MacDailyNews’ coverage of Apple’s Macworld Expo San Francisco keynote presentation by Steve Jobs:
• End of keynote.
• Mayer plays another song…
* Mayer finishes song – thanks Jobs.
• Intros John Mayer who plays live…
• Jobs thanks Apple employees and their families for their support
• Standing ovation
• Jobs quotes Wayne Gretzky, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it’s been.”
• It’s Apple, Inc. from now on.
• Changing company name! Apple Computer, Inc. is no more
• Apple shooting for 1% share of market = 10 millions phones by 2008 “and we’ll go from there.”
• Sigman exits stage
• Not an Apple MVNO – “multi-year exclusive partnership” with Cingular.
• Stan Sigman, CEO of Cingular, onstage… blah, blah, blah, and blah…
• Apple shares up 8% to $92.42
• Available to buy at Apple or Cingular stores
• Cingular exclusive in U.S.
• Europe by Q4 2007, Asia in 2008
• Ships in June – Jobs: “FCC approval takes 2 months.”
• 4GB iPhone – $499, 8GB – $599
• Palm shares shed 2.6%
• Jobs: “We have filed over 200 patents for all the inventions in iPhone and we intend to protect them.”
• 5 hours battery life, 16 hours for audio…
• Showing iPhone accessories….
• All of the other smartphones don’t look so “smart” now, do they?
• Research In Motion (RIM) shares plummet 6.5%…
• Steve listening to music, Phil calls, music fades out, Phil asks for photo, Steve finds it and emails it to him while talking. Hangs up – music fades back up and resumes playing.
• More iPhone demos with Schiller…
• Jerry Yang – Yahoo! – onstage: wants an Apple iPhone
• Google CEO and Apple board member Eric Schmidt takes stage: “If we merge the companies we can call it Applegoo, but you can actually merge without merging.” Working well together…
• Jobs’ best keynote in many years – audience is mesmerized and amazed…
• AAPL up $4.21, or +4.93%, to $89.68…
• Location aware – with Google Maps, Jobs finds Starbucks nearby and taps to call – orders 4000 lattes – “oops, wrong number” and hangs up – (laughter)
• View multiple webpages – cool effects – Exposé- and CoverFlow-like
• Wow. Just wow. How are they going to make enough to these?
• Zooming on webpages via touch
• Mail on iPhone looks just like Apple Mail – full or split-screen
• Push IMAP email – like Blackberry
• Connects to any POP3 or IMAP email
• Free Yahoo IMAP (and POP) email for all iPhone customers
• Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
• Safarti web browser
• Dashboard Widgets
• Google Maps – directions, satellite images…
• Photos – portrait and landscape – turn the device and it displays the image correctly – zoom in and out with a touch
• SMS messaging – QWERTY keyboard on touch screen
• Conference calls… Speakerphone mode…
• Demoing working iPhone… “first public iPhone call” to Jon Ive
• Touch your music
• Visual voicemail
• Quad band GMS+Edge, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• UI looks amazing
• Apple has reinvented the phone
• Bulit-in speaker
• Video looks high quality – WOW!
• Apple iPhone features two-megapixel camera
• Proximity sensor automatically shuts off screen when you bring it up to your ear
• Ambiant light sensor saves power
• Accelerometer – knows if it’s in landscape or portrait position
• iPod dock connector – headphone jack – device dimensions: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches
• Works like magic – no stylus – Multi-Touch – multi-finger gestures
• Fully syncs with iTunes
• Runs desktop class apps – not crippled apps – and full networking
• iPhone runs on Mac OS X – five years ahead of everything…
• Apple shares up 3.5% to $88.48
• Multi-Touch’ technology
• Revolutionary user interface – patented – years in development
• Called “iPhone” – it’s an iPod + mobile phone + internet communicator all in one device
• Internet communicator…
• New revolutionary mobile phone
• Widescreen iPod with touch controls
• introducing 3 revolutionary new products today…
• Next up… Jobs: “This is a day I’ve been looking forward to for two and a half years.”
• $299 – ships next month (Feb.) – taking orders starting today
• You can use the Apple TV’s hard drive or stream them from the computer
• More content demos – TV shows – photos – music…
• RDF in full force…
• Demos movies playing – shows CoverFlow-like menuing
• Shows perfect live streaming movie trailers from Apple.com
• Apple TV works with Apple Remote. Autosynce from one computer.
• “iTV” now named “Apple TV”
• Stream content from up to 5 computers – Intel inside (duh)
• 802.1b,g,n – 720p – 40GB hard drive inside – stores 50 hours of video
• Same form factor – wirelssly transmit audio/video to your TV
• Let’s talk about iTV
• Shows new iPod ad…
• Talks about Zune’s low market share – shows Zune logo going up in flames
• Over 250 movies on iTunes Store now…
• Jobs: iTunes sales NOT slowing – sales are up
• iTunes Store – over 2 billion songs sold – 5m songs per day – 4th largest US music seller – just passed Amazon, Target (#3) is next
• Jobs: “So, 2007 is going to be a great year for the Mac, but this is all we’re going to talk about the Mac today. We’re going to move on to some other things and, over the course of the next several months, we’re roll out some awesome stuff for the Mac. But, for today, we’re gonna move on.” [UPDATED for accuracy after reviewing keynote video.]
• Shows Windows Vista “ad” spoof with Hodgmen – major surgery to upgrade.
• Retails stores – over 50% new to Mac
• Jobs thanks developers…
• Talks about Intel transistion over last year
• Steve Jobs appears onstage
• Announcement: Welcome to Macworld 2007 keynote…
Anticipation…Need heart medication..
Thanks MDN for providing the alternative live sites as well. Everyone’s live site has had technical problems in the past, it’s good to have alternatives.
I can’t get through.
too much pre-coverage traffic.
I feel like a six year old on Xmas eve. (not literally!!)
Is there going to be a live video stream somewhere?
I can’t wait….
There hasn’t been a video stream for years now, where you been, anaknipedro?
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Wish Cupertino was on the east coast so that this coverage is 1 hour early in the Central Time Zone and 3 hours for the Pacific Time Zone.
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I’m just wondering where the shots of fake new products in lifts are this year. It’s just not the same without them.
I’ve got the page open now. I hope MDN doesn’t clear all connections before beginning. If not, I’m connected and ready to receive!
It will be 5pm tomorrow evening here in Ireland…
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How am I supposed to concentrate on my work the whole day?
Here’s some coverage in German and French:
macnews.de, mactechnews.de and macbidouille.com
Can’t wait to see what the extra 30 minutes are for…
Remember the good old days when ZDTV carried the whole thing on their cable channel…. do they still even exist anymore????
@ Willie G
Can’t blame me. I bought my first Mac in September.
Thanks MDN.
Peace.
I wish that Macworld and WWDC were free iTunes downloads. anybody with me on that? Also, I’m sure most of you know that Apple.com has the Keynote
I love the idea of the events being made available on iTunes. HUGE advertising benefits.
And just think about all the teenagers we could draw to this site. Oh, wait…
There IS gonna be a live video feed this year. Check it out:
[url=http://www.worldofapplelive.com/]http://www.worldofapplelive.com/[/url]
I’ve never been able to access this site during ANY major Mac event for the last few years.
I see they upgraded their servers since last year, so maybe there will be a first time? ;o)
I’ve been locked out every time. That’s OK, glad to see so much traffic.
I’m just gonna go take a sleeping pill.
This is WAY better than Xmas eve. I think I’ll raid my 401k tomorrow. >.<
Ed Zander of Motorola says about mobile communication, said Zander, “is coming down to cool experiences and simple things.” Do you think Steve has been taking to Ed again?
Don’t be surprise when you’re all disappointed.
“One More Thing:” There is no iPhone. BAHAHAHAH
guys…
it it`s 9.am PST
at what time will i be able to see it in INDIA?
pls help 🙁
Hold you horses, Jobs is going to announce a return to the G4 and G5, because they are sooo much faster than Intel’s offerings, and he got a slide to prove it…
Hold you horses, Jobs is going to announce a return to the G4 and G5, because they are sooo much faster than Intel’s offerings, and he got a slide to prove it…
Hold you horses, Jobs is going to announce a return to the G4 and G5, because they are sooo much faster than Intel’s offerings, and he got a slide to prove it…
Yogeshimac
Chennai, Kolkutta + 5:30 GMT so 10:30pm (I think).
thanks warney..
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OMG 10.30 pm…i have to wait a long time it seems..GREAT
here its 8.45 am january 9 ..boo hoo
OMG, if you guys want to see a snorefest where Billy Gates stumbles through the last 10 mins just watch this. http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0701/29031/CES.asx
For another take on the above mentioned snorefest http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/technology_internetcritic/2007/01/bill_gates_at_c.html
Jobs Almighty, why do they insist on letting Gates give these talks? There is no doubt the man is a shrewd business man but he’s also a world class putz.
Mac4life, favorite blurb from the column: “Gates offered slim pickings there: IPTV, TV via the Internet, for the Xbox 360 gaming system and a high-capacity computer, using Windows Home Server software, that will bring corporate interconnection to home computing networks. In the Microsoft tradition of product announcements minus the products, both are coming out later this year.”
Leopard out in the wild!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6240569.stm
I’ll be somewhere in the audience…they’ve moved the Keynote from the usual Esplanade Ballroom to Moscone West (across 4th Street from the main Moscone complex) so they can accomodate more people without having to use the remote viewing rooms they did last year (those were set up in North Hall, and North is being used for exhibits again — it’s like we’re back in the Golden Age of Mac).
Looking forward to coming home and reading all the takes…
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Thanks for the continued coverage MDN.
guys don’t you feel sleepy its 1 am for gods sake
Wow, what a piece of crap CES Keynote. Literally, piece of crap.
Windows dude: “Look, I can use a Xbox controller with my PC to view virtual maps” “Cool, ain’ it?”
Windows dude: “Look, I can have real video as my desktop wallpaper” “Cool, ain’t it?”
Windows dudette: “Look, I can play “UNO” (her favorite game, btw) with another gamer on my Xbox” “Cool”
Windows dude:” We’re No. 2 in mp3 players!” “Gonna sell 1 million, too” “Cool”.
Bill Gates” “Now, you partners, go forward and innovate so that we can incorporate it into our products and claim it as ours or maybe we’ll just buy you out.” “Thanks…..SUCKERS!” Enjoy the CES. Good night.”
From the blog…
“Instead, the crowd got the head of the sponsoring Consumer Electronics Association lauding Gates’ charitable work and showing a retrospective of all the wacky, “humanizing” things he’s done at past CES shows: dressing up, and dancing, as Austin Powers, for example.
Gates’ lack of news or sagacity was doubly troubling for the elaborate protocol required to get in, including making people sit in the auditorium 90 minutes ahead of the speech – without so much as wireless connectivity so they could make use of the time. “
MS and Bill Gates have no taste. No taste or class. I sometimes wonder who are the true cultists. Apple fans or Windows fans. At least Apple delivers on its vision, MS and Bill Gates instead exhort you to drink the kool-aid inorder to distract you from your impending tech nightmare.
hey guys when it going to show here down under? melbourne… Thanks guys
Paul
Paul, Google is your friend… Try “World Clock”…
It starts at 9am (Tues) in SFO, so that would be 6am (Wed) here in NZ, so probably a couple of hours earlier than that in MEL… 4am on Wed in Melbourne.
Thanks so much, l`ll look for it..
Paul
i`m waiting……3 MORE HOURS….
come on baby….
If there is a phone, it should be called Clarus.
MOOF ! ! !
Big news is Steve retiring or “leave of abscence” as they call it…the one more, one more thing.
First the one more thing to get people buzzing, then the one more thing of him retiring.
2nd big news is lack of any really new products (lots of updates) – as in where´s the iPhone that has been rumored for years? It could be the “first” one more thing – just a prototype to be okayed by the FCC, but not ready for 3-6 months.
3rd big news is Apple stock drops like a rock on the Steve news….no matter how much he says how much is in the pipeline.
please…so many pessimists in this crowd. It’s going to be a good day.
Good morning fellow Apple enthusiasts! Man what a day! The sun’s shining, birds are singing…there’s something special in the air, and I’m not talking about the after effects from my dinner last night. I’m so excited, thank Jobs I’ve got a busy morning to help the time go by.
Have a great day everyone!
OBill: You forgot to add, “Patience, young padwans!”
I am stunned at the number of posts on here this AM (EST). WTF. Get back to work you slackers (joking for those who haven’t had their morning coffee yet).
Can;t wait!
And of course the stock will drop…it always drops right after. Then it bounces right back once all the short sellers make their cash.
Patience, schmatience – bring on the circus! 😀
Hmmm, it seems the force is not with my emoticons this morning.
Let’s try that again…focus…focus…and…
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Forget the new Apple products. I’m just excited that Adobe might show a preview of the new Premiere.
MDN,
Thanks for listing other sites that also offer live coverage – you guys are a class act!
hehe…that didnt take long for mdn to remove my posts re; popunder ads
pith helmut works great… blocks every ad including popunders
Here’s another site option: http://www.macrumorslive.com/
errrrr…..OBill-Wan Kenobi
It seems that there is insufficient Midochlorians in your blood to support either your writing or emoticons but not both. I think you meant the french word Voila and not Viola, the violin-type instrument
peace….
Did anybody make sure that Mr. Jobs got his wake up call?????
Slow start this morning. Hope Steve’s Mac didn’t crash – he was probably running something in Parallels and got a BSOD
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38 minutes to go…
(anyone else counting???)
It can’t get here fast enough. Waiting on this keynote is like watching paint dry.
Apple Store is Down.. Were getting close
The store is now down.
Get ready.
Confirmed. The Store is Down. Repeat. The Store is Down.
Beat me to the punch. But I’ll reiterate, THE APPLE STORE IS DOWN.
“Apple Store is Down”
Yeah baby!!! Here we go!!
Is the store still working?
Are there any medics here? I think I need one, the wait is KILLING ME!!! Spanish store also down.
Predictions:
1. ipod/ ipod phone
2. New displays
3. iLife 07
4. ITV has simply gaming capabilities
5. Movie Deal with various studios
6. Introduction of more Games for ipod and itv
7. USB wireless print server using new protocol (apple way)
8. update to itunes (again)
9. apples own external storage device ( to go with iTV )
10. New addition to the Notebook family.
What? The sore is down? Down where? The swelling?
Oh, the STORE….
I just lost my MDN live feed on the reload.
Predictions:
Me…drooling…a lot.
PREDICTIONS:
1. iPod Phone.
2. Xserve Home.
3. iPod video.
4. Airort xpress 802.11n
5. New Displays with iSight and HDMI
6. 10.5 price and release date.
7. iWork with new funtions (EXCEL ETC)
8. iTV shipping
9.Macpro with Blueray
10. 12″ MacBook Pro
Hey Buster, keep your filthy French sayings to yourself. Never let it be said that my dry whit was any match for Busters spelling and grammar skills.
10 minutes to go and I’m already getting the page won’t reload error message from MDN. Wow… lotsa new macheads in the world today.
I’m saving my predictions for later…
Please make sure your seat belts are fastened and your seat back trays are in the upright position.
We are go for launch.
And HEY, don’t be jerk-offs and refresh the feed page!!! Let the server do its thing so we don’t crash it!!!
“Bill Gates explains Apple’s ‘huge disadvantage'”
There’s a steaming casserole of crow pie coming out of the oven.
MW: FEED ! ! !
Is anyone live blogging the Michael Dell talk?
MW=myself, as in “I want to torture myself by listening to Michael Dell.”
“We are go for launch”
sounds like you won’t be “un” squirted for long!
“sounds like you won’t be “un” squirted for long!
Ewwwww. (grabs Saran Wrap)
A riddle for waiting
Man is but a clown?
Perhaps at times
Although not always
Ready
?
More Keynote Coverage:
Also,
MacNN http://events.macnn.com/
MacRumors http://www.macrumorslive.com/
CNBC said they will do some live segments from the Keynote.
Oh, I see MacNut222 already posted the MacRumors link, above. Still the MacNN is a new addition. I think.
STEVE JOBS is taking a leave of absence….
HIS FAMILY IS IN ATTENDANCE, which means one thing..he is going to annouce his departure..
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
My browser is not refreshing the page correctly. I am using Firefox on CentOS….Oh no……
All of the butt-munching trolls that predicted that Steve wouldn’t make the keynote should either slither off now or pay up and then slither off.
Thanks Mac Genius!
Apple debuts iTv as “Apple TV” [9:26 a] << Finally here!
“…only talking Mac today”? Don’t liek the sound of THAT. No phone?
must be a Macphone…
“…must be a Macphone” I like that.
Apple TV – $299 – not a bad price.
Sounds like Apple TV is…not that interesting.
So much internet coverage…and not one TV station carrying this. How insane!
CNBC just said Jobs ia announcing the iPhone
really?
yes
ZUNE IS SO IN TROUBLE….the iPod widescreen just killed it!! again….
bjh: Seems like there’s a reason your first two initials are “bj”… go away.
Wow. The iPhone sounds awesome !
All three in one. It’s my all my dreams come true.
I don’t like the fact that apparently Jobs’ family is also in attendance.
That seems to indicate something major… like he is going to step down or away from Apple (health or legal issues) 🙁
iPhone….wow…OS X on the phone
Now PLEASE let it be unlocked
Holy Flirking Schmitt!
Jobs: only talking Mac today…
I thought: Damn. So much for the built up rumors.
Then His Steveness started talking about iTunes, AppleTV, and I was like “whatever happened to only talking Mac??” Perhaps there is hope for the new widescren iPod.
…Reloaded…
*WHAM!!* Widescreen iPod with touch controls
Holy crap! The iPhone sounds awesome!
The Halo effect of the iPhone is going to kill Windows!
Double Wham!! on the iPhone. Guess I was wrong about Apple not sharing the iPhone trademark.
Apple shares will go through $100 on this news…
Just watch.
What’s the battery life?
I wish I could see pictures! Anybody have any details on ‘Multi-Touch’ technology? Is is contextual based on the way that you touch it (similar to the trackpad scrolling when you use two fingers?).
They should make it Mac only, initially!!!!
“Accelerometer – knows if it’s in landscape or portrait position”
What if you lay it flat on a table? What if you lay it flat on a table (or a lazy susan) and then spin it? Those are things that I would have to try just to see how it reacts…
This is great — I was supposed to be at the keynote but I woke up ill. 🙁
Major thanks to MDN for keeping us informed.
Looks so far like the doomsayers are going to be feasting on crow tonight…
CNN only reporting AppleTV.. no phone.. what up?
Doesn’t Cisco make iPhones….
Oh boy the lawyers are gonna do some hand to hand combat.
I hope Apple wins.
Too bad he already talked about iTunes. The fact he played a Beatles tune on the iPhone could have been a taste of something music-related to come. Unless…
And
Gates must be crawling under a desk somewhere, Ballmer tossing furniture left, right and centre and Allchin anxiously waiting to buy his Mac when the Apple Store opens up
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someone post a pic I’m going nuts here
i dont like this iphoto bs. wtf needs to be reinvented about phoning?!?! if it will feature a fold down menu of things to say (it would know what we are talking about through voice recognition software of OS 9). LAME I THINK.what was the last time something revolutionary came with two megapixel camera. NEVER. built in spekaer, woohoo.
When Apple actually made COMPUTERS?
Let’s have a new Mac announcement, Steve, what the hell? Who gives a flip about the friggin’ phone and iPod, I use computers for work! not play!
price? I’m guessing $599…$499 if we’re lucky
“only talking about Mac” probably meant he’s not going to talk about Windows screw-ups…after all, he’s only got two hours, not the whole day…
Spouse is going to want to head up soon so we can hit the exhibits…but dang I can’t tear myself away from here…
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can somebody explain to me what is “visual voicemail”, what there is to it beyond beyond being a paradox
FYI,
Mac Rumors has a live feed WITH PHOTOS! iPhone looks AWESOME!
correction.. iphone now on CNN too.. WOO HOOO
iPhone is basically the Newton II with a phone attached. Nice.
http://www.macrumorslive.com/ has Live Photos. < <Sweetness.
Shopping list:
* iPod widescreen
* iPhone
Come on Steve, let me add a 12inch MBP to the list…
Once the RDF dissipates, what’s the real difference from the dozens of GSM, MP3 and GPS enabled PocketPC’s out there? I’m “Pocket MacOS” is nicer than “Windows Mobile” or whatever it’s called – but will the Apple price premium be justified?
Samsung/Nokia/Sony Ericsson all pooping themselves
here comes the price….
oh, and you’ll need an unlimited data plan…
Cingular loves this, I bet.
See photos at:
http://www.macrumorslive.com/
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but GMS/EDGE means that the iPhone will NOT work on Verizon Wireless.
Right?
My fingers might be too fat to use a qwerty without a stylus
peaPod — thanks for the link…those photos are SHWEET!!!!!
Spouse is going to kill me when I tell him all the crap I’m buying…
Speaking of doomsayers:
From: Don’t pass the koolaid
Jan 08, 07 – 05:17 pm
Ok, I’m so sure he won’t announce an iphone that I will stop posting here if he does!
Time to put up and shut up.
Anakni — expect plenty of help from 3rd party manufacturers; someone’s going to come out with a stylus, possibly even as part of a case/stylus combo…stylus might also be good for folks with hand disabilities…
Yahoo??
Why not free POP through gmail?
imap can be pushed….don’t know about POP…this thing is for BUSINESS…sneaky!
Agree, anakni — already have a Gmail account, maybe something’s in the works…
But might get a Yahoo account as a backup for when I’m traveling…
“Yahoo??
Why not free POP through gmail?”
It supports any POP/IMAP, its saying it supports push IMAP through Yahoo
Gmail only offers POP, not IMAP
gonna cost a mint…he’s taking WAY too much time selling it twice
Apple stock currently up $2.43 !!!
This is great — so much for leaving before 11am…we’ll make it to Moscone by 1 at least…
Links into google maps!!! Can tell where u are??!
Remember…..: Let’s have a new Mac announcement, Steve, what the hell? Who gives a flip about the friggin’ phone and iPod, I use computers for work! not play!
iPhone is a Mac. Read the live feed: iPhone runs on Mac OS X – five years ahead of everything… It’s a palmtop computer mainly for playing media and communication, but it also runs Safari and Dashboard.
justme2: Shopping list:
* iPod widescreen
* iPhone
You are in luck, they both are the same device. You save money.
“Wow. Just wow. How are they going to make enough?”
My question too — maybe I’d better ditch the spouse and head for the nearest Apple Store (right up the street on Stockton, awesome)…
MacRumors refreshing a lot faster — they must have faster typists (lol)…
Collaboration with Google…that sounds great…
“wimax is coming” Yeah. I know it’s coming, but WHEN?
All right, all right, I want the freakin’ phone…but there’s only 20 minutes left, where’s my 12in MBP????
This is a great link about he new Apple iphone, with pics from the conference.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/
I think Bill Gates pooped his pants at about 10:20
Yahoo’s Jerry Yang begging Steve for iPhone. << Ha, Ha, Ha.
Jobs’ demo of the “pinch” & “pull” manipulation of objects mirrors the live interaction research demo of last year (much larger screen with objects being moved around and altered all by touch… also running OSX by the looks of the dock at screen top)
http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/
Yeah yeah, enough iPhone. I want some other goodies too, thank you.
• Research In Motion (RIM) shares plummet 6.5%…
OUch!
The iPhone is even more amazing than I thought. About the only thing I got wrong was that it is actually going to be called the “iPhone.” I was sure Apple would leave “phone” out of its name to emphasize that it’s much more than a phone. It should be called “Macpod.”
So, how much…?
10:47 am available: shipping in June
10:47 am 8GB model – $599
10:47 am 4GB model – $499
About what people thought
Appl is now selling at over $90!!
Rats…not available till June, but at least that’s before my August trip to Chicago…
Price point reasonable considering what you’re getting…
OK, 4GB and 8GB, so this is not the replacement for the “full-size” iPod. So there must be another product announcement…
scroll up…I called those prices…
First mistake…this costs as much as a Mac Mini. Great phone, but you gotta wonder if it is great enough.
I guess I’m looking for a Wii instead.
second mistake….nothing ’til June…they should have come out in October and said there will be no announcement in January
third mistake….Cingular…unless they are selling them unlocked at the Apple Store
watch the stock tank
I guess there will be a new regular iPod 100gb?!!? widescreen, touchscreen
Keep in mind that Cingular will subsidize those prices for people who sign up for 1 or 2 year contracts. Ever try to buy one of those $50 RAZR phones when you are already on contract? They’ll charge you the full $300 or more. Apple priced the iPhone to match the other smart phones on the market, so expect out the door costs to be about $200-$300.
Apple Inc?
They changed the company name!?
Boo!!!
Those prices include 2 year contract!
So that’s it? Apple TV and iPhone?
Duh.
Expect sometime later this year other cellphone companies to be begging to get on the bandwagon…and you can’t stick a Mac Mini in your pocket and make a phone call.
Also I’d expect Cingular to make it very attractive for folks to acquire one of these, with lots of extras included…
Looks like big news is name change, not departure of Steve — nothing to see here folks, move along…
And no 12inch MBP, at least not yet — there may be some grumbling that the keynote was all consumer stuff, nothing for the techheads…
This is the most disappointing macexpo ever..
John Mayer??
Where the heck is Paul McCartney!
“most disappointing MacExpo ever?” sheesh! there’s no pleasing some people! iPhone speculation has run rampant for a couple of years – and when it’s finally debuted (way cooler than anyone predicted), the reaction is… “meh.”
Not over yet
RIM and Palm Inc. Stocks are plummeting.
@Jony Ives
How do you figure. I bet women can never please you either.
It seems to me that the keynote is not quite over, yet…
There’s time for “one more thing…”
Hey it’s called Macexpo….not phone expo…not TV expo. not yahoo expo…not google expo….not cingular expo
So yeah I am dissapointed. No new Macs announced at MACEXPO.
AAPL up 6.5%
Is now, no new ipod?
And then they shoot themselves in the foot.
1. This is not revolutionizing the mobile phone market…it does not change the cell phone paradigm…it is EXTREMELY cool, but a 2 year contract for the privilege of these prices…
2. Not many people are going to shell out $600 for anything they find at Cingular. It may actually be worth that, but charge that money for an unlocked phone and let us choose the GSM network.
3. Cingular is truly awful and that experience will slime up the iPhone. Can you see the support at your local Cingular store?
4. Something not mentioned is that all that data costs money…if this qualifies as a Smartphone, then it is a reasonable $20 for unlimited data. If it is considered a PDA, then you are talking $45. If it is a tethered device (a computer), then unlimited data is $60. This is ON TOP of your voice plan.
5. And finally…six month vaporware.
I’m afraid this thing is the next Cube…brilliant design and features but won’t sell to the general public.
This phone is a Mac. It’s really thin, portable, and runs OS X. It’s the thin Macbook everyone was talking about.
Thats the end of MacConsumerExpo
What the heck are you talking about Ray? They just announced a Mac that fits in your friggin pocket! What more do you want?
Let’s face it, as great as the iPhone looks, in the real world, it will never be THE smartphone unless it features some sort of integration (or at least basic compatibilty with) Microsoft (ugh) Office. You need to be able to open and edit Excel and Word…of course, Keynote compatibilty would be cool…whatever happened to iWork 07? or iLife? or Leopard???
I don’t even care about a phone, and I had tears in my eyes–tears, I tell you, looking at those photos. Maybe I won’t get one “soon”–partly because I recognize that I’m too plugged in already with my laptop. Or is there such a thing? But I know I will eventually. Really, the most exciting thing for me was just the (typical Apple) combination of audacity, elegance and innovation in that iPhone interface. And the brilliance of bringing Google, Yahoo and Cingular onstage and on board. So much for Microsoft saying just today that Apple “doesn’t partner well.” I’m just a girl geek, but yeah, I’m impressed. And the name change makes sense. “Computer” is SO 90’s . . . . Well done, Apple!
MDN word: good. And it is all . . .
Hmmm…could Steve be holding back on new computers until Leopard ships? Maybe that’s when we’ll see a 12in MBP and some of the other rumored stuff…
And I’m not ready to rate this as a “disappointing” Expo — I’ll wait and see what some of the featured products on the floor are…
Nothing new on apple site?
and nothing else…DOH!
I want my Nintendo Wii
Cool phone. I’ll buy an unlocked one from Europe next year. Apple TV, so what!
What about Macs? How about iLife 07, iWork 07, OSX 10.5?
This should have been one of those one more thing announcements latter this month. The keynote should be about Macs.
no
iweb 07
leopard?
oh shit..no nothing on computers!!!
@ Ray,
Sorry you didn’t get the memo, it’s no longer Apple Computer, Inc. It’s now Apple Inc. Besides, This Apple Phone is more loaded than the early G3’s
iPhone is on Apple’s site now.
NEW SITE
There IS no one more thing.
The reaction from me is “meh”, because I wanted to see something great and new Mac-wise. The iPhone is great and all, a fantastic device indeed, but personally I wasn’t looking forward to that. Now everything we got was iPhone and Apple TV. And the Paramount partnership.
No new Macs, not even updates? No Leopard? No new iPod?
Maybe this (the omission of Mac and OS X news) was a deliberate move from Steve, to put the emphasize on “Apple Inc., the makers of all kinds of multimedia devices” instead of “Apple Computer, the makers of, well, computers”.
So when are we going to hear all the folks who predicted Jobs’ leaving issuing their corrections? I’m waiting… (crickets chirping)
hey! where’s my 8-core MacPro?
I’m ready to buy it!
Caruso, it’s also WiFI device… so what does the data cost while on a wireless network? What a bunch of sad sacks…I, for one, am so stoked I can’t see straight. I’ll gladly shell out $600 bucks for a Mac that fits in my pocket!
It’s going to take a while before I can get an iPhone – long enough to see a number of carriers scramble to get on the bandwagon. Phonemakers will be scrambling too … ’07/’08’s going to see interesting developments.
For people expecting more from this Macworld Expo, has there ever been an expo where Steve announced many revolutionary products at once? Apple always releases “insignificant” upgrades and updates before and/or after the expo and reserves the expo for the biggest announcements to get the most bang for the buck. It simply makes no sense to release a bunch of other products ATM since the hype for (Apple)tv and iPhone will drown the news. It makes a lot more sense to release newer (non-iPhone) iPods and Macs later to give them more visibility because Apple always relies on the initial impacts of such announcements.
Personally, I think Apple would have an Apple event before the month ends.
Apple did say that 2007 was going to be exciting. And we’re only 9 days in, so maybe a special event will happen every month? That would keep people excited all year long. I’m excited to see what else will come out, including Leopard, new mac’s, etc.
“So when are we going to hear all the folks who predicted Jobs’ leaving issuing their corrections? I’m waiting… (crickets chirping)”
Leaving, dying, arrested . . . blah, blah, blah.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for admissions of stupidity. Cowards have no honor. Obviously, Fraud (the troll)really was one.
Speaking of crickets, did anyone record Michael Dell’s earthshattering speech?
Ah… I made 7 bucks a share today for sitting on my ass. =)
Thank you, Steve. Nicely done. ^_^
-c
MMW: ‘human’ (interface, done right)
I see you corrected your error of the thickness (whilst removing my post entirely)…
For those people who don’t live in the metrically challenged US, the dimensions are 115 x 61 x 11.6mm
weenies
What a great day!
And the best part?
Much more to come . . .
(And I hear another fast, sleek cat coming up fast.)
What an incredibly great time to be a Mac user.
And what a great time to be long on AAPL.
Okay, so I had a lot to do at work today, so I couldn’t spend the usual 80% of my time watching MDN and the keynote. I’ve been mostly out of touch since the keynote ended, but I have it cued up right now, a beer in hand, and I’m ready for the show.
Tell me, did all our trolls disappear?
Oh ZT, where art thou?
Don’t Drink… You thirsty yet?
It’s nice when you can be totally anonymous, that way when you turn out to be CATASTROPHICALLY WRONG no one knows who to point at and laugh.
Anyway, great day for the Mac community, kids. Counting down the days until the iPhone goes on sale, and Steve builds me a 20″ MBP. ^_^
-c
MW: ‘when’ (all else fails, hide like the coward you are)
I read a theory on another site: it’s possible that iWork ’07 and iLife ’07 will have features that take advantage of some of the new features in Leopard, so Apple may hold off rolling those out until Leopard is ready to ship. And as I mentioned earlier, perhaps they’re holding off on releasing new computers until Leopard’s ready, so they can ship the new computers with Leopard already installed instead of forcing new users to buy a computer then install a new operating system first thing…
What idiot decided to record this all upside down?
How the hell shall I read it?
I’d start from the bottom and scan my eyes upward.
WHERE THE HELL IS iLife AND iWork 07!!!
SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT HAS HAPPENED, and not just speculation
Not to be deterred from their smear campaign, the San Jose Mercury News is at it again! Check it out!!!
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/16425238.htm
Come on, it’s getting a little sad to see you guys holding on so tightly to this one. You were already painfully transparent in rehashing the details we already knew so many times. Now you just look desperate.
-c
MW: ‘private’ (money from Washington state)
It’s typical of Lincoln that he would say good by on leaving his home town even if it was for a better job with more money in a bigger city.