It’s the rumors that make technology interesting.
Citing a “confident” source, German site Macerkopf.de reported Tuesday that Apple will hold a press event in early April at the company’s Cupertino, Calif., campus to show off forthcoming features in its iOS 5 operating system. The timing would not be a surprise, as last year’s iOS 4 preview event was held in early April.
The rumored inclusion of changes in its MobileMe services in the annual event would be new, and could signal that anticipated changes to the cloud-based service will be heavily integrated into the next major release of Apple’s mobile operating system for the iPhone and iPad.
In February, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple plans to improve MobileMe by having the service act as a “locker” to hold personal data such as photos, music and videos. It was also said that Apple is considering making the service, which currently costs US$99 per year, free.
Corroborating that information, the New York Times separately reported that Apple plans to roll out an enhanced MobileMe this year. It was said that Apple is working on improved “voice navigation” on the iPhone, allowing users to operate the device through voice commands without the need to rely on a virtual keyboard.
Further evidence of planned changes to MobileMe came as Apple discontinued the sale of retail boxes for the service last month. It has also been rumored that the new MobileMe will rely on self-storage from a home computer for streaming, rather than remotely saved files hosted by Apple.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
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