There was no iPhone, no announcement on the highly anticipated movie store, not even an update on the release of a new iPod. Steve Job's keynote speech at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference did address the next version of the company's OS X "Leopard" operating system, which is set to launch next spring. As expected the company also announced that its completing the move to Intel introducing a new desktops and server computers based on Intel's chip. The speech was definitely a letdown. In his past keynote speeches, Mr. Jobs seemed to announce the unexpected and reveal a new product or upgrade that wowed and wooed the audience.
This year was different as Job's stuck to the inevitable as investors, including myself, seemed unimpressed by the announcements. It showed in recent trading where Apple's stock was off $1.50, or 2.2%, to $66.81 yesterday. Maybe Microsoft's new operating system, Vista, was getting to Jobs as he seemed to knock Microsft any chance he got. "You know, our friends up north spend over $5 billion a year on R&D, and these days all they seem able to do is copy Google and Apple,'' Jobs said. Some called Leopard "Vista 2.0." Here is a round-up of the tepid reactions to Steve Jobs' keynote speech at WWDC:
- Macworld's Christopher Breen
- Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
- IGN's Gerry Block
- Wired News Leander Kahney
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