Monday, 7 June 2010

Scoring the WWDC...

The Basics.
1. Steve Jobs and Scott Forstall will present most of the keynote. (5m for each presenter) 
[5]
2. iPhone OS 4 will be given a final release date (10m if within one fortnight of the keynote, 5m if within 6 weeks, 1m if any date/timeframe is mentioned that is greater than 6 weeks)
[10. June 21st]
3. iPhone 4G will be unveiled. (10m if yes, 0m if no) 
[8. The 'G' is worth 2 points.]
4. New Safari 5 will be unveiled. (10m if yes, 0m if no)
[0]
5. iPhone 4G will actually do 4G/LTE where available. (10m if yes, 0m if no)
[0]

More on the iPhone OS 4
5 points for any new features not mentioned earlier this year/not discovered by the blog-o-sphere yet.
[5. Bing Support.]

More on the iPhone 4G
5 points if the specs match what's already out there (specifically: IPS display, front facing camera, flash at the back, same design, Micro SIM, Apple A4 chip)
[30]


More on the event in general
5 points for every intro/background video showed. 
[15. 5 for the news clips, 5 for the iMovie clip. 5 for the iPhone 4 video.]
10 points for every ad showed.
[10 for the Nissan iAd.]
15 points for every ad that was showed twice.
[0]
20 points for a 'one more thing'.
[20]

Bonus: 
+10 points for Steve telling the Live Bloggers to shut off their WiFis and MiFis. LoL.
+10 points for Gyroscope and external antenna - the gyro is awesome, and the antenna is just brilliant thinking. 
-20 points for killing off the Live Streams. Hmmph.
+5 points for FaceTime. Brilliant idea. Unfortunately, it's an idea from 2004. And what's with the iPhone4-to-iPhone4 WiFi-only policy?


Points to pass: 50.

Score: 108!

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