Rumors are rampant around MIX about a curious set of circumstances and interesting turns of phrases heard at the Keynote.
First of all, a disclaimer, I have no inside information and all of this is conjecture and maybe even rumor mongering.
The first curious tidbit was an interesting phrase Scott Guthrie used during the keynote when he said that Silverlight would be ported to any mobile device "with an SDK."
This was right after the NOKIA "official" announcement. So, at first, I assumed he meant other Symbian-based phones.
But then, it hit me: Apple is set to release an SDK for the iPhone this week.
Curious.
Then things got really interesting when Steve Jobs said Flash isn't fit to run on the iPhone.
The rumors on the MIX floor were flying.
The keynote set for tomorrow afternoon includes Steve Ballmer and Guy Kawasaki.
For reference, here's Guy Kawasaki's bio from the MIX08 website:
Guy Kawasaki is the co-founder of Truemors and a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures. He is also a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of eight books including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
His presence here at MIX may have more to do with his work post-Apple, but his connection to the Steve Jobs 1.0 era has only fueled the speculation about what may be coming out today.
Loren Heiny offers up some speculations about the situation.
As excited as I am about the potential of Silverlight coming to the iPhone, I've learned the hard way to not read too much into wild rumors.
After the rumors of a MacTablet and the subsequent letdown at MacWorld, I've learned to be cautious about things that seem too good to be true.
Either way, today looks to be another interesting day at MIX. :)