Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard WWDC 2006

Apr
18

By: switchtoamac at: 12:14 PM on April 18, 2006 | Comments (0)

Apple has posted information about this year's Worldwide Developer's Conference 2006, scheduled to take place August 7 - 11 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco California. The following quote is taken from the ADC site:

"Join the thousands of Mac developers who will be attending WWDC 2006, and be one of the first to preview Mac OS X Leopard. You’ll get the chance to explore the latest Mac tools and technologies, and to learn the advances that are keeping Mac OS X far, far ahead of the competition."

Many have been eagerly waiting for the Leopard preview since it's announcement in 2005. It is already known that Boot Camp will be a part of Leopard but expectations are that Leopard will usher in at least some of the following:

Animated icons
Revamped Finder with Spotlight integration
VOIP Telephony
Inkwell - Handwriting Recognition software
Voice Recognition and Optical Character Recognition improvements
Prefetching
iChat tabs
Improved iPod integration
Home integration

Information on the Apple Developer Connection web site indicates that "Session Tracks" will focus the following five areas:

Application Technologies
Graphics and Media
Development Tools
OS Foundations
Information Technologies

Rumors indicate that Leopard may also usher in virtualization software that will allow Mac users create and run virtual machines within OS X. In addition, expectations are that Intel powered PowerMacs will be introducted albeit with a new name.