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WWDC 2008 Keynote Coverage Live

Only available in physical stores?!

From apple site:
"Where to buy:

iPhone will be available in 8GB (black) and 16GB (black or white) models1 at Apple Retail Stores and AT&T Stores."
 
Saladinos said:
To Summarise:

- Much better battery life
- Slimmer
- Same great hardware, with DS/PSP-level graphics
- aGPS
- Heavily reduced price
- Better worldwide availability
- Same great software - easy to use and great features, and all the new 2.0 features - Now with push-notifications for background apps!
- MobileMe integration for wireless phone-desktop synching

This is the update I was looking for. 1G iPhone, you've been comprehensively trumped.
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GPS
Assisted-GPS
Camera
2.0 megapixels
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http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone?mco=MTE2NTQ
 
Nothing about any Mac whatsoever? Wow. I had a strong feeling it'd be very iPhone-centric, but I never thought it'd be Mac-free. Apple really is becoming Trendy Consumer Gadgets, Inc. Blah.
 
wow 2months of no stock, thats a big no-no.

I dont care if they went worldwide. Whoever made that call should be fired, and Steve should be as well.

Thats a major F-up.
 
what a disappointing keynote. Almost the whole keynote is on apps! Do they really need 2 hrs to talk about apps? And still no MBP update! :mad:
Anyone know when is the next keynote? Sept.?
 
Any chance MacRumors could do live coverage of the Snow Leopard preview? That sounds more interesting than the keynote was.
 
tivoli2 said:
Nothing about any Mac whatsoever? Wow. I had a strong feeling it'd be very iPhone-centric, but I never thought it'd be Mac-free. Apple really is becoming Trendy Consumer Gadgets, Inc. Blah.
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My thoughts exactly. This is not going to help their stock at all. I sense another e-mail from Steve to Apple employees in the next week or so.
 
It's surprising because Apple is known for its OS, yet their new OS wasn't even worth 5 minutes of keynote time! Lame.

Having absolutely no stock for this long is a poor business move.

Also, its pretty impossible to flip an iPod touch on ebay now...a 16 gb would go for max 250.
 
I don't like to post complaints, so don't read this comment necessarily as a complaint, but . . .

I really, really like the weight and feel of the current iPhone (now, old iPhone). With a rubber mask on, it stays in place in the front of the car. Sometimes lighter is not better. I also like the metal case -- plastic scares me and screams "cheap" to me.

But ... I'll wait and see when it hits the Apple or AT&T stores if I change my mind. Not that I'll have a choice unless someone comes out with a metal case as an after market product.
 
Tallest Skil said:
It's called jailbreaking and unlocking.
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If someone unlocks the new iPhone so it can work as a touch (music/movies/wifi/app store) plus has the camera, BT headphone support, speaker (it's noce for YouTube and whatnot), and GPS (with standalone map software, of course) I might be tempted to sell my touch and eat the loss on it to use the iPhone as a stand alone device.

For me it comes down to $60 per month being just too much for a cell phone plan, even with unlimited data, especially without unlimited nights/weekends/texts.

Sprint (say what you want about the CS - I've not a problem with them personally, and I've had nothing but trouble with ATT - but I'm not going to argue with anyone about it) will give more more minute, unlimited nights/weekends/text/data/picture mail/video mail, and earlier (7pm) nighttime rate start time for $30 per month. Half price of ATT.

I can get a Palm Cetro for $99, after rebate. Again, half price. The iPhone is NICE. It's awesome, even the 1G model without all the new features. But, I don't think it's 2x as nice.

8gb iPhone + 2 years service = $1639
Centro + 2 year service = $819 ... that leaves a lot of cash for whatever it is you feel the iPhone gives you that the competition doesn't. iPod touch and a nice GPS will still leave over $300 in your pocket at the end of the day, and those will keep working for nothing when your contract runs out.
 
Orng said:
No this is just a keynote. The developer's conference is all sorts of sessions and booths selling stuff and plastic bags full of freebies and paper refuse that could have been delivered on a disk.

And of course, the keynote was all about development... iPhone development. Which is cocoa so it still appleis to regular Mac developers (as well as bringing new developers into the fold)
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Last I looked, Apple made more than just the freaking iPhone. 10.6 may get 'previewed' in the sessions, but obviously Steve is deemphasizing OS X, and the rest of the hardware lines. Maybe he should just go ahead and change the corporate name to The iPhone Company.
 
So is :apple: still selling the old iphones? I wonder how much will a refurb be from apple.com $150?:D
 
I'm sticking with my current iPhone. With the new software, there's really no compelling reason to upgrade. EDGE is good enough for me. And... I can't stand the plastic on the back. I hated the iPod Nano for this.


numediaman said:
I don't like to post complaints, so don't read this comment necessarily as a complaint, but . . .

I really, really like the weight and feel of the current iPhone (now, old iPhone). With a rubber mask on, it stays in place in the front of the car. Sometimes lighter is not better. I also like the metal case -- plastic scares me and screams "cheap" to me.

But ... I'll wait and see when it hits the Apple or AT&T stores if I change my mind. Not that I'll have a choice unless someone comes out with a metal case as an after market product.
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I really don't know what the complaining is about:

iPod Touch: only $10 to upgrade to the new system. You pay $129 to upgrade your Mac's system, $10 for the added functionality you'll be getting really doesn't seem like a lot to me.

Lack of focus on Mac: they dropped "computer" from the name of the company. What did you expect? I really would have liked for their to be Mac news, but Steve came right out and said it would be iPhone only.

He mentioned Snow Leopard, and said there would be sessions on this, so I assume we'll hear more about it soon. Given its name is similar to the current OS (and given rumors), my guess is this will not be a major update like Tiger or Leopard was.

So why spend time talking about tweaks when you're going to drop the price of the iPhone, offer GPS, 3G, and sell it in 70 countries? Not to mention all the people and huge corporations who have been trying out the iPhone SDK demo. If iPhone hadn't have had center stage, I think a lot of people would have been disappointed.

I was one of the people who was most upset by computers taking the backseat to the iPhone, but I'm beginning to see now everything that iPhone is capable of. So yes, we need Mac updates and information as well, and I'm a little bummed that there was none of this in the keynote, but I can understand this being very iPhone oriented. And with iPhone using the same kernel as OS X, iPhone development and Mac development are going to be more and more related, IMO.
 
If Snow Leopard really is just an Intel-only version of Leopard, what would be the point in making a big deal out of it? We already know what Leopard does and developers already know that Cocoa is the new Carbon. I highly doubt there will be new features in Snow Leopard.

Also, was there any mention on whether or not the Bluetooth in the iPhone still be limited to headsets, or can it be used for data transfer, too?
 
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