The entire thing was about the iPhone. First off, Steve Jobs talked about the numbers.
52,000 in attendance at WWDC, 250,000 have downloaded the free iPhone SDK, 25,000 have applied to the beta program, and 4,000 have been admitted.
Mac OS X 10.6 will be named "Snow Leopard" and Bertrand Serlet will be doing a demo after lunch on it.
Next Steve Jobs invited up a bunch of developers from pretty big companies such as: Sega, eBay, Loopt, TypePad, and Pangea Software. Some cool apps include Super Monkey Ball, a game including 100 levels and will cost $9.99. MLB.com, an app with real time video, and detailed scoring; I don't know about pricing on this one. One of my favorite apps is the "Band" app; It includes a virtual piano, drums, 12-bar blues "instrument", and a bass; includes recording capabilities. There were some more apps, but those are the ones that stuck out to me.
I'll skip past just a little bit to get ahead to when it was announced that the iPhone 2.0 software will be available in early July. It will be a free software update for iPhone owners, and it will cost $9.99.
The iPhone App Store will be available in 62 countries. If the app is less than 10MB, it can be downloaded through the "cell" network, otherwise it requires iTunes or WiFi.
After talking about the iPhone apps for over an hour, the subject of interest temporarily shifted to the .Mac service, which is now called "Mobile Me" It's a service which works over the air with Mail, iCal, and Address Book on Mac, and works on Outlook on Windows. iDisk is integrated into me.com as well. .Mac subscribers will automatically be updated to the service. It will cost $99 per year for the service.
After Phil finished his brief demo of the Mobile Me service, Steve took the stage to talk about the iPhone again. He talked about the iPhone having it's first birthday on June 29th.
Now to what everyone cares about: the 3G iPhone. It will have GPS, and obviously 3G networking. It will cost $199 for the 8GB model which will only be available with a black plastic back, and it will cost $299 for the 16GB model which will be available with a choice of a black or white plastic back. The rumors of a (Product) RED iPhone were proven false, for now at least.
That's my report on the WWDC 08 keynote, I was kind of let down. I was hoping for an update on the Mac Mini line or possibly the Mac fusion that there were rumors of.
52,000 in attendance at WWDC, 250,000 have downloaded the free iPhone SDK, 25,000 have applied to the beta program, and 4,000 have been admitted.
Mac OS X 10.6 will be named "Snow Leopard" and Bertrand Serlet will be doing a demo after lunch on it.
Next Steve Jobs invited up a bunch of developers from pretty big companies such as: Sega, eBay, Loopt, TypePad, and Pangea Software. Some cool apps include Super Monkey Ball, a game including 100 levels and will cost $9.99. MLB.com, an app with real time video, and detailed scoring; I don't know about pricing on this one. One of my favorite apps is the "Band" app; It includes a virtual piano, drums, 12-bar blues "instrument", and a bass; includes recording capabilities. There were some more apps, but those are the ones that stuck out to me.
I'll skip past just a little bit to get ahead to when it was announced that the iPhone 2.0 software will be available in early July. It will be a free software update for iPhone owners, and it will cost $9.99.
The iPhone App Store will be available in 62 countries. If the app is less than 10MB, it can be downloaded through the "cell" network, otherwise it requires iTunes or WiFi.
After talking about the iPhone apps for over an hour, the subject of interest temporarily shifted to the .Mac service, which is now called "Mobile Me" It's a service which works over the air with Mail, iCal, and Address Book on Mac, and works on Outlook on Windows. iDisk is integrated into me.com as well. .Mac subscribers will automatically be updated to the service. It will cost $99 per year for the service.
After Phil finished his brief demo of the Mobile Me service, Steve took the stage to talk about the iPhone again. He talked about the iPhone having it's first birthday on June 29th.
Now to what everyone cares about: the 3G iPhone. It will have GPS, and obviously 3G networking. It will cost $199 for the 8GB model which will only be available with a black plastic back, and it will cost $299 for the 16GB model which will be available with a choice of a black or white plastic back. The rumors of a (Product) RED iPhone were proven false, for now at least.
That's my report on the WWDC 08 keynote, I was kind of let down. I was hoping for an update on the Mac Mini line or possibly the Mac fusion that there were rumors of.
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