sim card (in my case, Vodafone)
6. Decent display with wide viewing angle and true blacks, unlike the shiny and poor quality display in my MacBook that is worse than that on my 2001 model Tibook (the colours are nice, but the shiny nature is impractical)
7. One extra USB port - 2 is not enough, 3 is minimum for practicality
8. Better keyboard - keys on MacBook too harsh
9. Multitouch trackpad - better than multitouch display as no finger marks on screen!
10. I'm dreaming on this one, but screen should flip around like those Windows tablet PCs for use with stylus or fingers. (Yup, touch screen for when multitouch trackpad is covered by the screen if it folds over keyboard.)
11. Some form of dock to eliminate the hassle of connecting to external monitors and other peripherals.

Or something totally new and radical that no one has conceived of yet!

PROJECT BOWIE? :-)

Induction would be

Induction would be amazing.
I bet it will be more than two of the things 9to5 said...but not all of the above.
Wimax could flop though...I'm thinking apple will stick to AT&T if they use a cellphone service.
The iPhone is definitely gonna get 3G...everyone knows it...it'll probably get a sixteen gig upgrade too...but that might be stretching it.
I'm defintiely feeling something multi-touch...

Does anyone have any idea about the price..it's gotta but greater than 1500 at least...

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