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Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference is coming up, and they’ve just announced what we can expect to hear about. The long-rumoured iCloud service will be announced, alongside the previously-hinted iOS 5.
Not many details were given beyond that, but it’s entirely likely that the iPhone 3GS will not be eligible for the iOS 5 upgrade, and that it will include advanced voice control through Siri. The nature of iCloud is still a bit nebulous, but we’re expecting it to have something to do with streaming mobile music, and will likely compete with the recently-announced Google Music. It would be safe to assume that existing MobileMe services (like remote tracking, picture storage, and personal information management) would be folded in to the new iCloud service.
Although we’re hoping for a new iPhone sometime before the end of the summer, it doesn’t seem likely Apple will announce it at WWDC.
We will have our crew on the floor at WWDC 2011 liveblogging the announcements as they happen, so be sure to swing by June 6!
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
