WWDC is today

Those less obsessed with Apple than me may not be aware that today is the first day of Apple's World Wide Developer Conference. Today, at 1 PM EST, Steve Jobs will give the keynote address where he expected to announce:

- the next iteration of the iPhone
- Safari 5, with better HTML 5 support
- iPhoneOS 4
- an updated XCode
- iBooks and possibly NetFlix for iPhone

The keynote will not be streamed live, so if you want to see the announcements check out a liveblog like that of MacRumors.

iPhoneOS 4 Details

The announcement is done and Apple has posted the details. There is a lot of new stuff coming, but the big ones appear below.

The big 7:
1. Multitasking for Third Party Apps: Listen to Pandora while composing an e-mail.
2. Folders: More advanced organization of your Apps
3. Improved Mail: Hello, Unified Inbox and opening attachments
4. iBooks comes to the iPhone
5. Enterprise Features including E-mail encryption, advanced wireless configuration
6. Game Center: Unified social gaming - essentially XBox Live for iPhone
7. iAd: Integrated advertising in Apps, to allow more free and low-cost Apps

Apple to announce, detail iPhoneOS 4 today

Say what you will about Apple, Inc, it is not one to sit on its laurels. Less than a week after the first Apple iPads shipped, they are having a media event to discuss iPhoneOS 4 - the next generation of the operating system powering the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Early rumors suggest that among the announcements will be: multitasking for 3rd party apps, release of iAds - an advertising service to allow more developers to release their apps for free, and direct printing support within the operating system.