There are just over 12 hours to go until the 2008 Macworld Keynote by Steve Jobs. This year, I told myself that I wouldn’t get suckered in by all the Apple hype; I vowed to simply go about my business on January 15 and hold off on finding out what Steve Jobs announced until the weekend.

Yeah, that didn’t work so well.

I’ve spent the past hour browsing the Mac rumor sites trying to decipher what to expect tomorrow, and I’ve already bookmarked Engadget’s liveblog page so that I know what’s being announced as soon as it comes out of Jobs’ lips.

While it’s easy to get carried away with the rumors — particularly those of a super-sexy sub-notebook like the image below from Wired — it is important to stay grounded and realize that not everything Jobs announces tomorrow is going to be as revolutionary as last year’s iPhone. I think John Gruber has the best predictions for tomorrow’s keynote address, and they’re so well thought-out, I’d actually be surprised if he got any of his predictions wrong.

Instead of making predictions, however, I think I would be better suited to create my Macworld wishlist. After all, I’m nowhere near as knowledgeable as Gruber on all things Apple, but I sure do have some ideas on what I’d like to see announced tomorrow.

My Macworld Keynote Wishlist

Here are the three things that would benefit me most should they be announced tomorrow:

1. iPhone in Canada: Okay, so I know Macworld isn’t the best forum to announce a country launch for an existing product, but I really hope Rogers capitalizes on all the hype and makes their iPhone announcement tomorrow or by the end of the week. It has been a year since the original announcement by Jobs and us Canadians are still iPhone-less.
2. Beefier .Mac: Sure, it was just updated a little while ago, but Apple’s .Mac service is still subpar for the price you pay. I’d recommend that Apple and Google team up to make .Mac much more than just a bit of web-space and an email account: instead, .Mac would be the perfect point of contact for access to document collaboration, calendar syncing (natively between iCal and GCal?), RSS perusal, and financial tracking.
3. An e-book reader: The few times I’ve had the chance to play with Amazon’s kindle, I’ve been impressed by most of the functionality, but the design is still clunky and not intuitive, particularly for someone like me that spends hours a week reading books. I’m confident Apple could easily fix the design. Perhaps an Amazon-Apple partnership? Naw, it’ll never happen.

Yeah, I know most of those are boring, and really don’t have the “shazzam!” effect that is needed at a Macworld keynote, but they’re definitely three announcements that would make me smile from ear to ear.

You hear that Stevie J? Not only will I buy those products, but I’ll smile real big too. Everyone loves a smile…