Keynote Recap: MacBook Air, Apple TV Take 2

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Today is a great day for the Mac world. As usual, Steve Jobs has served as master of ceremonies once again and has presented us with new hardware and software products. In order of appearance, this is what we saw:

Time Capsule

A drive embedded in an Airport Extreme, a further twist to the concept of Time Machine in a drive wirelessly. It will have two configurations, one with 500 GB of disk. For $ 299 dollars and another 1 TB. For $ 499 dollars.

IPhone

There comes a new firmware version, 1.1.3 offers improvements such as Maps with location, Webclips, the reorganization of the desktop, sending SMS to more than one person at a time, displaying the lyrics for the songs and receives a new interface to be able to select video chapters in the way iPod. We can see the leaked photos of the 1.1.3 firmware version here

IPod Touch

The sixth generation player also receives a new firmware through which adopts five new applications that come directly from the iPhone: Maps, Mail, Stocks, Notes and Weather. The software update will cost $ 20 for users who want to install.

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MACWORLD2008 THINGS TO KNOW

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    10:30 - This is the end of Steve Jobs Keynote and now Randy Newman is going to perform. Thanks for following the Kenynote on TheDailyMac.com

  • 10:27 - The MacBook Air displays are Mercury Free
  • 10:26 - Available in 2 Weeks
  • 10:23 - Cost: $1799 dollars 5 hours battery life
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  • 10:21 - A little compartment shows the USB2 ports, micro-DVI, audio out, its has 802.11n, Bluetooth. No optic drive. Sold Separetly.
  • 10:20 - Steve is Back…
  • 10:19 - “The processor is as thick as a nickle and as wide as a dime”
  • 10:18 - Paul Otellini Enters, Intel CEO
  • 10:17 - 1.6 GHz Standard, 1.8 GHz Option — Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 10:16 - 1.8 inch hard drive with 80GB or 160GB and 2 GB Memory standard
  • 10:14 - Trackpad multi-touch
  • 10:13 - Backlit keyboard
  • 10:12 - 11 or 12 inch display, LED backlit display, iSight
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  • 10:11 - yes, 0.16 inches
  • 10:10 -this mac is very thin. 0.16 inches. the people is crazy seeing this new laptop
  • 10:08 - Steve Comes Back to Stage. MacBook Air!!!!!!!!!!
  • 09:59 - Streaming from Apple Servers, you can use photos as screensavers.
  • 09:58 - Now some photos are shown from .Mac
  • 09:58 - Steve is streaming an HD movie direct from the Server, i still think you need a very fast conection to achieve this.
  • 09:52 - Steve downloaded an HD movie during the Demo, and started to play inmediately, but i think that you need a real fast connection to do that with Apple TV
  • 09:49 - Continúa el demo, la interfaz es mejorada con respecto a la del AppleTV anterior.
  • 09:47 - HD Movie Rentals cost $4,99, with 100 movies available today.
  • 09:40 - the movies can be Watched everywhere you like, Macs, iPhones, iPods, AppleTV, you have 30 days to watch the movie. $2,99 each movie reantal and $3,99 new releases.
  • 09:37 - iTunes: Movie Rentals, and all major Movie Studies are in on the new Service
  • 09:34 - Forthe iPod Touch 5 new applications, Mail, Stock, Notes, Weather, you will need to buy them.
  • 09:25 - All what gearlive presented on the 1.1.3 Leak is presented on the Keynote
  • 09:24 - We Have new Software!
  • 09:22 - iPhone has 19.5% of the smartphone market on the United States. SDK would be launched on February
  • 09:21 - Now the iPhone: 4 Million Sold, 200 days since launch, Around 20,000 iPhones sold per day
  • 09:21 - Showing a Time Machine Comercial
  • 09:20 - New Product: Time Capsule, an Airport Extreme with a 500GB Hard Drive for 299 dollars, 1TB 399 dollars
  • 09:16 - Lets talk About 4 things today: Leopard, 5 millon copies sold. 20 of the macs have Leopard installed
  • 09:15 - “there is clearly something in the air today” its was an great year for Apple, New iMacs, iPods, iPhone, Leopard…
  • 09:14 - Steve Jobs enter the stage

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MACWORLD2008 it’s LIVE!

I will be reporting the most relevant news. Finally Steve is going to spread the word, and now we have facts andd not just rumors and all that stuff. Lets see how things develop and stay tuned, i am LIVE and would be posting every 10 minutes.

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iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware Sighted

Here are some photos of the recent iPhone 1.1.3 firmware sighting that GearLive came out with. Are they Fake? or Real?

The Apple Community from sites like Digg and Hackint0sh began to speculate regarding weather this photos are real or not. Lets remember that a lot of people are crossing their fingers too. The release of the new 1.1.3 firmware would be the first step for a software unlock for Out of the Box 1.1.2 iPhones.

They are new features that maybe the real thing or some kind of wishes by the guys that created the photoshop work. We have seen many of those, so lets take the news with caution.

1.1.3 Features:

  • Send an SMS message to multiple people
  • Google Maps application can now pinpoint your location using cell tower triangulation
  • Google Maps can now display the Hybrid map view
  • You can now drag and drop application icons on your home screen
  • You can now add web bookmarks to your home screen

The photos seems legit, and all but we have to wonder and question, how did he got the new firmware? Maybe Apple is going to request that i get this pictures off :razz: :twisted:

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Guided iPhone Unlocking?

How much are you willing to spend to be guided on the unlocking process? There is so many information out there for free, but its disorganized and you need to go through multiple blog and forum posts.

Then, when you have all the information necessary you need to get all the unlocking tools that the community have provided. Its a Daunting task for Non Tech People, and they may have fear of bricking their iPhone.

I was wondering how much are you willing to spend for this kind of service?

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TouchScreen iMac

How would life be with a Multitouch Computer? It’s becoming a reality that Touch interface is the way to go to interact with your computer with a more natural and intuitive way. There are Multiple requests of a MultiTouch Computer but i think we are not ready yet.

The iPhone is just an introducction so that we get used to it and practice while the Computers with this MultiTouch Capability Arrives.

Here is an example of a real life multitouch display, would you like to have one?

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iPhone Sales Limit Restored

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Back in October Apple took some measures and started to limit iPhones Sales they allowed to buy two iPhones per customer, and you had to have a credit card to buy to be traceable :razz:

This measures were taken because of the 200,000 + iPhones that where unlocked globally. But now that the holidays arrived Apple Restored their Limit to 5 iPhone per customer.

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Hot German Chick Smashing an iPhone


Germans, now have time to play with their iPhones, with contract or without, but some people like to play rude and this video is an example.

This is not a nice welcome to the iPhone on Deutsch soil.

I think they have “buzz” overload across the pond with everybody talking about the iPhone. Some iPhone naysayers may enjoy this video, and others too.. lets watch.

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