Leopard Secret Features and the Delay

According to Appleinsider there is suspicion that the real reason for the delay of Leopard 10.5 is related to the secret features more so than the iPhone.

“American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu told clients on Friday. “We believe the extra time Apple is allocating is for developers to test secret features that will likely be revealed at its WWDC 2007 conference starting on June 11, 2007.” [from Appleinsider]

Another possible consideration is that this would give Apple an opportunity to announce the features at WWDC and then give the developers a chance to react to the new features between June and October.

iPhone and Leopard and iPod Oh my!

Sensible Voices! Much conversation about the intention by Apple to delay Leopard till October and focus it’s attention on the iPhone in order to make the ship date in June.

Whether it’s a resources problem or the “secret features” aren’t ready in Leopard is anybody’s guess. The real reason! The iPhone is the most talked about cell phone is a long while it’s just TOO big to be pushed aside. At lot is resting on Apple’s performance and they don’t want to falter at the starting gate.

It would be disastrous to Apple’s PR momentum to miss the ship date. Also they already have an installed base of happy Mac customers who are doing just find under Tiger and truth be told not everyone is tapping the full potential of that release and that includes me.

iPhone priority simply makes sense. There are also rumblings about a wi-pod with wireless capability and if that is true, there is one more reason they are stretched so thin. Flying below the pundit radar is a strategy that Apple is working towards and it clearly points in two directions; wireless connectivity and a more useful, dynamic and spectacular UI. Touch screens, super core animation and more portable devices would not surprise this reviewer in the least.

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