{"id":7001,"date":"2014-12-29T00:01:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T08:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=7001"},"modified":"2016-12-24T11:26:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T19:26:43","slug":"my-2014-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=7001","title":{"rendered":"My 2014 Prediction Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year I go off and make a few predictions for what’s up in the world of tech. And just about every year I get about 20 percent of them correct. How did I do this year? Am I truly clairvoyant?
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\nNope<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Here’s the rundown:<\/p>\n

Apple TV<\/strong><\/p>\n

I should just stop predicting that Apple will eventually produce its own television set. They probably never will.<\/p>\n

The Apple Watch? yes! I could have predicted that, but I didn’t. I keep believing that Apple will produce a better TV set for us all. Actually, what we all really need is a better TV controller. That was my prediction. I bombed this one.<\/p>\n

Bigger Tablets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Didn’t happen. Talk fills the air about a larger iPad. Samsung supposedly came out with a larger tablet, but I’ve never seen it. Why are the manufacturers missing the boat on this one? Or perhaps I’m just a year too early?<\/p>\n

Bigger iPhone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nailed it.<\/p>\n

The iPhone 6 Plus is Apple’s bigger-than-your-front-pocket phone. It’s huge.<\/p>\n

I know some people who have them and love them. The general consumer, however, isn’t turned-on by the Plus. Sales of that phone versus the standard-sized iPhone 6 are dismal. The numbers are still good, and I’m sure Apple is pleased, but the 6 Plus isn’t selling as well as the Galaxy Note line of phones.<\/p>\n

And of course, “Bendgate” happened.<\/p>\n

Super Huge Samsung Galaxy Universe Phone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank goodness Samsung isn’t that stupid.<\/p>\n

Windows and Office Something<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s what I wrote:<\/p>\n

I believe Microsoft will toss out a new version of Windows next year. This is another \u201cout there\u201d prediction, but it could happen. Windows 8 is just so awful that I believe a Windows 9 or a \u201cWindows Will You Forgive Us\u201d version is already in the oven at Microsoft\u2019s binary kitchen. This new version of Windows will be more traditional and focus on speed as opposed to a new interface.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nailed it! Except, the version number is Windows 10. I don’t think anyone would have predicted that.<\/p>\n

The second half of this prediction is about a new Office, and supposedly a beta is out for that version, although I’ve not seen a copy. So I nailed that as well.<\/p>\n

Coming up Wednesday: My screwy predictions for Tech Year 2015!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I may not be clairvoyant, but I’m consistent!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-7001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main","tag-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7001"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7020,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7001\/revisions\/7020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}