Keynote Recap: MacBook Air, Apple TV Take 2
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
- 10:27 - The MacBook Air displays are Mercury Free
- 10:26 - Available in 2 Weeks
- 10:23 - Cost: $1799 dollars 5 hours battery life
- 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
- 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
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
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China Mobile and China Unicom want the iPhone Exclusive
This is likely to become a bidding war were only one carrier is going to deliver the iPhone to a very large country, and this leaves Steve Jobs at a very good position to decide, what partner can be more profitable. Maybe have a deal with both carriers with such a large market? - MacDailyNews
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Apple: Orange Exclusive Carrier for iPhone in France
Apple and Orange announced their deal to distribute the iPhone in France. The iPhone debut on Thursday, November 29.
“We are excited to partner with Orange and bring iPhone to France in time for the holidays,”
said Steve Jobs
The 8GB model will be sold in France for €399 including V.A.T.
Apple is going to be very busy on the holidays, and there is no doubt very profitable too, with the new Leopard and maybe a lighter version of the MacBook.
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Unlocking the iPhone is like having Sex with a Supermodel
I found a very funny post at RoughlyDrafted Forums that i have to share with you.
lightstab wrote:
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Lock or not to Unlock that´s the Question
The cat and mouse battle officially started and this is Apple posture against iPhone unlocking.
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed. Apple plans to release the next iPhone software update, containing many new features including the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store (www.itunes.com), later this week. Apple strongly discourages users from installing unauthorized unlocking programs on their iPhones. Users who make unauthorized modifications to the software on their iPhone violate their iPhone software license agreement and void their warranty. The permanent inability to use an iPhone due to installing unlocking software is not covered under the iPhone’s warranty.
Don’t worry, its all okay and cool. You just need to stay away from the firmware update. Who needs the WiFi Music Store? Only Apple needs it so he can make money!
Just don’t update your firmware and you are good to go. Or there is another way you can follow, but you need to wait until next week, because the iPhone Dev Team is coding a tool which will be able to recover your nck counter and seczones that enables you to restore your phone to a Factory-like state. That’s pretty uhu?
If you have an unlocked iPhone my advice is to stay away from the firmware update, and wait for a solution, that I will inform here. It may be convenient to subscribe to my feed so you can get updates on the brand that you love and hate.
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O2 Official iPhone Carrier On UK
O2 is the carrier of choice for the iPhone on the United Kingdom. The iPhone will arrive on Novembrer 9.
The price of the 8GB iPhone is going to be £269 ($535 USD) including VAT. Carphone WhareHouse is going to distribute the iPhone in the UK with over 1300 retail stores. Visual Voicemail is going to be enabled too. Unlimited Data with £35, £45, £55 plans. You are going to Activate the iPhone on iTunes just like you do on AT&T.
Guess what?
No 3G yet, only EDGE, but O2 made an arrangement with TheCloud.net to put over 7500 Free WiFi hotspot in the UK for the iPhone. This event only covers the UK and later they are going to announce other carrier arrengements.
The reason the iPhone is not getting 3G Network Compatibility is because this according to Steve Jobs:
“The 3G chipsets are real power hogs. Handset battery life cuts power to 2-3 hours. Our phone has a talk time of 8 hours and that’s really important when you want to use your phone for internet and music. 3G needs to get back up to 5+ hours, something we think well see later next year. … WiFi is way faster than any 3G network. Energy efficient EDGE with better, faster WiFi. That’s why we chose it.”
The iPhone Ads on the United Kingdom are going to be the same as the United States but with a British voiceover. And Instead of Showing the New York Times they are showing The Guardian.
Maybe while Steve Jobs is on Europe is going to announce the T-Mobile deal in Deutschland, right?
Update:Maybe tomorrow they are going to announce the T-Mobile or Vodafone deal on Germany. Then on Thursday the turn its for France, and T-Mobile or Orange are candidates.
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iPhone Reaches One Million Sales
“One million iPhones in 74 days — it took almost two years to achieve this milestone with iPod,” said Steve Jobs
Today Apple announced that it has finally broke the one million iPhone sales barrier.
Steve Jobs also adds:
“We can’t wait to get this revolutionary product into the hands of even more customers this holiday season.”
The sales will significantly increase with the new price on the iPhone, i know that because i got a new iPhone ready to unlock 
I will be recording a video about my experience with the unlocking software stay tuned.
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