Time to jump on the rumour mill and predict, with scary accuracy what Apple’s event due to take place at the end of January (’10), will hold.

Update: Looks like once again I have been spot on with my Apple predictions. I have linked to stories confirming my assertions where appropriate.

Mac OS X Touch

The new name for iPhone OS. Currently the iPhone OS runs on iPhone’s, iPod’s and inside developers Mac Pro’s.

It’s time for a name change — Mac OS X Touch 1.0. It will effectively be iPhone OS 4.0, we might get a few 3.x updates to smooth the transition but by the end of 2010 iPhone OS will be dead — Long live Mac OS X Touch.

Features

These features all taken form my musings on Twitter.

Naming

• UPDATE: Touch OS 4.0
• UPDATE: Mac Touch OS 4.0

API

• Voice Control API
• Low level camera API
• Bluetooth API
• launchd API (instead of multi-process support)
• Data detectors API
• Advanced gesture API
• Advanced iSync API (for 3rd parties)

Updates

• USB support (for iSlate)
• Extra non-standard WebKit extentions
• Definitely no Flash support
• Multi-camera support (see Apps below)
• Video output
• Handwriting recognition

Interface Updates

• Animated springboard icons
• Advanced App management
• Lock App positions in springboard

Apps

• RELEASED: iWork App (instead of file system) [MacRumours.com] [AppleInsider]
• iChat [Orange Exec Confirms Apple Tablet Is On The Way]
• UPDATE: Remote Desktop App (iPad Only)
• UPDATE: Apple TV App (iPad Only)