MACWORLD EXPO: WWDC 2008
by Pierre Baltadano
As early as around 1:30 PM yesterday, the first person lined up for Apple, Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' Keynote address that went on today at 10:00 AM.
There were announcements and demos regarding the iPhone Applications Store and the many developers that have een working on new programs that will be available for download soon. Games were demo'd along with new apps that tap into "new" location finding features in the iPhone and some other more boring apps showed up too. Boring to non-nerds.
There was also an announcement for a new Apple service called mobileme, which is replacing their .mac service. This new service is sync-crazy! Photos, files, mail, contacts, calenders, etc. are capable of push, or instant, updating, meaning that all your devices will be on the same page; the lappy, the iPhone, and the home computer. As Apple stated, it's "Exchange for the rest of us." All existing .mac users can transition over for free and others will pay the same as .mac, $99.00 a year (if you are getting a computer, consider buying mobileme then cause its cheaper that way). Still boring for most non-nerds I guess.
New iPhone! This time, it is a bit thinner, slightly curvier, almost-Wi-Fi fast, better battery life, GPS. AND, it's cheaper...$199 cheap for the 8GB version - the first 8GB iPhone was $599 and then $399.00! The 16GB model will also come in white and retail for $299.00. The bummer for me...no 32GB capacity, same camera without flash, and no front facing camera for video chatting (it's shown up in the patents so we should see it at some point). The iPhone 3G will be available July 11, throughout 22 countries.
As early as around 1:30 PM yesterday, the first person lined up for Apple, Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' Keynote address that went on today at 10:00 AM.
There were announcements and demos regarding the iPhone Applications Store and the many developers that have een working on new programs that will be available for download soon. Games were demo'd along with new apps that tap into "new" location finding features in the iPhone and some other more boring apps showed up too. Boring to non-nerds.
There was also an announcement for a new Apple service called mobileme, which is replacing their .mac service. This new service is sync-crazy! Photos, files, mail, contacts, calenders, etc. are capable of push, or instant, updating, meaning that all your devices will be on the same page; the lappy, the iPhone, and the home computer. As Apple stated, it's "Exchange for the rest of us." All existing .mac users can transition over for free and others will pay the same as .mac, $99.00 a year (if you are getting a computer, consider buying mobileme then cause its cheaper that way). Still boring for most non-nerds I guess.
New iPhone! This time, it is a bit thinner, slightly curvier, almost-Wi-Fi fast, better battery life, GPS. AND, it's cheaper...$199 cheap for the 8GB version - the first 8GB iPhone was $599 and then $399.00! The 16GB model will also come in white and retail for $299.00. The bummer for me...no 32GB capacity, same camera without flash, and no front facing camera for video chatting (it's shown up in the patents so we should see it at some point). The iPhone 3G will be available July 11, throughout 22 countries.
Labels: .mac, Apple, Apple Store, Fanboys, Gadgets, iPhone, iPhone OX, iPhone SDK, mobileme, OS X, Steve Jobs, TECHNOLOGY
posted by Markus Molinari at
11:57 PM
3 Comments:
cant wait!
Gimme more
I went to the last macworld. Thanks Pierre
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