Apple WWDC 2009 Keynote Liveblog

Now talking about improvements in Snow Leopard:

3D rendering of icons

AI in page layout structure

Character recognition for multitouch - specifically Chinese characters

Safari 4 is now being shipped for all OS's including Windows

Safari benchmarks for JavaScript outpace three other leading browsers and is 100 percent compatible with standards, included in Snow Leopard (this is a 32 bit benchmark - 64 bit is even faster)

Interesting note: browser plugins are the number one cause for crashes in the OS - Safari now sandboxes plugins so that crashes don't sink OS X

Quicktime is now using hardware acceleration, ColorSync and streams over HTTP - interface is now completely minimalist, all interface components disappear

OS Desktop functionality - improvements in Stacks, Finder; Stacks are scrollable, thumbnails are more interactive (paging through documents, viewing movies)

[Expose is getting a lot of attention, has had improvements, more drag and drop functionality makes workflow much easier]

["Nitro" JavaScript engine demos are extremely fast]

More Safari 4 demos - search history in Cover Flow (keyword searchable), tracking changes in Top Sites (multiple frequently used windows that update when things update on sites)

Quicktime demo - [WOW] now with "Trim" which is instant video editing and one-click video sharing. Demo shows a visual thumbnail timeline that allows a clip to be chosen and uploaded to any video site

Now reviewing 64 bit and Grand Central

Now talking OpenCL [this is the big stuff] - C-based, abstracted, optimized, numerically accurate GPU harnessing

Exchange support in Snow Leopard - built directly into Mail, iCal, Address Book

Live Exchange support demo; mail completely autodiscovered all Exchange info, pulled emails, folders, To Do and Notes - can search all exchange info with Spotlight, can QuickLook all Office documents in preview without having Office installed, can accept invitations and view in iCal. Search Exchange address lists via Address Book, can also schedule meetings into Exchange calendars with drag and drop of a Group in Address Book into iCal.

[All this Exchange support is GIGANTICLY HUGE for Trojan horse strategy into Microsoft IT - every user will want the ease of use that Mac delivers]

Paraphrased: "Ironic that we do not charge for Exchange support in Snow Leopard when you need to buy a product to use it for PCs"

Price of Snow Leopard?

$29!!!!!

$49 for family pack!

iPhone update next!!

1,000,000 SDK downloads, 50,000 apps in App Store, 40,000,000 iPhones and iPod touches, 1,000,000,000 apps downloaded in NINE MONTHS.

Now showing a video of developer testimonials

[Interesting choices of testimonial - game developer, game developer, entertainment/sports developer, healthcare developer]

iPhone OS 3.0

Cut, copy, paste, undo - talked about it before, reviewing it again

Landscape support, all native key apps use landscape keyboard now

MMS - audio, video, locations, all sendable via text message - AT&T is NOT ready to support it [maybe by August or September]

[29 other carriers in 76 countries can support MMS... why does AT&T suck so hard?? DAMN MONOPOLISTS]

Spotlight support, rent and purchase movies, TV, audiobooks, music videos directly to iPhone wirelessly

Parental controls! Support for movies, TV, content, and apps that are rated appropriately

TETHERING - Works on Mac or PC, USB or Bluetooth! [AT&T NOT SUPPORTING, 22 carriers in other countries do!!]

[Go to hell AT&T!!!]

Safari on iPhone is faster, has better autofill for webforms

More support for languages on iPhoneOS 3.0 - 30 languages!

MobileMe service - Find My iPhone! [Good for Sol! Shows you on a map where your phone is] Send it a message, makes it play an alert sound to locate it. Can also send remote wipe command - just plug back into iTunes again and restore from backup

More review - in app purchase, peer to peer connection (Bluetooth wireless), external accessories

iPhoneOS 3.0 developer demos

Gameloft racing car demo, uses iPod interface to play music in game, uses better graphics, peer to peer Bluetooth multiplayer, worldwide network play via WiFi, in app purchase of cars and game packs.

Airstrip healthcare demo, Airstrip critical care - push notification of chosen clinical parameters, live monitor of patients vital signs via iPhone in real time with waveforms [didn't seem to be any 3.0 features, but looks cool]

Scrollmotion demo, (Iceberg reader) using in app purchase, copy and paste, automatically puts in bibliographic information, has made deals with a ton of content providers for books, textbook publishers, magazines, newspapers... [Kindle killer???]

TomTom [???] demo, plans a route using iPhone, turn by turn directions with audio and has an external dock accessory TomTom connector that allows for portrait and landscape turning, microphone and speaker for handsfree calls and music to stereo, charges phone, enhances GPS signal. TomTom car kit!

ngMoco demo, Star Defense game - tower defense 3D game with in app purchase, scores, push to play head to head over WiFi

Pasco demo, science education [Oops, broken demo!]

Zipcar demo, maps embedded for Zipcar locations - make reservation in app, MAKE CAR HORN HONK and UNLOCK from iPhone... no more ZipCard needed!!!

[Another broken demo]

iPhoneOS 3.0 - June 17th - Developer seed available today! [9 DAYS!!]

Here it comes... big iPhone announcement

[10x more apps on iPhone than in Android store]

NEW VERSION iPhone 3GS [no front facing camera?? Is iPod VIDEO A TRULY SEPARATE PRODUCT?]

New 3MP autofocus camera - tap to focus! Improved light sensitivity, auto macro zoom to 10cm

Video capture! Auto focus, white balance, exposure - same "Trim" functionality and editing with one tap

[It's so embarrassing that our country's exclusive phone provider can't send MMS video]

Voice control of iPhone - issue any command by voice, even picking songs or playlists, iPhone will speak back!!

Digital compass in iPhone, includes longitude and latitude, MAP ORIENTATION

[OMG WHEN CAN I BUY THIS PHONE]

iPhone hardware encryption [?? Hm... I wonder if there's a backdoor key in there somewhere. Watch this space to see who hacks this and discovers the secret government mandated hack there...

iPhone 3Gs price?

$199

for 16G, $299 for 32G

iPhone 3G - $99 for 8GB AVAILABLE TODAY AT THIS PRICE

6/19 for iPhone 3Gs!!!

Is there one more thing? Nope... guess all that front-facing camera stuff was faked...

Google Maps??

Holy crap... Google Maps at street view now lets you click on BUILDING SURFACES within the view and it zooms in and reorients the photo image to that resolution and surface?? CRAZY.