Lots of Apple stuff today thanks to Apple Expo - Paris going on. One of the first things is iCal being released. I think this is their move to give users a fairly complete set of basic tools with their Macs. I'll be playing around with it a bunch to see how well it works. The big downside to this announcement is that iSync wasn't released yet. Supposedly there will be a beta out by the end of the month. This was quite disappointing. I was really hoping that I could completely switch over to Apple based apps for this, but until I can sync my calendar and address book with my Palm and phone it isn't as useful as it could be.
On other friends Apple announced that more vendors will be supporting Rendezvous. For instance:
"Apple and Philips share a vision for the future,"� said Gerard Kleisterlee, CEO of Royal Philips Electronics. "We both believe that consumers want devices throughout the home to talk to each other, so that, for example, the music stored in iTunes on your Mac can play through the Philips stereo system in your living room, or the photos stored in iPhoto can be displayed as a stunning slideshow on your Philips Flat TV. Rendezvous helps realize this dream. Philips is particularly pleased that Apple has adopted an open standard and architecture for Rendezvous, and we will support Rendezvous in future Philips products."
Pretty keen IMHO. There weren't any big hardware announcements, but I actually wasn't expecting any.
