WWDC 2008 Keynote Live Coverage: Web, SMS/Twitter, iPhone

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Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) will kick off on Monday, June 9th at 10 a.m. Pacific with a keynote speech given by Steve Jobs and his team of executives. There will be no live video or audio broadcast of the event. Once the event is complete, Apple will post a Quicktime stream of the keynote to be watched on demand. MacRumors will provide live coverage of the keynote speech with the following methods:

Web

MacRumors will provide near real-time text updates and photos at MacRumorsLive.com (http://www.macrumorslive.com). All visitors to MacRumors.com will be redirected to MacRumorsLive during the event.

A special iPhone-optimized version of MacRumorsLive with support for text updates and photos will also be available if you visit the site through your iPhone or iPod Touch. (Screenshot (http://images.macrumors.com/article/2008/01/10/mrliphone.jpg) of iPhone/Touch version.)

Twitter Updates

We will also try to provide live updates through Twitter (http://twitter.com). Individuals who already have a twitter account may 'Follow' us at the following addresses:

http://twitter.com/macrumors - Live keynote updates (10-20 updates per Keynote)
http://twitter.com/macrumorsrss - Updates with every new MacRumors.com story
http://twitter.com/arnoldkim - arn's Twitter account

SMS Updates

For those who don't have or want a Twitter account, you can still sign-up to receive SMS updates straight from your phone.
Sign up from your mobile phone
1. Send "FOLLOW MACRUMORS" to "40404"
2. You will be prompted for a username.
3. You should receive confirmation.

To unsubscribe
1. Send "LEAVE MACRUMORS" to "40404"
2. You should receive confirmation.

Spoiler Free

For individuals who wish to watch the events unfold first-hand on video, we are providing a Spoiler Free (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/06/02/wwdc-2008-spoiler-free-keynote-stream/) page that will update once the link to the keynote video is posted. This can be delayed hours after the actual event.

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Article Link (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/06/02/wwdc-keynote-coverage-toucharcade-spoiler-free/)

[edesignuk]

Sure we'll be seeing more record numbers on MRLive this time round, it's about to get very, very busy round here me thinks...

A special iPhone-optimized version of MacRumorsLive with support for text updates and photos will also be available if you visit the site through your iPhone or iPod Touch. (Screenshot (http://images.macrumors.com/article/2008/01/10/mrliphone.jpg) of iPhone/Touch version.)That's slick you clever buggers :D

[/dev/toaster]

Sweet! I love Macrumors live!

[Flowbee]

Always great coverage here. Think I'll try the iPhone version this year. Twitter's a great addition for people on the go (though it's likely to go down due to traffic).

[dj4uofa]

You guys are awesome. This is THE place for Keynote updates. Also, had no idea that Macrumors has Twitter stuff. Right on.

[Lord Nerdos]

It'll be a sleepless night in anticipation:o

It's almost like Christmas... waking up early to see what Santa Jobs has left at the Apple Store...:D

[kennycheng93]

I'm looking forward to the first real 3G iPhone photo posted here.

[Doctor Q]

The MacRumors forums will remain open. All members are invited to share their thoughts before, during, and after the Keynote.

[bozs13]

I'm getting anxious!!!!

[macduke]

This is going to be the LONGEST WEEKEND EVER in anticipation, which is fine by me because I'm going home to see my girlfriend and every time I do that the days fly by...would be great to slow it down. I think she's starting to get sick of me talking about it though.

NEW IPHONE AHHHHHHHHH!!!!

I still think that there is going to be one mind-blowing revelation that none of us had even considered. The first iPhone pretty much blew everything out of the water and surpassed most people's expectations in several areas. I know it did for me.

[hmeerlo]

No irc this time? bummer....

[macnerd77]

just want to say thanks for all the options to get info about the jobsnote. What a fatastic site you have here.

[Knox]

No irc this time? bummer....

IRC will be running as usual on irc.macrumorslive.com / #macrumors :)

[Eric Cartmac]

I have all of Monday blocked off. My ritual is to do NO work and stay home all day...

I have MacRumorsLive (of course) ready to go...

And I make myself a super-fresh deli sandwhich. I'm talking MAJOR eats. I think Monday I am going to go with roast beef cooked medium-well, topped with swiss, cole slaw, pickles. Also, a red-bull to kick my apple-love-shivers into space, and a pile of cookies.

If you have a sandwich idea that is extreme, let me know, I always go with the half pound of roast beef but need to try something new.

Credit card space has also been cleared for iPhone2 purchace, hope you all have space too!

:) :)

[JG271]

Great!
Thanks very much, the coverage of MacWorld was great!
I'm looking forward to it!

[28monkeys]

Go! Go! Go! oLe! Ole! OLe!

Go! Go! GO! OlE! Ole! Olleeeeee!!!!

[EgbertAttrick]

Once upon a time, the NFL Draft was nothing. Now it is a multi-million dollar spectacle broadcast around the world in HD on multiple cable networks.

Something tells me that it won't be long before a Steve Jobs keynote speech gets the same kind of press coverage!

[cmcbridejr]

I thought Steve usually did his keynote on a Tuesday.

Is this a departure from the norm, or am I not remembering correctly?

[Sweetbike40]

I SO CAN'T WAIT!!!

and i don't have to work monday.:D

[pseudonymph]

remember what happened last time everyone tried to use twitter for an apple event? yeah.

[mogzieee]

FTW!!!

I'll be watching MacRumorsLive.com throughout!


I'd like to say thanks so much to the team at Mac Rumors for delivering this service, much appreciated.

[mogzieee]

I thought Steve usually did his keynote on a Tuesday.

Is this a departure from the norm, or am I not remembering correctly?

I thought that too, although there was a MR article a while back announcing it was on Monday this year....

[MacsRgr8]

The MacRumors forums will remain open. All members are invited to share their thoughts before, during, and after the Keynote.

Hey, that's cool!
IIRC that'll be the first time?

BTW, does MRChat still work too?

[kornyboy]

Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A102 Safari/419.3)

I'm glad to see this happening again and glad to see that the macrumors group actually got tickets to the sold out show. The iPhone/iPod Touch formatted page for Mac World was awesome. Thanks to those who make this possible.

[iNate]

You can watch Steve Jobs unveil the next gen iPhone......on your 1st gen iPhone. :)

[Knox]

I thought Steve usually did his keynote on a Tuesday.

Is this a departure from the norm, or am I not remembering correctly?

WWDC's keynote is always on a Monday, MacWorld San Francisco on a Tuesday. If I'm correct in thinking, the main exhibit hall is not open on Monday at MWSF so the keynote needs to be on Tuesday, whereas WWDC is open from the first day.

Hey, that's cool!
IIRC that'll be the first time?

BTW, does MRChat still work too?

Yes, it should work.

[macrlz9]

I wish the live coverage could work with the pingie sms service. :-/ didn't everything else go out last time? Anywho its about time we've been waiting so long for the new iPhone!!!

[03sho]

What time does macrumors start UK time?

[pseudonymph]

I wish the live coverage could work with the pingie sms service. :-/ didn't everything else go out last time? Anywho its about time we've been waiting so long for the new iPhone!!!

twitter went down during macworld in january and given their recent issues i'm not holding out hope for wwdc

[mmoosa]

uk time is 6pm i think

[rhett7660]

Great stuff!!! Thanks macrumors.... I can't wait. Man the 9th seems so far away! :D

[Peace]

As per my yearly help on the time thing. If you are in another country and you want a fast way to know when this happens simply open the dashboard.

Then open a clock and set it to Cupertino time. Then set your local clock to your local time. Have them both open in the dashboard. When the Cupertino clock says 10AM that's when the Stevenote begins.

Looking forward to seeing what going to happen!!

[stagi]

can't wait!

[pacohaas]

about how many SMS messages are sent out for this? I don't want to get more than 50-100, but I also don't want to stop receiving them before the "one more thing" moment if I'm reaching the 100 msg limit.

[hiimamac]

can't wait!

You would think, (and this will affect television someday) that we would have the technology to feed this live as a video feed. Each passing year, we have to wait. Why is that? Aren't we there yet?

In the future, the way the music business took a tremendous hit, I think once each individual is able to upstream in broadcast quality (think MLB.com live but instead of 1.2MB 120 or 1200MB), the networks will take a huge hit as shows will be indie run and commercial free. Still, you would think Apple after all this time would have sometime LIVE. Or someone would.:apple:

[tjstalcup]

You would think, (and this will affect television someday) that we would have the technology to feed this live as a video feed. Each passing year, we have to wait. Why is that? Aren't we there yet?

In the future, the way the music business took a tremendous hit, I think once each individual is able to upstream in broadcast quality (think MLB.com live but instead of 1.2MB 120 or 1200MB), the networks will take a huge hit as shows will be indie run and commercial free. Still, you would think Apple after all this time would have sometime LIVE. Or someone would.:apple:

someone is streaming it live:

http://www.thedigitallifestyle.tv/

[twoodcc]

thanks again macrumors! can't wait for the event

[earnjam]

The iPhone optimized version looks awesome! Can't wait!

[Peace]

someone is streaming it live:

http://www.thedigitallifestyle.tv/

They may say it but it won't happen. Bloggers etc. have tried in the past only to be shut out.

[Knox]

someone is streaming it live:

http://www.thedigitallifestyle.tv/

They will be providing live coverage but I suspect that won't be from the keynote itself - they'll just be talking about the keynote 'live'. However, if it is from the keynote it won't last long unless they limit the number of viewers.

[Skeletal-dæmon]

I have had a cunning plan. I'm not going to get out of bed til 6pm (GMT) and then just come straight on here with some cereal and a pot of coffee.

Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and WWDC 08. What a great start to the week!

[earnjam]

I have had a cunning plan. I'm not going to get out of bed til 6pm (GMT) and then just come straight on here with some cereal and a pot of coffee.

Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and WWDC 08. What a great start to the week!

I'd opt for Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but to each his own. :D

[kgeier82]

You can watch Steve Jobs unveil the next gen iPhone......on your 1st gen iPhone. :)

now thats some P-Envy :)

phone envy of course :)


a live video feed would be the best, last year, i cant tell you how ofter i waited for the site to update every second ;)

[mockidol]

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SMS Updates

For those who don't have or want a Twitter account, you can still sign-up to receive SMS updates straight from your phone.

Article Link (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/06/02/wwdc-keynote-coverage-toucharcade-spoiler-free/)

It's a small grip but you should probably mention that the way you gave to sign up for SMS is actually signing you up for mobile twitter. I did then decided to go get real twitter account and coudn't believe someone had my username already, that is until I realized I had just signed up through my phone minutes before without knowing it.

[ingenious]

The MacRumors forums will remain open. All members are invited to share their thoughts before, during, and after the Keynote.

they'll hold up this year? wow. I don't remember MR even attempting that since 2004 or so. :eek:

anyway, thanks, MR, for you dedicated coverage. I come here everyday!

[pacohaas]

about how many SMS messages are sent out for this? I don't want to get more than 50-100, but I also don't want to stop receiving them before the "one more thing" moment if I'm reaching the 100 msg limit.

Still wondering about this, and will there be messages before WWDC or is this service just WWDC keynote specific? FYI it took me 5(2 sent, 3 rec'd) to do the signup process, I can see how twitter SMS's can quickly add up.

[03sho]

uk time is 6pm i think

Can someone confirm this.

[earnjam]

Can someone confirm this.

According to my iPhone it would be at 6pm in London.

[Squid7085]

I gotta say, I sure miss the Live video feeds. I feel its not that they can't do it, they just don't want to. I mean, Apple has super bandwidth. They know how to handle this. Oh well, the fact that they are now offering the events in HD makes that disappointment disappear.

Either way, Mac Rumors has always been for me the place to go for Keynote coverage, in recent years with Apples increased popularity, other sites have started to cover the Keynotes. Engadget comes to mind. Last event, Macworld 08, I tried a few other sites, and MacRumors was hands down the best, these people have been watching keynotes for years, so they understand how they go. You just don't get that "experience" feeling from the other sites, they just don't understand "BOOM!" SO thanks MacRumors for staying around, It is hands down the fastest and easiest way to get updates.

Thankfully I won't have to utilize the iPhone site, because as I see from this thread, I am not the only one who cleared out the day. Asked for work off, and told my friends, they can come over, but don't expect acknowledgement. :-) Havent yet worked out my snackage though.

[Aperture]

Can't wait. Thanks a lot MR for providing the usual coverage!

[maddogeco]

what time is jobsy speech on Australian eastern time?

[tbohlsennswssrg]

what time is jobsy speech on Australian eastern time?

Should be 3 AM (AEST) Tuesday 10th January 2008

[mogzieee]

What time does macrumors start UK time?

uk time is 6pm i think

Can someone confirm this.

According to my iPhone it would be at 6pm in London.

Yes guys, 10am in San Francisco is 6pm here in the UK.

10am = California
1pm = New York
6pm = London
7pm = Paris
1am = Singapore
3am = Sydney
(please correct me if wrong, these are times from my world clock)

Poor sods in Auzzyland, sleeping as it happens... lol

[derryquinn]

It would be cool for a no-image or description version, just what has been announced, so you can watch the keynote without knowing everything.

[03sho]

According to my iPhone it would be at 6pm in London.

Thanks!

[5teve]

Without realising, I have made plans for Monday evening, which is when the keynote will start in the UK (6:00pm) and I always tune in to the live feed that MacRumors offers. I have to say a big thank you to the guys here at MacRumors for setting up the iPhone live feed as now I can tune in to the live feed and try to contain my excitement when new announcements are made in the busy environment I'll be in on Monday evening. As soon as I get home I should imagine that the keynote will be available on the Apple Keynotes Podcast ready for viewing! :D

It'll be a sleepless night in anticipation:o

It's almost like Christmas... waking up early to see what Santa Jobs has left at the Apple Store...:D

I only wish that I could wake up and have the keynote starting in the morning... I have to go through a full day's work to then have the keynote start a little while after I've finished. :(

[SchneiderMan]

"You can still get all the great content from WWDC 2008. Session videos will be available to purchase on iTunes shortly after the conference.More details will be available soon."

thats from the wwdc webpage.
i dont get this, since when did apple charge??

[earnjam]

"You can still get all the great content from WWDC 2008. Session videos will be available to purchase on iTunes shortly after the conference.More details will be available soon."

thats from the wwdc webpage.
i dont get this, since when did apple charge??

If you'll notice, it says "Session videos". The keynote will be free, but the others are the smaller side lectures. They don't just want to give away all the videos from those. It would discourage people from actually attending the conference.

[matteo2005]

I live in the uk if i sign up to text alerts will it charge me for each text alert ?





:apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple: forever

[mdodd]

Hey guys, my buddy from theiLife.com is the first in the Keynote line for WWDC 2008. Check us out pictures and more information here (http://theilife.com/2008/06/08/first-in-line-for-the-wwdc-2008-keynote/)!

[celebi23]

Can't wait to hopefully sell my iPhone app soon. Tomorrow looks like a WWDC for the ages :D :apple:

[SRSound]

about how many SMS messages are sent out for this? I don't want to get more than 50-100, but I also don't want to stop receiving them before the "one more thing" moment if I'm reaching the 100 msg limit.

You know, I cant recall the last time Steve actually did a "one more thing." Does that still even happen?

[SchneiderMan]

You know, I cant recall the last time Steve actually did a "one more thing." Does that still even happen?

i wish that "one more thing." comes up and everyone will panic and we will see new macbooks!! One more thing FTW!! :apple: :apple: :apple:

[(m)k]

i've been trying to sign up for the sms updates but i'm not getting any confirmation text message. i don't know if its because i'm in canada.

does anybody else have this problem? :confused:

[thesdx]

You know, I cant recall the last time Steve actually did a "one more thing." Does that still even happen?

He did it at the iPhone event in March to introduce John Doerr, but the last time he truly did it was at WWDC 07 for Safari on Windows.

[hiimamac]

He did it at the iPhone event in March to introduce John Doerr, but the last time he truly did it was at WWDC 07 for Safari on Windows.

Anyone that thinks they are purchasing a iPhone today is insane. All indicators point to display MODELS only, announced, yes, shipped, no, not today. Could be wrong but looks like all articles point to iPhone announced, not shipped today.