Things Apple will eventually ship:
- iPad with 300dpi resolution
When? I give them 24 months. On the other hand, larger high-dpi displays are one of those technologies that simply hasn't emerged as quickly as one would have thought.
- MacBook without DVD drive (i.e., becoming the same product as the MacBook Air)
I thought this would have happened by now. Obviously, though, it would have if it were sensible; I'd be really interested in seeing the market research that justifies the current scenario.
- Magazine distribution app.
I just can't see Apple being happy with the idea of mags like Wired using the functionally impaired — albeit pretty — Adobe technology to produce its iPad content.
Things Apple probably won't ever ship:
- Dual screen (‘notebook style’) iPad.
I watched the Courier demo the other day. What a great concept. What a terrible waste of time and money to make the demo without plans to build on it.
- Stylus support.
Speaking of that Courier demo, it really did look justified to use a stylus for certain kinds of input, especially diagramming/drawing. But Apple'd never complicate the device to have stylus use as a supported option.
- MacBook with an iPad instead of a keyboard.
Come on, you know this would be cool.
- iPhone mini
Imagine if the height screen were its current width and scale down the whole phone accordingly. Keyboard landscape only. Only enough space on-screen with the keyboard to display a small amount of text above for text messages, but otherwise functions fine with iPod and phone functions. Requires re-written apps if any.