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Apple Posts Quicktime Stream of WWDC 2008 Keynote
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Two things we noted were first that he looks sick, both physically and energetically. It seems it takes a lot of effort to convey the enthusiasm he normally conveys easily. Second, did anyone think it was strange that he is introducing the new iphone without actually showing one?
Reports from Gizmodo and company are hands on afterwords...
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/06/09/first-3g-iphone-hands-on-tests-are-thumbs-up
Here is how you save the keynote on your computer (For Windows, not sure about Mac)
Network Stream:
http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/jun/0806wdt546x/m_080690210abcn_650_ref.mov
1.) Download VLC Media Player from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
2.) Open a network stream. This is usually a website with a streaming video. Copy the address bar at the top of your browser. It should end in a video extension, such as .mov or .wmv.
3.) Open the VLC player. Navigate to "File" and then "Open Network Stream". Select the "HTTP" radio button. Paste the address bar into the URL field.
4.) Under "Advanced Options" select "Save/Stream". Select "Settings". In the next box, select "Play Locally" and then "File". Select the "Browse" button. Choose a saving location. Select "Ok" on both dialog boxes. The video will start streaming through the player and onto your hard drive.
5.) Once the video is finished streaming, navigate to the saved file. Right click and select "Rename". Add ".MPG" at the end of the file name. The video is now playable and saved to your local disk.
Network Stream:
http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/jun/0806wdt546x/m_080690210abcn_650_ref.mov
1.) Download VLC Media Player from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
2.) Open a network stream. This is usually a website with a streaming video. Copy the address bar at the top of your browser. It should end in a video extension, such as .mov or .wmv.
3.) Open the VLC player. Navigate to "File" and then "Open Network Stream". Select the "HTTP" radio button. Paste the address bar into the URL field.
4.) Under "Advanced Options" select "Save/Stream". Select "Settings". In the next box, select "Play Locally" and then "File". Select the "Browse" button. Choose a saving location. Select "Ok" on both dialog boxes. The video will start streaming through the player and onto your hard drive.
5.) Once the video is finished streaming, navigate to the saved file. Right click and select "Rename". Add ".MPG" at the end of the file name. The video is now playable and saved to your local disk.
^ that method (although its a little differerent for me, you must be using Windows or an earlier VLC Mac version) didnt work for me.
i get this error
i get this error
yeah! we can download it over itunes: https://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=h....woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=275834665&t=1213086602
^^ 1.18 GB
^^ 1.18 GB
such a BS update... half price cheaper. how much is the plan? introducing those kids' games, "so papa and mama would get me a 3G".
that event was waste of time. the could do it without it.
that event was waste of time. the could do it without it.
I know it was a developer conference, but i was really disappointed with the keynote this year. To be honest i've been disappointed with the keynotes from MacWorld and WWDC for a while now. Yes i love the iPhone, i have one but it just seems to take over all of Apples time these days.
Apart from Leopard (which is really good don't get me wrong) it seems as though Apple really doesn't try to wow their customers with their macs anymore. Yes they are updated and yes they are still great machines and i know it's not really important in the grand scheme of things, but they don't seem to try and INNOVATE with design and flare as much as they used to. I mean apart from the iMac re-design (which lets face it was not a major redesign, just a change of materials and screen sizes) none of their machines have had a proper facelift in such a long time. I mean look at the difference between the iMac G3, the G4 and the G5. Substantial differences. I can't imagine Apple ever really going for such major design changes again. The Mac Mini hasn't been properly updated in ages. The MacBook Pro hasn't had a design change in a very long time. The Cinema Displays even longer.
It seems Apple has become more of a company trying to push computers rather than wow people with them like they used to. In my view of course.
Apart from Leopard (which is really good don't get me wrong) it seems as though Apple really doesn't try to wow their customers with their macs anymore. Yes they are updated and yes they are still great machines and i know it's not really important in the grand scheme of things, but they don't seem to try and INNOVATE with design and flare as much as they used to. I mean apart from the iMac re-design (which lets face it was not a major redesign, just a change of materials and screen sizes) none of their machines have had a proper facelift in such a long time. I mean look at the difference between the iMac G3, the G4 and the G5. Substantial differences. I can't imagine Apple ever really going for such major design changes again. The Mac Mini hasn't been properly updated in ages. The MacBook Pro hasn't had a design change in a very long time. The Cinema Displays even longer.
It seems Apple has become more of a company trying to push computers rather than wow people with them like they used to. In my view of course.
At TUAW, they said in the podcast version it got muted or something. Which version did you watch?
I am going to be the first one to have enough fearlessness to say this on a forum like this one....
cell Phones--->WiFi--->radiation/cancer risks/tumors/brain tumors--->Steve Jobs.
(Yes, I do not use WiFi (ethernet anyone), I do not use microwave oven, VERY rarely use cell-phone (never put it to my head).
Mainstream media is finally not ignoring the connection: WiFi/cell phone radiation has some sort of relationship with cancer tumors. Do some reserach.
Have you not noticed?....Brain Tumors are Everywhere.
Flame away, and then wonder about what I have said in private...
cell Phones--->WiFi--->radiation/cancer risks/tumors/brain tumors--->Steve Jobs.
(Yes, I do not use WiFi (ethernet anyone), I do not use microwave oven, VERY rarely use cell-phone (never put it to my head).
Mainstream media is finally not ignoring the connection: WiFi/cell phone radiation has some sort of relationship with cancer tumors. Do some reserach.
Have you not noticed?....Brain Tumors are Everywhere.
Flame away, and then wonder about what I have said in private...
are there any alternative download locations? i think my corporate firewall is blocking video streaming, though quicktime itself works (e.g. movie trailers). I a diff link (think it was called mystuff.net?) that allowed a download of the actual 1.2 GB mpg file, but the server was so slow. Any other links?
I think Steve is just really thin because he's a pescetarian and doesn't eat meat (although he does eat fish).
Really could not have said it better.
In fact I've been saying it for a couple of years.
It sure is not the same Apple since the iPod and iPhone took all the attention away from computing.
I am worried that they will soon drop computers altogether and just sell the OS to anyone.
For sure the true computer innovation has been missing for a while now.
The original and second gen iMacs were revolutionary. As was the original TiBook. Ditto the Mini.
Since then it has been incremental upgrades but nothing unique and new that screams Apple.
To be selling the same monitor for what, 3 years, is just lame.
It seems like the whole deal is now to sell to kids and teens with their social networks and instant gratification wants.
All of the development dollars and energy now goes into programs to find your buddies in a 10 mile radius or buy low quality music while having your Latte in Starbucks.
Too sad
They have now, it wasn't originally. I'm guessing its coz they don't have permission to rebroadcast it (considering it's Disney's copyrighted music, and, yes I know Steve Jobs is the largest shareholder, but it doesn't mean he can do what he likes with their copyrighted content)
Oh, and btw, keynotes up in HD now
I'm a little confused...
Take a look
2006 Macworld: moved Apple to Intel Processors; released first iMac with Intel processors; MacBook Pro (intel processors) intro'd; software updates to their core iLife Apps; Software that run natively on Intel announced to be ready quickly (including Final Cut apps); talked some of the 14M iPods sold.
2006 WWDC: Leopard Announced; Retail doing very well; new Mac Pro announced (a lot said about it too);
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2007 Macworld: iTunes kicking butt; AppleTV introduction; iPhone introduction
2007 WWDC: Leopard recap with additional top-secrets announced; Safari for Windows Announced
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A week prior to 2008 MacWorld, Mac Pro was updated (awesome specs).
2008 Macworld: Leopard kicking butt; MS Office 2008 announced; Time Capsule; iPhone kicking butt and new features announced for it; iTunes 4B songs sold; iTunes Movie Rentals; Apple TV Take 2 introduction; MacBook Air
A month prior to 2008 WWDC, iMac was updated (awesome specs).
2008 WWDC: iPhone SDK; Enterprise for iPhone; iPhone 3G; Snow Leopard Announced; Mobile Me webservices announced; Big pricedrop for iPhone
Displays: I have a "new-style" 23" Cinema Display -- the same one that their using the 30" big brother in by the dozens in Iron Man the movie and look absolutely amazing... again, new ones are brighter and are better internally.
Mac Pros: Yes... they look the same as the G5 models. But they are beautiful. Internally they're completely different beasts and run circles around their older brethern.
I remember Steve said once (paraphrased): "We tried to improve our MacBook Pro design, we just don't know how to make them any better" -- I think that can be said of many of their major products. The design is near-perfect so you keep optimizing them on the inside. When it's time for new enclosures, we'll see them. About the iMac and how you feel it's languished with simple material enhancements, I can personally say that my wife's NEW 24" iMac (3.06 GHz; 1TB HD; 4GB RAM) is the most bad-ass thing I've seen a long time and it trounces the G5 iMacs and the Intel iMacs. Beats their butts with a stick. Have you been in Apple store and actually seen these products? These things look good on the website,... in person, they're amazing.
While one poster here thinks you couldn't have said it any plainer (or he any better), I completely dissagree. If you look over the last 3 years, you will see the introduction of some major things from Apple.
I just combed through Engadget.com for info about your supposed problem and really don't see it.
Take a look
2006 Macworld: moved Apple to Intel Processors; released first iMac with Intel processors; MacBook Pro (intel processors) intro'd; software updates to their core iLife Apps; Software that run natively on Intel announced to be ready quickly (including Final Cut apps); talked some of the 14M iPods sold.
2006 WWDC: Leopard Announced; Retail doing very well; new Mac Pro announced (a lot said about it too);
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2007 Macworld: iTunes kicking butt; AppleTV introduction; iPhone introduction
2007 WWDC: Leopard recap with additional top-secrets announced; Safari for Windows Announced
-----
A week prior to 2008 MacWorld, Mac Pro was updated (awesome specs).
2008 Macworld: Leopard kicking butt; MS Office 2008 announced; Time Capsule; iPhone kicking butt and new features announced for it; iTunes 4B songs sold; iTunes Movie Rentals; Apple TV Take 2 introduction; MacBook Air
A month prior to 2008 WWDC, iMac was updated (awesome specs).
2008 WWDC: iPhone SDK; Enterprise for iPhone; iPhone 3G; Snow Leopard Announced; Mobile Me webservices announced; Big pricedrop for iPhone
I think what you think of innovation is just the skin-deep design (what the product looks like)... I think Apple has been working hard at how everything works as the design at the moment is practically perfect. I have 2003 17" PowerBook and it looks the same practically as the 17" MacBook Pro... 5 years and it looks the same -- it still gets major complements... how many PC notebooks can that be said of. Of course, the new laptops out-perform it completely. That being said, it still runs great for me.
Displays: I have a "new-style" 23" Cinema Display -- the same one that their using the 30" big brother in by the dozens in Iron Man the movie and look absolutely amazing... again, new ones are brighter and are better internally.
Mac Pros: Yes... they look the same as the G5 models. But they are beautiful. Internally they're completely different beasts and run circles around their older brethern.
I remember Steve said once (paraphrased): "We tried to improve our MacBook Pro design, we just don't know how to make them any better" -- I think that can be said of many of their major products. The design is near-perfect so you keep optimizing them on the inside. When it's time for new enclosures, we'll see them. About the iMac and how you feel it's languished with simple material enhancements, I can personally say that my wife's NEW 24" iMac (3.06 GHz; 1TB HD; 4GB RAM) is the most bad-ass thing I've seen a long time and it trounces the G5 iMacs and the Intel iMacs. Beats their butts with a stick. Have you been in Apple store and actually seen these products? These things look good on the website,... in person, they're amazing.
While one poster here thinks you couldn't have said it any plainer (or he any better), I completely dissagree. If you look over the last 3 years, you will see the introduction of some major things from Apple.
Engadget.com culled info said:
I hate to be a debby downer but I expected a little more than iphone during the keynote! I sat in front of my computer for two hours for a new iphone that everyone knew was coming?
Where was the excitement steve? Sure the SDK is exciting and all but I guess I had higher expectations for the company that has brought us so much innovation in the last few years.
Where was the excitement steve? Sure the SDK is exciting and all but I guess I had higher expectations for the company that has brought us so much innovation in the last few years.
Thanks. I have subscribed! Wee!yeah! we can download it over itunes: https://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=h....woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=275834665&t=1213086602
^^ 1.18 GB
New keyboard. No, really. I use that new wireless one with the Macbook keyboard and when I have to use the actual MacBook Pro's keyboard I feel like I'm downgrading. In my opinion it is way better than the MacBook Pro's keyboard. I tell you I'm not getting a new MacBook Pro until the keyboard is updated and I get a magnetic latch. Never mind the internals.
He looks average size to me. Maybe the American definition of thin is different to everyone else's?
Oops, did I say that out loud? 
I agree on every point you made. When someone says they just don't see anymore innovation from Apple in the computer area, it's only because they're looking at only the exterior design aspect. The internals have really been improved time and time again.
Apple has posted the Quicktime stream of the Worldwide Developer Conference 2008 Keynote speech. A transcription of our live coverage is still up at MacRumorsLive.com. Apple announced the following items:
- Apple Announces iPhone 3G in 70 Countries
- Apple Previews iPhone Firmware 2.0, Additional SDK Notes
- Apple Revamps .Mac: Mobile Me Announced
- Apple Highlights iPhone Enterprise Interest
- iPhone Apps Announced: Super Monkey Ball, Loopt, Pangea Game and More
- Mac OS X 'Snow Leopard' to Focus on Performance, Quality
WWDC 2008 continues throughout the week, but the remainder of the contents are under Non-Disclosure agreements, so few other official announcements will be made.
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Most boring keynote ever. Only ok parts to me was when they should the 70 countries part and the 3G iPhone prices.