Why WWDC 2010 Won't be Like WWDC 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009 at 8:55AM 
No, we don't have any secret source divulging the big announcements at the next WWDC, a mere 11 months or so away. What we do have though, are technology changes from Apple that will change the way you get your news from WWDC in 2010.
First, it's always been a pet peeve for us that once upon a time, when Apple was smaller, and more people had dialup, they would stream the Macworld/WWDC keynotes for all Apple fans to enjoy. Then, as bandwidth costs dropped, and the company became more prosperous, the live streaming disappeared.
In its absence, a host of sites, ours included, have tried all sorts of ways to creatively bring the announcements to the masses. We've used live video leading right up to, and immediately following the Keynote, relying on the scores of livebloggers to fill in that big gap in between. But next year will be different. The auditorium will be filled with iPhone 3GS owners, phones quite capable of video streaming. While it's very likely a live streaming app will be available by then (perhaps even next month) even if that didn't happen, people now have a device capable of quickly uploading clips to youtube. People will be able to shoot the Keynote in short segments, and upload them seconds later.
Audio streaming will also be possible. When anyone can stream audio from the event, what will Apple do? Will they line the walls with lead to cut out signals to the outside world? Will they give everyone a locker and force them to put their Apple product in it for the duration of the keynote? Of course not. (Well, let's not rule the lead out entirely.)
The rational thing for a company that is so concerned with image, and how its message is received would be to return live streaming of the event. Apple would then offer a professional live stream, and control the message at the same time.
Either way, WWDC 2010 won't be like WWDC 2009. At least not in how you read/hear/view it.
Reader Comments (3)
I completely agree with this statement and think that I will be able to watch WWDC 2010 on my iPhone. Stream from iPhone to iPhone or even better iPhone to thousands of iPhones. Live. I'm dreaming, but it could happen. Get to work hackers!
Live streaming capability already existed via Qik on a number of the jailbroken phones that were at WWDC this year. I don't think anyone realized though, that this would have been a great opportunity to showcase what Qik is capable of....
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