I never watch the keynote live. I just wait for the highlights on multiple sites. When it's available on Apple, I skim certain parts of the vid.
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Ryan Block tweeted this morning that he will be at the Apple event next week.
He does a good job of Live Blogging,
I highly encourage everyone to give thisismynext.com a shot. Sometime this fall they will become "Verge". From the sounds of things, it is going to be an incredibly awesome tech site.
http://live.thisismynext.com/Event/Apple_iPhone_5_event_live_blog
You won't be disappointed.
Note: If it turns out that the teardrop shape is in-fact the new design, you can give credit to these guys for uncovering it back in April. All of the teardrop rumors we've heard emanate from this single post:
http://thisismynext.com/2011/04/22/iphone-5-design/
http://live.thisismynext.com/Event/Apple_iPhone_5_event_live_blog
You won't be disappointed.
Note: If it turns out that the teardrop shape is in-fact the new design, you can give credit to these guys for uncovering it back in April. All of the teardrop rumors we've heard emanate from this single post:
http://thisismynext.com/2011/04/22/iphone-5-design/
I liked what CNET did for the iphone 4 announcement (I think it was) where they had like 3 guys doing a live video blog and they were checking like 3 or 4 different sources and updating the viewers live as they read about it compiling the best information from each site. It was convenient because I didn't want to read it and then have like 12 other things pop up while reading the one thing. It was a cool thing I hope they do it again or I hope that apple will let people with apple devices watch it live like they did with the press conference about the iphone 4's antenna issues (I think it was then)
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Sept 2010 at the Fall iPod Event, and they only did it then because of what had happened at WWDC 3 months prior.
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Sept 2010 at the Fall iPod Event, and they only did it then because of what had happened at WWDC 3 months prior.
looking at their live blog done today on the amazon event (http://live.thisismynext.com/Event/Amazon_Tablet_event_live_blog?Page=0) it looks really nice and they got a lot more picture than engadget. Do you know how the "live" part works. does the page refresh or does it just show up. Because I notice all the old stuff it at top so every time it refreshes does it take you back up to the top? Thanks!
I've always used Engadget in the past. As people have said, I like how they include pictures with their updates. However at WWDC this year I used MacRumours in addition to Engadget. Overall I'd say that combination was good. But if Apple allows streaming to Apple devices, then I'll obviously opt for that route (I feel like they might since it's happening on their campus and all).
Maybe I'm missing the obvious, but what happened at WWDC 2010?
Maybe I'm missing the obvious, but what happened at WWDC 2010?
5,000 people in the audience (reporters and developers) and most of them had a MiFi that was causing interference with Steve's presentation, so by Streaming the iPod Event they tried to reduce the need of reporters trying to Live Blog (if their is a live stream available, more people are likely to watch that then go to a blog).
Since this I think Apple has learned to not do live demos that require the network (WiFi or 3G, they will probably just focus on stills and videos).
That's right, I do remember that happening. Alright, thanks for the refresher. And I completely agree, watching a livestream is much better than reading liveblogs because then you can see everything first hand. I am surprised they did a live demo there. I didn't think companies did live demos for aspects that relied so much on WiFi or cellular data.
Yeah, still think it's funny that with Apple's professionalism and Steve's intense, INTENSE preparation for these keynotes, he never considered network issues to be a serious problem. Of course, they're usually pretty reliable, but I would have expected him to have something ready in case their Wi-Fi went haywire...
The content area refreshes, not the whole web page. You can configure it to display latest or the first at the top. There are also notification tones for each update in case you are multitasking.
It has been mentioned before, but for those not aware, thisismynext/verge are the former editors of Engadget. They all left when AOL started imposing insane requirements on their content (google "the AOL way"). They had enough integrity to walk away. They believe strongly in journalistic integrity.
Good to know!! That works a lot better than Engadget which refreshes the page and drives me nut. I will for sure be using this. Thanks for the info!
agreed
I tried several in the second to last keynote and engadget was the smoothest and easiest to follow.
But we'll see with whatever 'new' team they have now lol
so...is there a way to WATCH the keynote live?
if not, then usually how long after that would a video be uploaded (say Apple site or YouTube)?
thanks
if not, then usually how long after that would a video be uploaded (say Apple site or YouTube)?
thanks
I usually have a tab with engadget, and one with gizmodo open. Sometimes if either of them get buggy, I'll grab a random 3rd site and hope for the best.