When Apple executives take the stage this morning at the company’s annual developers confab in San Francisco, instant-gratification techies might be disappointed. That’s because many observers don’t expect a new iPhone will be unveiled.
That’s because many observers don’t expect a new iPhone will be unveiled. The Cupertino company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference is about software, not gadgets. Some prognosticators say a new device - perhaps even a new family of iPhones - will be launched later this month or in July.
The conference’s main objective is to build on the company’s relationship with the community of independent developers who create programs for the Macintosh software platform. But analysts, like weather forecasters, often get it wrong.
Apple, keeping with its tight-lipped modus operandi, has disclosed only that it will talk about its upcoming iPhone software update and in-the-works operating system, Snow Leopard. Apple will release a “final” Snow Leopard preview to developers during the weeklong conference. The company isn’t expected to unleash Snow Leopard, though.
