WWDC 2008 Keynote Coverage Live

[Anuba]

I'm not sure which is worst...

1) The wait before the keynote

2) The first half hour where he rambles on about recent sales and how many billions of songs iTunes Store has shipped

3) Getting news about super cool gadgets through crummy typo-laden text updates

 

[bacaramac]

Has any one been able to sneek back to the elevator. I heard that Steve was spotted back there opening boxes.

 

[iMii]

Australia Here

It's a lovely 12:30am here, and 10am there is not until 2:30 here...
IM SO EXCITED!
A bit of Wee Came Out!😱
😕

 

[LtCarter47]

I'm not sure which is worst...

1) The wait before the keynote

2) The first half hour where he rambles on about recent sales and how many billions of songs iTunes Store has shipped

3) Getting news about super cool gadgets through crummy typo-laden text updates

It's all part of the experience. I love it!

 

[Peace]

Has any one been able to sneek back to the elevator. I heard that Steve was spotted back there opening boxes.

Na. He's getting his 2 day old beard up to snuff.

 

[tgildred]

What do you mean "goes down"?

Like someone accidentally hits the jobs switch and he powers down right on stage.

Or maybe he's like the Apple online store. He has to go down for updates for a bit before announcing new products.

 

[kavika411]

Na. He's getting his 2 day old beard up to snuff.

If he took off his glasses, you'd see he actually portrays the character Jack in Lost.

 

[Chundles]

It's a lovely 12:30am here, and 10am there is not until 2:30 here...
IM SO EXCITED!
A bit of Wee Came Out!😱
😕

Hah! You free-settlin' Sarf Ostralians and your half hour. 1:12am in a real time zone here.

 

[alphaod]

I forgot to ask, anyone at WWDC have a Nokia Symbian phone so we can get a live Qik broadcast?

 

[ghall]

Like someone accidentally hits the jobs switch and he powers down right on stage.

Or maybe he's like the Apple online store. He has to go down for updates for a bit before announcing new products.

I was thinking something else. 😛

 

[LtCarter47]

Na. He's getting his 2 day old beard up to snuff.

I imagine him just straining for a moment and growing that out in a couple seconds, Chuck Norris Style.

 

[gazfocus]

I too think this is going to be 90% iPhone...but I also think Steve will announce iTunes Films in the UK 🙂

 

[carve]

10:13 AM here

 

[GeekLawyer]

Same reason, I'd imagine. So they can set up the new iPhone displays and whatnot during the keynote.

The retail stores (in the US) aren't closing. I think that's some bad info...

When the retail stores will be closed, Apple lets us know that on apple.com/retail. Stores will be open and some having classes during the keynote.

 

[Mr Maui]

I somehow forsee a lot of complaints and disappointment later today... 🙁

Let's start now! Dang!!! Is that all?!?! Just a 3G, cheaper iPhone2 with GPS and video conferencing, along with an iTablet and upgraded Macbook Touch? What kind of keynote is that? 😱

 

[Project]

On FriendFeed should the forums and/or Twitter die.

http://friendfeed.com/rooms/wwdc

http://friendfeed.com/rooms/venturebeat-wwdc-livestream

 

[rmwebs]

I too think this is going to be 90% iPhone...but I also think Steve will announce iTunes Films in the UK 🙂

Naa....its been out for a week now, if it was going to be a WWDC anouncement they would have launched it today, not last week IMHO

 

[mati0000]

Gizmodo start updating,...


http://live.gizmodo.com/

 

[Peace]

10:13 AM here

Weird.. Is that a clue? Because it's 8:15 here.
😀

 

[iMii]

Hah! You free-settlin' Sarf Ostralians and your half hour. 1:12am in a real time zone here.

ha! there isn't anything wrong with our 30 mins... We like to take it slower 😛

 

[C3POh]

Let's start now! Dang!!! Is that all?!?! Just a 3G, cheaper iPhone2 with GPS and video conferencing, along with an iTablet and upgraded Macbook Touch? What kind of keynote is that? 😱

Wow those would be great!!

 

[D4F]

One thing that will hurt me today if there are any new products available for immediate sale will be my empty wallet after I go bonanza!! 😀

 

[queshy]

hmm im going back to sleep, wake me up in 1h 45 minutes...😛

 

[autrefois]

I'm not sure which is worst...

1) The wait before the keynote

2) The first half hour where he rambles on about recent sales and how many billions of songs iTunes Store has shipped

3) Getting news about super cool gadgets through crummy typo-laden text updates

1) I think it's a hurts so good kind of thing. It's hard to wait, but I like the anticipation.

2) I think it would be worse if he left sales figures until the end, don't you? "One more thing: iTunes sales have gone up 10%. Boom!"

3) Can you imagine how hard the servers would be hurt if there was live video or audio streaming of the keynote, whether it was apple.com, macrumors.com, or anywhere that did it? Apple's arguably the hottest company on the planet right now. It's frustrating to me too not to get to see it live, but I'm very thankful we have the updates at macrumors.

 

[Anuba]

Like someone accidentally hits the jobs switch and he powers down right on stage.

Or maybe he's like the Apple online store. He has to go down for updates for a bit before announcing new products.

Imagine when he wakes up in a hospital bed only to find he's been fitted with a pacemaker that runs on Windows Embedded.