Macworld Expo and Conference, the annual trade show dedicated to Apple’s Macintosh platform for 2009 has been scheduled from January 6-9, 2009 at Moscone Center, San Francisco. Macworld has extended the ‘early bird’ registration for the event till December 8, 2008.

Expectations are high for this upcoming event. Basic expo floor pass is sold at $25 and the keynote access pass is reserved for those tickets of $250 and more. The Platinum pass that grants access to Power Tools sessions, one market Symposium, User Conference, MacIT Conference, feature presentation, Keynote viewing, lunch, etc,  is available for $1,695.

Updates for iMac and Mac mini are expected during the conference apart from other likely updates.

With the announcement of the Macworld Expo schedule, rumors have started spreading again that Apple will introduce the 32GB iPhone during the conference. We all have waited long for the 32GB iPhone and it will be good to see the device finally come, however, it is best not to think that things are definite now. There is no confirmation about this from Apple.