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    WWDC '09 Liveblog Archive 2

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    11:34 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Zipcar is the leading car borrowing service.

    11:34 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    25% of Zipcar members say "his life is on his iPhone."

    11:34 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:
    Hahahaha, Scott "Mr Science" Forstall! Wedgies will happen at Apple HQ later this week:

    11:35 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:



    11:35 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    A guy wants to rent a car. What do you know? Their new app shows a map of available zipcar locations mapped in green pins. Tapping on a pin brings up the name of the location along with a list of available cars.

    11:35AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:



    11:36 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    The interface includes facts about the car you want to rent, like how many people it will fit, etc.

    11:36 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:



    11:36 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Reserving works by simply setting the time you need it. Tapping a horn icon actually activates the car's horn.

    11:36 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:36 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Tapping the unlock button actually unlocks the car. It's pretty cool.

    11:37 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    That's it for zipcar. Now for the final demo, Line 6 and Planet Waves. Line 6 makes guitar amps, Planet Waves makes the iPhone app ChordMaster.

    11:37 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:37 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    People are getting antsy. iPhone apps are great, but they're all here for the iPhone hardware. Is it? Isn't it? Nobody knows! Tell us Forstall, tell us.

    11:38 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:38 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Josh Holloway from Lost apparently is on stage with a guitar. Tell us spoilers!

    11:38 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Their app connects and iPhone to an amp to a guitar and adds a load of amp effects.

    11:39 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:
    Looks like Sawyer from LOST:

    11:39 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    By selecting different amps from the list, the guitar sounds different in the live demo – oops, technical difficulties. Two in one day!

    11:39 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    The Island is screwing up their demonstration.

    11:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:





    11:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Ouch, a communication problem between the phone and the cable. I'm sure Scott Forstall wants them to hurry up and get off the stage so the next guys can come on.

    11:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Nope, not working.

    11:41 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:
    Hey, if you want to get up for a bathroom break, now's a good time. Getting snoozy. Just run back in 2.

    11:41 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    You can also change the tuning of the guitar strings without tuning them in the physical world. You just change them in the app.

    11:41 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Who thinks Steve Jobs is going to show up in a few minutes?

    11:41 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    And the companies leave stage, defeated.

    11:42 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    That rounds up iPhone OS 3.0.

    11:42 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    iPhone OS 3.0 will be free for all iPhone customers. $9.95 for iPod touch.

    11:42 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Available worldwide June 17th.

    11:42 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:



    11:43 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:43 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Paid developers in the iPhone developer program will get the GM Seed today.

    11:43 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:43 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    For Devs: Go to iTunes connect and assign a parental control for your app, and then download iPhone 3.0 and test your apps with it. Make sure your apps are compatible.

    11:43 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    That's it for iPhone OS 3.0.

    11:44 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Phil Schiller is on stage. "To call the iPhone 3G a hit would be an understatement." Does this mean a new iPhone?

    11:44 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:45 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Here's a graph of mobile browser usage. 2/3 of all mobile browsing is done on an iPhone or iPod touch.

    11:45 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:45 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:45 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Android has almost 5,000 apps, which is quite a lot.

    11:45 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Ha, and now a comparison of apps available on various mobile platforms.

    11:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    "I can't read [the Pre number], it's small." So much bitterness from Phil.

    11:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Of course, Apple has two shiny JD Power trophies.

    11:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    "The iPhone 3G has been great."

    11:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    iPhone 3GS!

    11:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    The S stands for SPEED. Because "this is the most powerful, fastest iPhone ever made."

    11:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    It has "the same great design of the iPhone 3G"

    11:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    The phone's back is still glossy, apparently.

    11:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Launching messaging is 2.1x faster, loading SimCity is 2.4x faster, viewing Excel 3.6x faster, loading NY Times 2.9x faster.

    11:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:



    11:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    We see that same SunSpider JavaScript graph from earlier. iPhone 2.0 126 seconds. 3G 43 seconds. 3GS 15 seconds.

    11:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    The 3GS now supports OpenGL|ES. It also supports 7.2 Mbps HSDPA.

    11:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    New features include a new camera.

    11:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    The new 3GS includes a 3MP autofocus camera.

    11:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    This photo "was taken on an iPhone 3GS."

    11:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    How many photos did they have to throw out to get that photo?

    11:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Autofocus, Autoexposure. Tap to Focus, too, allowing you to focus and change white balance on the fly.

    11:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:
    tap to focus exposes that area properly:

    11:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Low light sensitivity is also improved.

    11:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Autofocus brings in Auto Macro as well, as close as 10cm away.

    11:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    An API allows developers to use all of these features in their apps.

    11:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:
    Low light and macro modes:



    11:51 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    It also captures video.

    11:51 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    You go into the camera app, a new switch says "still" or "movie." You flip the switch, done.

    11:51 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:51 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    30FPS VGA with auto focus, auto white balance and auto exposure.

    11:51 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:52 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:52 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:52 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    The videos are stored right alongside your photos in the Picture app.

    11:52 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    You can also trim video with "the tap of a finger."

    11:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    And, of course, you can share the video in an email or MMS. YouTube or MobileMe.

    11:52 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    "If my carrier supports it, I can send it with MMS as well." Nice one, AT&T. Nice one.

    11:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:



    11:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Schiller predicts the iPhone 3GS to be the most popular mobile video device.

    11:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Now, Voice Control.

    11:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    "Wouldn't it be great to dial friends and family just from the sound of your voice?" Yeah, you mean like in phones that have been out for years?

    11:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Hold down the Home button. A waveform appears on the screen. You can say "call Scott Forstall" (or anyone else).

    11:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    The different commands you can make scroll across the screen.

    11:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    You can also control iPod playback by talking. "Play songs by the Killers." Playlists work like that, too.

    11:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    You can ask your iPhone "what's playing now" and get a response.

    11:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    "Play more songs like this" is yet another Voice Control option.

    11:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    There's also a built-in digital compass. One guy goes crazy. "A cool compass fan out there," says Phil.

    11:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    It shows your orientation, longitude and latitude, and can link right to Google maps – which will orient to the way you are facing.

    11:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:



    11:56 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    New Accessibility settings include a VoiceOver, which will read what you touch on the screen.

    11:56 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:



    11:56 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Built-in support for Nike+ as well.

    11:56 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Zooming, inverting audio, panning audio, it all comes included.

    11:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:



    11:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Hardware Encryption. It offers an instantaneous data wipe. And this encryption is included in iTunes, too.

    11:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:58 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:58 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    They've improved battery life too. The 3G got 6 on Wi-Fi, 7 on Video, 24 on Audio, 10 on 2G talk and 5 on 3G talk. 3gS gests 9 on Wi-Fi, 10 on video, 30 on audio, 12 on 2g talk and 5 on 3g talk.

    11:58 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:58 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Is there going to be a front camera or not?

    11:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    iPhone 3GS: $199

    11:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    11:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    $199 is 16GB version, $299 is 32GB version.

    12:00 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    12:00 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    These are AT&T prices for the US, of course.

    12:00 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    White and black.

    12:00 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    No front camera?!?!?!?

    12:00 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    12:00 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    "But we want to reach even more customers."

    12:00 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    The iPhone 3G stays on the market for $99.

    12:00 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    12:00 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    $99 gets you 8GB of storage.

    12:00 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    12:01 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Are all these minor upgrades going to make you upgrade from the iPhone 3G? I don't know.

    12:01 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    iPhone 3G is $99 TODAY.

    12:01 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    12:01 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    The iPhone 3GS is available June 19th.

    12:01 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    12:02 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Over 80 countries will get the new iPhone 3GS.

    12:02 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    "Cheer for your favorite country," says Phil as people are shouting.

    12:02 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:







    12:02 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    And so they created a new ad! Here it is.

    12:02 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    The ad shows a spy peeking down at the iPhone 3GS, saying "it looks the same." Yeah, because it pretty much is the same.

    12:02 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Once again, the look is super techie, with a camera tracking the iPhone 3GS. Then someone picks it up! The crowd goes wild.

    12:03 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:





    12:03 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:



    12:03 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    Schiller is reminding us of everything Apple showed us today, Snow Leopard, iPhone 3GS, an awkward science experiment. What a lineup.

    12:04 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    12:04 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:

    12:04PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    He's thanking like everyone who's ever been associated with the iPhone or Apple in any way. The lights come up.

    12:04 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Doesn't look like a one more thing this time?

    12:05 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Mark Wilson:
    "Thank-you, enjoy the rest of your week at WWDC." No One More Thing. That's it.

    12:06 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    B. Lam:
    Hey, if you're in town, come meet us at Hotel Utah (It's a bar) at 5:30 today. We'll be there with people from Ars, Engadget, Boingboing and Wired (And special handsome guest Chris Hardwick.)

    12:06 PM ON JUN 8 2009
    Jason Chen:
    Nope, no one more thing. Check the Gizmodo front page for further coverage and features of all the new announcement. Thanks for reading!


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