Editor's desk: WWDC day zero

Leanna (@llofte), Seth (@sethclifford), and yours truly (@reneritchie) are live and on the ground at Apple's 2012 World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Moscone Center West in San Francisco.

The keynote is tomorrow at 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 6pm BST, and we expect to see iOS 6, iCloud, OS X Mountain Lion and more!

iOS 6 should bring us new features like an updated, Google-free Maps app, perhaps a new, more silver interface (UIKit) design, and additional tent-pole features. It won't be everything, however. Apple likes to save some big stuff for the iPhone event (like Siri last year).

OS X Mountain Lion should reveal its final secrets and perhaps even go Gold Master. iCloud should get Notes, Reminders, and photo and video sharing.

Once again, iMore has heard there won't be any new iOS devices this summer -- that's a fall thing now -- but rumors keep swirling about new, perhaps Retina-display Macs, so keep your eyes open. Way open.

We're going to be covering the keynote live tomorrow and we'll bring you all the details, color, and analysis as it happens, so keep your browser locked on iMore!

Leanna is also going to be posting photo and video essays, so you'll not only be here for all the big stuff, but you'll get to enjoy the quiet moments, the parties, the backstage antics, and everything in between.

We'll be doing a live podcast on Monday night, after the keynote and the Apple Design Awards, to wrap up the evening, and since Seth is here we'll be doing a live Iterate podcast on Wednesday with whichever designers are sober enough to join us.

We'll do another iMore podcast on Thursday to put a button on the show. If you have questions, we'll answer them.

To make sure we capture the keynote in all its glory, we rented a monster lens in the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II. Seth's going to be slinging that while I handle typing duties.

Developers are picking up their badges tonight, and some are already lining up for the keynote. We'll be getting there early -- really early -- as well. If you don't make the main room, you get put in overflow and that's nowhere near as much fun.

We'll be living on coffee for the next few days, but luckily Blue Bottle's in San Francisco has almost as many iOS developers in it as WWDC (an the line is often almost as long!)

Buckle up, iMore nation, we're in for one hell of a ride!

Rene Ritchie

Editor-in-Chief of iMore, co-host of Iterate, Debug, ZEN and TECH, MacBreak Weekly. Cook, grappler, photon wrangler. Follow him on Twitter, App.net, Google+.

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There are 18 comments. Add yours.

Yngwie says:

Thanks you guys. :) Your hard work is truly appreciated. Have fun and keep us posted :)
Do not stay up late , partying ! : lol: : twisted:

dloveprod says:

I can't wait :-) that camera looks nice and powerful.

Jim says:

What the hell kind of caveman uses a dslr like a point aand shoot? Only idiots use the back screen instead of the viewfinder.

Macboy74 says:

You don't much about camera's do you? It's not a point and shoot. And it's optional if you want to use the view or the screen.

dantzig says:

Have a friend who speaks English as his first language explain Jim's comment to you. It was a pretty fair jab, although "caveman" was an odd choice of words given that looking at a screen to frame a shot is more of a modern day development rather than an outdated technique. Regardless, Jim is correct that it is unacceptable when using a DSLR.

west3man#AC says:

"Unacceptable?"
That's a bit strong, innit?

strictlyroses says:

Looking forward to all the updates :)

bwilson12 says:

Can't wait for all the announcements tomorrow.

Damitol says:

Thanks in advance for all of your work to bring us what should be a fascinating conference. Fingers crossed for some new MacBooks, and a lot of awesome pics of them. Have fun guys!

glenn#im says:

You hit the nail on the head about Mac. I bet the whole Mac line is going to change, and be ready to buy soon. Have fun.

9thWonder says:

that's what i think too. i'm hoping the airs get a bunch more storage. i can't do those like 100 gig versions

9thWonder says:

i used to live in san francisco and find it quite amusing and random seeing you guys filming in front of that stockton street apple store. i'm assuming that's the store cause of the street sounds and that staircase. but its funny to me.

felface says:

V excited about WWDC no other website I would go to thanks guys should the exam pain!!

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