I usually don't pay attention to these kinds of guesses BUT this Kevin Fox really has some good insights on the pattern of Apple's strategy. Apple wants to ess

I usually don't pay attention to these kinds of guesses BUT this Kevin Fox really has some good insights on the pattern of Apple's strategy. Apple wants to essentially create a line of physical devices varying in performance (dumb devices to smart devices), size (shuffles to desktops), and where you use it (on the go vs the living room vs the office). This may sounds pretty obvious until you take into account the fact that they want a) the experience to be seamless and familiar and b) software (to how much ever extent is possible) to be as hardware independent as possible. That's what's going to make it killer. Apple wants to use the Internet functionally and practically not just recreationally. iCloud being the enabler of all this? That would be quite an announcement! I think iCloud is going to be FREE since these services are what will make even the basic Apple experience so premium and worth the price tag.