WWDC Is Like Christmas for the Mac Faithful

Only 13 more days until WWDC!!!!

I can’t wait. If there was a tree and colorful lights in the livingroom, I’d think it was Christmas. I am excited. I am dying to here the Steve Jobs Keynote. I am talking with friends, speculating on just how good it might be. I am lamenting with friends about my potential disappointments and they aren’t even here yet.

I don’t ever remember getting myself so hyped up over a particular present that getting it was anti-climatic and not getting it was crushing, but that is how I feel leading into every major announcement from Apple these days. The rumor engine gets going and there is no hope of being satisfied.

We want Steve’s keynote to be spectacular, but we already know what he is going to say (or at least we think we do). If he says what we expect… well… that was what he was supposed to say. We’ve known that for weeks. If he lets us down… we’re the three year old standing amidst thousands of dollars of presents throwing a tantrum because we got Malibu Barbie instead of ballerina Barbie (and we all know that kind of thing leads to killing sprees (see Adam’s Family Values)).

So here’s my Christmas List WWDC List for this year. And since I’ve been peeking, I am pretty sure I know what I’ll be getting.

• A New iPhone – Not just any iPhone, mind you, but something mind blowing.
  • 3G (or better)
  • Worldwide travel capable (including Japan and Korea)
  • More storage
  • Cheaper (or at least cheaper for the locked version with an unlocked version at current price).
  • Video
  • iChat (preferably utilizing the above mentioned video
  • Basic MMS picture/video messaging (I know that you can send pictures via email, but my Mother-in-law can’t receive pictures via email so I need plain old boring MMS like any other piece of crap phone can do).
  • Application store
  • Music/TV/Movies downloadable over 3G
  • GPS integrated into other apps more tightly (geo-tagging pictures, for instance).
• ?????

At this point, the iPhone is basically it. I mean I know we are getting the iPhone and it is going to fulfill my every dream (sarcasm), but what else? I would really like a new computer, personally. The Mac pro is out of my price range and everything else just isn’t quite what I want (other than maybe the MacBook Air). But nobody is talking about anything else.

So at this point, Steve better come through with the iPhone. You are going to have a lot of disappointed 3 year olds if you don’t. And if all you come out with is what is listed above, expect to sell a bunch, but expect a huge yawn from the crowd rather than a standing ovation. We already know we are getting that. Give us something more.

What are you hoping for in the iPhone? Or better yet, what are you hoping for other than the iPhone, because honestly, even though I want one (and plan on getting one soon), I am tired of hearing about it.