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WWDC 2008 Keynote Coverage Live

Those who bought into the "Mac Fusion" hoax, feel free to dance for us now.

Underwhelming and bizarrely executed keynote, but whatever. iPhone is finally coming to my country and I'm getting one. In fact I'm actually going for the white one, getting a little weary of my 200 pitch black gadgets... guess I'll have to put up with the "OMG THAT'S SO GHEY" remarks.
 
I think the big winner today is the guy that Photoshopped the video conferencing app for the iPhone. Very creative...goofy photos.
 
Much Ado said:
Snow Leopard will be previewed over the next few days.
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Did he say it would be demoed to the general public or just for the attendees at WWDC? Criminy, what a joke of a keynote.

"Here's a scrap for you quaint little Mac people... and now on to iPhone!"
 
Have to say the new prices are very, very good, but as an existing 16GB iPhone owner, I can't see any compelling reason to get the new one, unless O2 give them away: 3G is good but not essential, and the same with GPS (I've got GPS in my car).
No front camera (and therefore no Video Conferencing) is a major mistake IMO - apart from anything it still leaves other phone companies some leverage to snipe at the iPhone: 99%+ of 3G phones have support for video calling
On the subject of cameras, 2MP is a bit lame in 2008: I didn't even think they'd be able to source 2MP sensors any more!
Finally, still no MMS - I don't use it myself but a lot of people do, and to leave it off is, to be honest, lame

So, the new iPhone has a plastic back, no dock in the box (both to save money I guess) and 99% the same hardware as the old one. Sounds more like iPhone Lite than iPhone V2 to me...
 
My previous question was totally ignored by the MacRumors community. :(

It sucks for all T-Mobile customers. We have no where to go and buy a 3G iPhone.
 
THANK YOU MACRUMORS. YOUR COVERAGE WAS AWESOME.

That being said, the actual info Jobs presented was dull to me. I'm not an iPhone user, and with their coverage I don't plan to be. Even if I was, I wouldn't be enthused by this keynote.
 
My 2 cents re: lack of new Macs...

You gotta keep in mind that a new Intel platform is around the corner, and Apple will probably wait for that. It would be pointless to introduce new (or improved) models based on the old platform. I know they started early with some sort of Nehalem hybrid in the iMac but I think this experiment was a one-off, not to be used in MacBooks...

Back in the PPC days, nobody knew that the G3, G4 and G5 were coming, so Apple could sneak up and surprise you. But Intel's primary market is Windows-based PCs and they are completely open about technology they have in the pipeline, so you may wanna keep an eye on Intel for hints on when to expect new Macs.
 
inkswamp said:
Did he say it would be demoed to the general public or just for the attendees at WWDC? Criminy, what a joke of a keynote.

"Here's a scrap for you quaint little Mac people... and now on to iPhone!"
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I don't see what the joke is. Have you ever thought to use Medical Imaging software on your Blackberry?

"...you can't always get what you want."
 
There's a huge fault on the apple store. On the Belgium website it says you can buy the iphone 3g in the "telefonica movistar" shops. And it should be mobistar. But it DOES link to mobistar.be ???
 
Anuba said:
My 2 cents re: lack of new Macs...

You gotta keep in mind that a new Intel platform is around the corner, and Apple will probably wait for that. It would be pointless to introduce new (or improved) models based on the old platform.

Back in the PPC days, nobody knew that the G3, G4 and G5 were coming, so Apple could sneak up and surprise you. But Intel's primary market is Windows-based PCs and they are completely open about technology they have in the pipeline, so you may wanna keep an eye on Intel for hints on when to expect new Macs.
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ummmm no one believed that a new iMac was coming today. Everyone pretty much got what was expected, Steve spending two hours on his fancy phone and a mention and a nod to Snow Leopard.

Oh and .Mac's poorly named little brother. (It's okay my little brother's name is Pleplius, I'm not quite sure how my parent's came up with that.)
 
Klaxons2012 said:
I don't see what the joke is. Have you ever thought to use Medical Imaging software on your Blackberry?

"...you can't always get what you want."
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I hope that my Doc NEVER uses a mobile device to evaluate medical images. Security, Privacy, and Quality of care are all issues.

Nice toy. But a toy.
 
Maybe I missed it, but I'm assuming that the $199 price of the phone is subsidized with a contract and the actual price of the phone outright will be a lot more?
 
stagi said:
Yep another day I will have to take off work :)
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I think you might have to take some days off work. First for waiting a day or two. Then playing with it untill you drop. And eventually if you want, test Mobile ME.
 
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