WWDC 2011

Depicted above: Notifications via Cydia tweak MobileNotifier

This is my next’s Joshua Topolsky (a former Engadget editor-in-chief) has some late rumors from a source related to iOS 5. He says iOS 5 will introduce a new notifications bar at the top of the screen which may or may not look like an imaged leaked earlier today. “Messages will appear and then slide back up in a unobtrusive manner, similar to webOS”, the author writes.

Topolsky also describes a dedicated notifications window and – yes, widgets. The lock screen will also provide access to notifications “through a pulldown window which you reach by swiping at the top of the screen downward… just like Android”, Topolsky writes. The notifications screen will also provide access to web widgets such as weather and stocks. As for the BlackBerry-style messaging and widgets…

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A few hours ahead of Apple’s keynote, which will kick off WWDC 2011 at 10am Pacific in San Francisco’s Moscone West, the line is already stretching around two blocks. Seth took the above video at 6:30am Pacific time. Check out the green Apple guys working diligently to compress the line. “The line literally goes around the block”, he wrote in the YouTube description. Can you spot Cydia creator Jay Freeman “Saurik” breaking the bottle?

Seth also captured another line video a few hours earlier. Also have a look at a fan clip below, which was recorded at 4:15 am Pacific Time. The keynote is about to begin in less than four hours, when Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives are due to deliver the latest on iOS 5, Lion and iCloud. We will be covering the news as it happens right here at 9to5Mac and via our Twitter handle @9to5mac.

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See that image? Tech Crunch published this supposed photo which allegedly depicts a rumored new iOS 5 notification system. Tech Crunch heard it’s the “right idea”. Even though it’s probably a fake, we nevertheless love it. Displaying notifications in a subtle transparent layer right below the top iOS status bar does make sense. That’s where, for example, you might be notified of your Twitter mentions. Tapping the notification would presumably either reveal the notification screen with more information or launch the corresponding app. Twitter, as you know, is said to be built right inside the bowels of iOS 5, possibly alongside Facebook and/or other popular social networks. Also cool: A new camera icon.

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