Investors Left Wanting More From Apple
06.12.07 - 02:20pm
The iPhone will “go live” on June 29th and try as he might Steve Jobs couldn’t really get people interested in anything else during his keynote speech at the WWDC conference yesterday.
With just over 2 weeks to go for the much hyped release, nothing else will take the place of the iPhone. The only thing Jobs did say was that the phone will open up third party applications, something that was revealed just before the conference leaving attendees disappointed and wanting more. 
Mainly the keynote focused on Leopard, the new operating system that will be released in October, and the new web browser Safari which takes direct aim at Microsoft Internet Explorer and will work on PCs that run on Microsoft Windows.
Safari was created as a way to introduce Mac to PC owners and analysts are saying it has the potential to act as a Trojan horse - showcasing the way Mac works to current PC owners and quietly stealing them over to Apple’s way of doing things.
Leopard will allow users to use cover flow just like in iTunes but instead of flipping through albums a user will be able to flip through documents and applications. There is also an interesting feature called the Time Machine which lets users easily find missing documents and files.
The announcement of Safari and the showcasing of Leopard was not enough to propel Apple forward, as with so much iPhone hype the keynote seemed to fall flat. Investors were just as disappointed as attendees that there wasn’t anything more radical revealed at the conference, and shares of Apple fell $4.30 in after hours trading, showcasing just how much is at stake over the iPhone’s success and whether it can live up to all the hype built around it.
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