Phil Schiller wrapped up his WWDC keynote about an hour ago – time to look at some of the winners:
1. Verizon
It’s very apparent now that AT&T has difficulties keeping up with Apple’s pace. 29 carriers will support MMS when the new iPhone launches on June 19, but AT&T won’t be there until late summer. Tethering from AT&T? Silence! Instead, nice jabs by Phil Schiller at AT&T. If there was any doubt that Apple will not extend its exclusivity and release iPhones on Verizon in 2010, that doubt is gone. Esp. with carriers, nothing makes them move as much as having competition. Expect no more exclusives in the U.S. after 2010.
2. MobileMe
MobileMe is a pretty good service – from what I hear. So far I have not had any reason to pay Apple $99 a year for a service that I could basically get for free. Not anymore. Find My iPhone will make me adopt it. Not so much for its finder capability, but for the option to remotely erase all of my data from the phone in case it was stolen. Bundling this service with MobileMe is a stroke of genius that will give Apple an extra $99 per year from many, if not the majority of iPhone users. Great way to generate additional revenue, Apple!
3. MacBook Pro buyers
I’ve long believed that you get more value when buying a Mac vs. a PC, but it has been a source of arguments how much that extra value add is actually worth to a potential buyer. Microsoft’s latest ads obviously exploited this issue, so it’s good to see how Apple reacted. The new MacBook Pro’s look sharp feature-wise (Firewire 800 is back, yay!) and the price drop is impressive. I expect to see many smiling faces of people leaving Apple stores with their new MacBook Pro’s in hand!
4. Snow Leopard buyers
I’ve been exited about Snow Leopard for a long time and today’s update did nothing to upset that enthusiasm. Now I’m even more exited about the price: $29. Wow! Thanks, Apple – I would have been willing to pay much more for it!
5. iPhone photographers
The updates to the iPhone camera are super-exiting, as outlined in my post on the iPhone 3GS camera.
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