Archive for June 9th, 2008
Steve Ballmer says all content within 10 year will be IP-based. Laughable prediction. I mock thee! Apple new iPhone may be designed for video phonesex. iPhonesex? No Zune phone. Look for Snow Leopard as the latest for the Mac. Microsoft meanwhile working on a very bloated embedded OS. Yoikes! IBM does petaflop machine. WiMAX folks decide to share patents, finally! Carl Icahn becoming a pest.
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WOW… what an exciting keynote. There was so much going on, and the demos were amazing. The big news obviously is the new iPhone release.
First off the Major stuff..
• OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) will be released to developers later today.
• iPhone 2.0 software updates
• MobileME showcased
• iPhone 3G released simultaneously in 70 countries on July 11. ROCK!
A lot of the new apps were demoed at the show, here is a list of them
• Super Monkey Ball - This is a game, apparently very popular on the Playstation platform. There were several games demoed and they all look REALLY robust. Seems like the iPhone could easily rival the PSP for gaming.
• eBay App - allows for full eBay integration as a buyer or seller, and unlike most of the other apps demoed is free. Maybe this will help put some life into the dying online auction site…
• TypePad Blogging tool - This is VERY cool, and seems to have a ton of functionality to it. Unfortunately I didn’t see any mention of WordPress, but I am sure that will be handled by someone soon. hint hint.
• Loopt - This is a location based social networking tool, and this will definitely reshape the social networking world. There will likely be some pretty scary hacks to this as well…
• Modality - a very robust medical application that, as Molly Wood put it, “turns you into a brain surgeon”. Not so much, but I am sure this will be a pretty cool thing to keep handy when you visit the doctor.
• Band - This is an application put together by an independent UK firm, that allows you to make music on the iPhone… awesome.
Games will have a price point of $9.99.
Apple is also providing a push services cloud for all developers to use. This will enable the use of Exchange ‘esq services, as well as instant always on IM, email, and other web enabled apps.
Support was announced for Powerpoint, BUlk Message deletion, a new scientific calculator, Parental Controls, and multi-language support..
The multi-language support looks pretty amazing, and supports both traditional and simplified chinese, and even has character drawing and recognition.
The 2.0 software will be available early July (before the 11th, I assume) and will be free for the current 2G iPhones , but will cost iPod Touch users $9.99.
The MobileMe app looks extremely well put together as well.. Basically it turns your browser into a functional desktop, and will support mail, iDisk, iCal, Address Book, and a wide range of other macapps. The service will stay 99$ a year and will be a free automatic upgrade for the current .mac users
Now.. for the important stuff… LOL
The iPhone 3G will be released on July 11, and will cost 199.99 for the 8GB version.. RoCK!
• GPS
• Subsidized cost
• Thinner
• Flush headphone jack
• 3G is faster then Nokia N95 and Blackberry
• Full Exchange support and Secure VPN
• Available in 70 countries
• 300 hours of stand by time - 10 hours talk time - 5 hours 3G usage - 5 or 6 hours of browsing - 7 hours of video, and 24 hours of audio…
It was an exciting few hours, and my head is still spinning.. but July 11th you can find me at the South Coast Plaza iPhone store in Newport Beach California..
w00t!
Steve Job JUST announced the release of the 3G iPhone…
Too much going on for a full post.. but OMG!
here are a couple of official pics…
People are taking pics on their phones, and posting them to social networks like [ plurk ] and [ twitter ].. As I get them I will update this post.. so keep checking back ..
Thanks to [ LiveCrunch ] on Plurk for these :
Lines forming ..
Banner covered, likely until after the keynote … my guess is that it has 3 iPhones (red, white, and black)
Lots of new apps being being demoes….
Great images of them all at [ EnGadget ]
Today is the day many of us have been waiting eagerly for… The WWDC, and Steve’s Keynote address, is just a little over an hour away and apple fanboys all over the world are tingling right now.
The Moscone center is likely hopping, and we all know that there is a line forming at the 5th Ave Apple store (of course that is a daily occurrence). What is not a daily occurrence though is all the online apple stores through out the world going DOWN!… They are all closed…
So, what would they need to be updating … some sources have spotted a new iPhone tab on some of the stores before they went down.. all fueling the rumors that the phone will be available today for purchase.. w00t!
For thos of us who weren’t able to get to San Francisco this year, catch all the fun live at these sites :
Live Streaming WWDC 2008:
Macrumorslive
TechCrunch
Engadget
MacWorld
Digital Live Style.tv
Possible locales
Qik.com via cell phones. Someone will likely be holding their cell phone high in the air during the Keynote.
Ustream.tv again, someone is likely to stream some of the content
Ustream Channel (audio only)