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50,000 expected at Macworld Expo in SF

updated 11:10 pm EST, Wed December 19, 2007

Macworld interview part 1

Those going to the upcoming Macworld Expo in San Francisco can expect a much larger show this year, with nearly 50,000 registered attendees, and over 450 vendors are making a presence at the show. Paul Kent, Vice President of the Macworld Expo, told MacNN today that the 2008 event will dwarf previous years, with an estimated 25-percent increase in floor traffic, and an18-percent increase in vendor attendance. As of today, MacWorld Expo will feature 453 vendors, 48 of which are new and taking up residence in the year-old Developer's Pavilion.

"Macworld is rockin', I mean the attendance is up dramatically over last year," said Kent. "We had about 40,000 attendees last year, we're looking at going towards 50,000. The whole Mac market is rockin' right now, and Macworld is a mirror of that, so if people really want to get the experience of the great community that gathers at Macworld, and...all of the events that go on, and making new friends, and talking to other people about great technology, and always seeing great technology first, that's probably the hallmark of Macworld."'

Many new products are expected to make their debut at Macworld, from both Apple and third party companies. Forbes recently announced its expectations for the coming show, from an ultra-portable sub-notebook, and a visual tablet, to a new iPhone or iPhone "nano".

Microsoft is expected to unveil Office 2008 for the Mac, representing the first Universal version of its office productivity software. The upcoming version has dozens of new features, as well as an enhanced user interface.

Filemaker is readying the final v1.0 release of Bento, its new personal database application designed for home users and small businesses, featuring drag-and-drop functionality, with no programming experience required. With users downloading over 100,000 copies of the software, Bento is looking to be a hot item at Macworld.

Check back soon for additional Macworld coverage.

 
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Apostrophes

12/20, 01:15am reply

Guys, the leading apostrophe in a date should look like a "9" and not a "6".

It's Macworld ’08 not Macworld ‘08.

hybrid

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WOW

12/20, 01:56am reply

Count me also in those 50,000 please for the first time as I am excited that I will experience that for the first time in my life. Eagerly looking forward towards it.

Sachin

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Our first booth

12/20, 07:23am reply

5 hours sleep a night, rest preparing the booth - and I will not have it otherwise. See us at South Hall, booth 1338-14 ;-)

Jan from nova media, Berlin

fuellemann

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MW????

12/20, 07:50am reply

Bring Macworld back to Jacob Javitts

Tanker10a

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venders

12/20, 09:15am reply

Probably 50% of it is iPhone related.

coffeetime

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iWorld

12/20, 09:20am reply

Is it time for a separate iWorld expo, for Apple's consumer devices? This one will probably barely be about the Mac at all.

njfuzzy

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i'll be there

12/20, 01:09pm reply

2001 SF, 2002 NYC, 2003 SF, 2005 SF, 2006 SF and 2007 SF... This will be lucky number seven!

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