The Shuffle will come redesigned, lighter and possibly in colors, the offering of TV material will increase sharply with ESPN and more Disney available via iTunes, the Mac mini will be retargeted to the living room on Intel cypher processors and several software packages will receive updates, notably Final Cut, iLife (a spreadsheet anybody?) and Front Row.
All expect Intel-based iBooks, it may be early for that. And several things nobody is talking about, or else. The Motorola ROKR was a fiasco, doubt about it? Apple put its iTunes client on the phone, Motorola put its own mp3 client and the poor thingie is the only phone on the market with two players. Embarrassing. Jobs may come with radical clicks on the matter, why not a phone inside the iPod? Would you not love to flip your nano and find a thin phone pad on the back of your player? Without cheapo cameras to bother? iTunes, the flagship and core of the shift to consumers electronics should get a makeover. The app is growing bloated, and it shows. Better do it now. Demoing of an early build of Leopard is possible but with Microsoft copy-catting left and right, demo may as well be skipped until Vista gets to the point when even cosmetic changes can only make the matter worse. Jobs has to play smart this year. Here Apple either falls or puts a big hold on the market that was once Sony's. Intel-based Powerbooks now? No. An apple-cooked 3D app to complement the fast-fast quad-G5, with help from Pixar? Possible. The marketing hype is high enough, with room for some last-minute buzz, which is typical Apple. Hold your breath.

And finally, the parrot everybody would love in the house, here. He yawns and gets down too.