the weakonomist

Five Apple Predictions for 2009

iCar, yeah. If Jobs is actually stupid he might do an apple edition VW or something, but he's not going to design a car. Especially with the POS Detroit makes. You're more likely to see Jobs using a Dell Netbook or tMobile G1 before you see Apple get into cars.

Apple will not enter China until they role out an actual network. WiFi? Nope. Not enough 3G coverage there either. When WiMax or LTE is rolled out you'll see Apple move in to China. They also won't enter a new market until the existing ones are saturated. Apple doesn't bite bullets. They make you bite.

Here are some actual predictions:
-New Mac Mini
-DRM Free iTunes
-Jobs Announces Retirement (keyword "announces")
-Macs lose some market share because of down consumer sales
-32 gig iPhone with upgraded battery, no design change
-Profits dip, but remain steady because of new revenue sources, app store
-Kill original iPod