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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010

June 7, 2010


This is the official discussion thread for the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.


Come hang out with us as we discuss the various product announcements LIVE



WATCH THE KEYNOTE VIDEO HERE



THE ANNOUNCEMENTS


iPAD


* 2 Million iPads Sold To Date in 10 Countries (19 by July)

* 8.5k Native iPad Apps available

* 5 million books downloaded in first 65 days

* New iBooks enhancements include bookmarking page and adding notes

* You can go to a separate page in iBooks to view all the bookmarks and notes you created
* The ability to read and view PDFs to be added


APP STORE


* 225,000 apps currently available

* 95% of the submitted Apps approved in 7 days

* 5 billion downloads from App Store

* Netflix for the iPhone coming this Summer for FREE. Same service currently available on HDTV, Laptop and iPad

* Introducing ZYNGA: Farmville for the iPhone. Synchs with Farmville on Facebook. You can see your friends from Facebook and fertilize their crops. Push Notifications.

* Activision to brig Guitar Hero to the iPhone and iPod Touch with tapping mechanics. Available today $2.99





iPHONE


On Sale June 24th. Preorders start June 15th. Two Colors: Black and White. $199 16GB $299 for 32GB. Dock for iPhone 4 is $29. Up to 6 months AT&T early eligibility for iPhone 4

(current 3GS model now $99 for 8GB)


* iPhone 4

* Stainless steel body glass front

* Very thin design. 9.3mm thick, 24% thinner than 3GS. Thinnest smartphone on the planet

* Front Facing Camera. Camera and LED flash on back

* Top headset, a second microphone as well as sleep/wake button

* Integrated antennas for Bluetooth, WIFI, GPS.
*Scratch resistant front and back

* Retina Display: Increases pixel density to 4x the pixels in the same amount of space. Extremely sharp text quality. 326 pixels per inch. Text as good as a fine printed book.

* iPhone 4 display brighter and sharper than 3GS display

* 326 pixels per inch. 800:1 contrast ration (4x better than 3GS). Better than OLED. All apps will run in retinal display.

* IPS technology for superb color and wide viewing angles. 78% of the pixels on the iPad.

*iPhone4 powered by the A4 chip

* 40% more talk time on 3G from 5 to 7 hours. 6 hours 3G browsing.

* 10 hours Video; 40 hours of Music 300 hours of Standby

* Up to 32GB Storage

* Gyroscope added. 6 axis motion setting. Perfect for Gaming. Pitch, roll & yaw

* New Core Motion APIs

* Proximity Sensor. Ambient Light Sensor

* 5 Megapixel Photo Sensor (up from 3). Backside illuminated sensor. 5X Digital zoom and LED flash. Tap to Focus.

* Records HD video. Full 720p at 30 FPS. Uses Flash as well. Can edit video on phone. One click sharing YouTube, eMail, MMS, etc.

* iMovie for iPhone ($4.99) allows you to record directly into the timeline, pinch to change scale of timeline, add photos to the timeline. You can change transitions with scroll box. You can even add titles and music tracks to the video. Geological information also automatically gets inserted into iMovie project.

* Video Calling (See Face Time iOS4 below)


iOS4


* OS 4 is now iOS4. 100 new user features including multitasking.

* Unified email inbox, message threading and folder creation. Retina display integration

* Google, Yahoo and Bing! search support (Google is default)

* iBooks to be added to iPhone 4 and iPod Touch. Same controls, bookmarking, PDF support and iBookstore. Purchase a book on one device and it downloads to all at no extra charge. Wirelessly synchs your place, bookmarks and notes. Very true to iPad version.

* iAds keep you in your app. WIll not send you out of the browser. Ads go live July 1st

* Face Time Video Calling iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 anywhere there is WiFi. WiFi only in 2010. Easily flip phone on the fly to use front or rear camera in portrait or landscape. No setup required.

* Free upgrade for all devices (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone) on June 21st
 

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Thanks for starting the thread Ron. I know the focus is not supposed to be hardware related, but I'm hoping for a refreshed Mac Pro or iMac. Unfortunately, the Apple Store is still up, so I'm not too hopeful...
 

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Hardware related in that the new iPhone and iPod Touch probably will be announced
 

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I'm live from pan era, strapped in and ready!

In roughly descending order, the sites you want to constantly refresh (or let automatically refresh if available):
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/steve-jobs-live-from-wwdc-2010/
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/wwdc-keynote-steve-jobs-liveblog.ars
http://ihnatko.com/2010/06/07/apple-wwdc-2010-keynote-liveblog/
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/06/07/live-blog-apple-wwdc-2010-keynote-iphone/
http://live.gdgt.com/2010/06/07/live-wwdc-2010-keynote-coverage/
http://www.macrumorslive.com/
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/06/live-blog-apple-wwdc/
http://liveblog.macobserver.com/m
http://technologizer.com/wwdc2010/-
 
The one site you can safely skip today:
http://gizmodo.com/
But if you insist:
http://live.gizmodo.com/
 
No sites will carry the official live video, tho in the past a few folks have snuck out justin.tv and ustream streams.  Apple will post the official stream tonight and the downloadable version tomorrow if they follow recent history.  Your best best is the live blogs listed above.
 

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Bookmarked. Torn between Stevenote and NASA presentations I'm attending. NASA's probably going to win :)
 

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Sam: having 2 mikes means you can get noise cancelling, and it matters a lot for those who do speakerphone, something the iPhone has sucked at. This is kind of an attempt to stab at that more business market.
 

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Neh, he was connecting over WiFi not ATT. It couldn't hold a wifi signal, because too many people there were using it they are saying.
 

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Originally Posted by mattCR

Sam: having 2 mikes means you can get noise cancelling, and it matters a lot for those who do speakerphone, something the iPhone has sucked at. This is kind of an attempt to stab at that more business market.

OK, maybe. The problem I have with the speakerphone use on my 3GS is that it's just not loud enough. They better fix that too.
 

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I see.


Now when is Huddler going to add auto refresh to this site.
 

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