WWDC 2008 Keynote Live Coverage: Web, SMS/Twitter, iPhone

[Knox]

I thought Steve usually did his keynote on a Tuesday.

Is this a departure from the norm, or am I not remembering correctly?

WWDC's keynote is always on a Monday, MacWorld San Francisco on a Tuesday. If I'm correct in thinking, the main exhibit hall is not open on Monday at MWSF so the keynote needs to be on Tuesday, whereas WWDC is open from the first day.

Hey, that's cool!
IIRC that'll be the first time?

BTW, does MRChat still work too?

Yes, it should work.

 

[macrlz9]

I wish the live coverage could work with the pingie sms service. :-/ didn't everything else go out last time? Anywho its about time we've been waiting so long for the new iPhone!!!

 

[03sho]

What time does macrumors start UK time?

 

[pseudonymph]

I wish the live coverage could work with the pingie sms service. :-/ didn't everything else go out last time? Anywho its about time we've been waiting so long for the new iPhone!!!

twitter went down during macworld in january and given their recent issues i'm not holding out hope for wwdc

 

[mmoosa]

uk time is 6pm i think

 

[rhett7660]

Great stuff!!! Thanks macrumors.... I can't wait. Man the 9th seems so far away!

 

[Peace]

As per my yearly help on the time thing. If you are in another country and you want a fast way to know when this happens simply open the dashboard.

Then open a clock and set it to Cupertino time. Then set your local clock to your local time. Have them both open in the dashboard. When the Cupertino clock says 10AM that's when the Stevenote begins.

Looking forward to seeing what going to happen!!

 

[stagi]

can't wait!

 

[pacohaas]

about how many SMS messages are sent out for this? I don't want to get more than 50-100, but I also don't want to stop receiving them before the "one more thing" moment if I'm reaching the 100 msg limit.

 

[hiimamac]

can't wait!

You would think, (and this will affect television someday) that we would have the technology to feed this live as a video feed. Each passing year, we have to wait. Why is that? Aren't we there yet?

In the future, the way the music business took a tremendous hit, I think once each individual is able to upstream in broadcast quality (think MLB.com live but instead of 1.2MB 120 or 1200MB), the networks will take a huge hit as shows will be indie run and commercial free. Still, you would think Apple after all this time would have sometime LIVE. Or someone would.

 

[tjstalcup]

You would think, (and this will affect television someday) that we would have the technology to feed this live as a video feed. Each passing year, we have to wait. Why is that? Aren't we there yet?

In the future, the way the music business took a tremendous hit, I think once each individual is able to upstream in broadcast quality (think MLB.com live but instead of 1.2MB 120 or 1200MB), the networks will take a huge hit as shows will be indie run and commercial free. Still, you would think Apple after all this time would have sometime LIVE. Or someone would.

someone is streaming it live:

http://www.thedigitallifestyle.tv/

 

[twoodcc]

thanks again macrumors! can't wait for the event

 

[earnjam]

The iPhone optimized version looks awesome! Can't wait!

 

[Peace]

someone is streaming it live:

http://www.thedigitallifestyle.tv/

They may say it but it won't happen. Bloggers etc. have tried in the past only to be shut out.

 

[Knox]

someone is streaming it live:

http://www.thedigitallifestyle.tv/

They will be providing live coverage but I suspect that won't be from the keynote itself - they'll just be talking about the keynote 'live'. However, if it is from the keynote it won't last long unless they limit the number of viewers.

 

[Skeletal-dæmon]

I have had a cunning plan. I'm not going to get out of bed til 6pm (GMT) and then just come straight on here with some cereal and a pot of coffee.

Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and WWDC 08. What a great start to the week!

 

[earnjam]

I have had a cunning plan. I'm not going to get out of bed til 6pm (GMT) and then just come straight on here with some cereal and a pot of coffee.

Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and WWDC 08. What a great start to the week!

I'd opt for Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but to each his own.

 

[Vanarak19]

You can watch Steve Jobs unveil the next gen iPhone......on your 1st gen iPhone.

now thats some P-Envy

phone envy of course


a live video feed would be the best, last year, i cant tell you how ofter i waited for the site to update every second

 

[mockidol]

SMS Updates

For those who don't have or want a Twitter account, you can still sign-up to receive SMS updates straight from your phone.

Article Link

It's a small grip but you should probably mention that the way you gave to sign up for SMS is actually signing you up for mobile twitter. I did then decided to go get real twitter account and coudn't believe someone had my username already, that is until I realized I had just signed up through my phone minutes before without knowing it.

 

[ingenious]

The MacRumors forums will remain open. All members are invited to share their thoughts before, during, and after the Keynote.

they'll hold up this year? wow. I don't remember MR even attempting that since 2004 or so.

anyway, thanks, MR, for you dedicated coverage. I come here everyday!

 

[pacohaas]

about how many SMS messages are sent out for this? I don't want to get more than 50-100, but I also don't want to stop receiving them before the "one more thing" moment if I'm reaching the 100 msg limit.

Still wondering about this, and will there be messages before WWDC or is this service just WWDC keynote specific? FYI it took me 5(2 sent, 3 rec'd) to do the signup process, I can see how twitter SMS's can quickly add up.

 

[03sho]

uk time is 6pm i think

Can someone confirm this.

 

[earnjam]

Can someone confirm this.

According to my iPhone it would be at 6pm in London.

 

[Squid7085]

I gotta say, I sure miss the Live video feeds. I feel its not that they can't do it, they just don't want to. I mean, Apple has super bandwidth. They know how to handle this. Oh well, the fact that they are now offering the events in HD makes that disappointment disappear.

Either way, Mac Rumors has always been for me the place to go for Keynote coverage, in recent years with Apples increased popularity, other sites have started to cover the Keynotes. Engadget comes to mind. Last event, Macworld 08, I tried a few other sites, and MacRumors was hands down the best, these people have been watching keynotes for years, so they understand how they go. You just don't get that "experience" feeling from the other sites, they just don't understand "BOOM!" SO thanks MacRumors for staying around, It is hands down the fastest and easiest way to get updates.

Thankfully I won't have to utilize the iPhone site, because as I see from this thread, I am not the only one who cleared out the day. Asked for work off, and told my friends, they can come over, but don't expect acknowledgement. Havent yet worked out my snackage though.

 

[Aperture]

Can't wait. Thanks a lot MR for providing the usual coverage!