Some may argue that this isn’t necessarily gaming related, but I say it is, so there. It is June 5th and E3 has come and gone for this year. However, the hot news isn’t over yet! Monday starts the Apple WWDC (World Wide Developer’s Conference), which is Apple’s own little version of E3. Of course, the biggest expected announcement is that of a new 3rd generation iPhone. I love Apple and I love my iPhone, but seriously….do they need to come out with a new model every year? I am the proud owner of a 1st gen iPhone, which I use extensivly for gaming….I mean productivity. Last year’s iPhone was a nice announcement, but the carrot wasn’t tasty enough to get me to bite. This year could be different. I am interested to see what new gaming innovations will be unveiled, if any. My thought is that if Apple has no new gaming innovations for the iPhone, then they are not trying to make it a serious competitor in the handheld gaming market. On the other hand, if they come out with a forward facing video camera as rumored, that could introduce a new dimension in iPhone to iPhone gaming. More to come next week!
I looked into getting an iPhone, but I want to wait untill AT&T offers a more budget minded plan. What they’re offered me the last time it was time to renew was way more than I wanted to pay.
My mom purchased a new iMac this morning at the Apple store. She loves it. I plan on switching to an iMac when its time to get another PC….I’d like to get a MacBook Pro, but those things are waaaay too expensive, and their other laptops have screens that are too small for my tastes.
OK, WWDC, in my opinion was a let down. They did announce some new innovation with the iPhone 3.0 OS, but most people who follow Apple already knew about most of it. And they did announce a new iPhone (the 3Gs), but it does not (IMHO) add enough cool features to warrant an upgrade. The most earth shattering announcement that could affect the gaming world is that the 8GB iPhone 3G is getting an immediate pricedrop to $99. Now if AT&T would offer a better choice of plans for it, this thing could really catch on. Logic dictates that a $99 iPhone should equate to a $99-ish iPod Touch. We will see.