Apple WorldWide Developer Conference 2008
Ok guys, here we go !
All times UK GMT, and we’ll be updating as and when something of interest happens.
18:05 - Not much happening, people still getting settled.
18:06 - Lights down, are you sitting comfortably?
18:08 - “We’ve been working real hard on some great stuff that we can’t wait to share with you.” - Steve sounds on form ![]()
18:09 - OS X 10.6 is really called Snow Leopard - Urgh.
18:11 - http://twitlive.tv/ are following a vid from someone called Viru - pretty much useless !
More after the jump—–
18:15 - Covering all the enterprise angles - Where’s my App Store!?
18:15 - Twitter is still up, seems turning everything off worked !
18:17 - Searchable contacts is official - finally !
18:20 - Enterprise stuff, meh.
18:21 - SDK! Demo showing how to create a UI in interface builder.
18:22 - The ability to find contacts within a 10 mile radius, pretty neat.
18:24 - Drag and drop interface building, sounds just like Lego !
18:27 - Demo sounds like it was interesting, Sega about to show off what they’ve been up to.
18:29 - Sega’s Super Monkey Ball sounds like it has come along nicely. Will be available at launch of the App Store for $9.99 !
18:33 - Ebay now taken the stage, showing off their app for spending money on rubbish, one of my favourite pass times !
18:33 - Ebay’s app to be free at launch.
18:35 - Loopd, location aware social networking. Another free app at launch !
18:38 - Typepad - blogging on the move allowing the upload of photos etc. Now we just need WP ! Typepad to be another free app at launch
18:40 - Associated Press, news covering pretty much everything from your iPhone. Includes video too. Another free download.
18:42 - Pangaea Software - games ported from OS X to iPhone. Accelerometer steering took just 10 mins to get working. Two games at under $10 each.
18:46 - Brits are getting in on the act !
18:48 - Band for iPhone, the guys seem to really like that in the hall !
18:49 - Major League Baseball, I think it’s like rounders….to include videos of games.
18:53 - Medical apps, is the market really big enough for stuff like that? Dozens of apps in weeks.
18:57 - Last app coming up, getting close to some hardware news perhaps? No idea what the last app was, couldn’t understand a word the guy said !
19:01 - Background processes a no no, battery life would be affected. Performance of other apps affected also. Push notifications are the answer apparently.
19:04 - SDK over with ! Steve’s back.
19:06 - Support for MS Office and Apple docs.
19:09 - New firmware is free and available early July.
19:10 - Enterprise can authorise iPhones to run specific apps.
19:13 - Mobile Me, fancy that. Push email, contacts and calendar for everyone not using Exchange.
19:17 - Mobile Me works over the air, both Mac and Windows users. All updated automatically.
19:19 - Web 2.0 application to give desktop-like experience.
19:24 - iDisk integrates with Mobile Me.
19:27 - Early July for Mobile Me, replaces .mac and is just shy of $100 a year. 60 day trial.
19:29 - Steve is back talking about iPhone…..
19:30 - 6m iPhones sold.
19:30 - 3G Networks !
19:32 - iPhone 3G, official. Thinner at the edges, all plastic backed. Flush headphone jack.
19:35 - 3G speeds approaching WiFi speeds, much much quicker than EDGE. Test web page: 3G finished in 21 seconds. EDGE finished in 59 seconds.
19:37 - Battery life is better than competitors. 5 to 6 hours of 3G browsing, 24 hours of audio.
19:38 - GPS is indeed built in, rumours were true.
19:45 - 3G iPhone priced at $199 for 8GB, 16GB $299 available in white too.
19:46 - Available July 11th.
Excitement over with, expect this all digested later on the-iBlog !

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Comment from itsallaboutyou
Time: June 9, 2008, 7:33 pm
yeeehaa!