7:12 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Man it's early. About 3 hours left to go. More expect more updates from now until then, as usual.

7:20 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Schiller NEEDS to do today's presentation with the I am T-Pain app.

7:53 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Sitting on public transportation is a lot like sitting on the toilet. Reading makes the time go by faster, but eventually you're going to get hit in the face with the smell of urine. If you're lucky it'll just be the smell.

7:57 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
What does everyone think about the Palm Pixi? I like it. Even if it's slightly less powerful than the Pre, the size and the better keyboard make up for the losses, somewhat.

8:01 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
If Apple's inevitable tablet has ebook reading functionality I will personally shake the hand of everyone who worked on that team. Having to switch back and forth between reading a book on the kindle and reading a website on a laptop makes me feel like I'm getting a workout, sure, but if I wanted to exercise I wouldn't have thrown out all those 24 hour fitness fliers.

8:09 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Oh and I probably wouldn't personally shake their hands–I'd send an intern to do it. Gotta watch out for that piggy flu.

8:14 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
I'm wondering what "rock" songs will be playing before the event starts today, seeing as it's a "rock" theme. Rock Lobster? Schoolhouse Rock? Rachmaninoff?

8:18 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
I think sitting down on a train while someone is standing right in front of you is one of the few times where you can stare intently into a person's crotch without other people hassling you about it.

8:18 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

8:20 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:
OH HELLO! Good morning. Dan Nosowitz, Apple liveblog virgin, and I are at the Yerba Buena center downtown. Nothing starts for 1 hour and 40 minutes but we thought we'd get here early.

8:21 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Nice of you to qualify that last statement with "Apple liveblog."

8:22 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
There's someone pointing a video camera at me right now. Little does he know I'm just catching up on last night's celebrity gossip.

8:23 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:
Just waiting for Jason to get here. Wonder how traffic is coming from the east bay…probably bad, as usual.

8:30 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:
Everyone's talking about iPods but I think it makes sense to see new iTunes today, too. I mean, that's no revelation but I did notice when reviewing snow leopard that iTunes was not rewritten in 64-bits. One of the few apps still native to os x in 32 bits.

8:33 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
Everyone thinks Apple's going to add a camera onto the Nano and Touch but, especially for the Nano, I think it's kind of a dumb idea. Maybe it's just me but I don't need another crappy camera in my life.

8:40 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:
Hey Guys, turning off the live blog poll for for now. I'll let you know when its back on, so you can vote on the news. You can do it by clicking on the love/hate buttons, as many times as you want–it'll count each vote and chart it with the rest of the votes from other readers–or hit H or L keys while focused on the flash widget. But that's later. Oh, also, I forgot what the event is called "Only Rock and Roll", not Let's Rock. I get these damn events confused now.

8:41 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
I'd love to see a major iTunes refresh. Maybe we could finally get a "play next" function, like Winamp's had since about the last Ice Age.

8:49 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
On Apple event mornings I like to try to guess which indie band Apple's going to feature. My bet/hope for today: Discovery. You know, just indie enough to be hip but not so much they'll be scary to old folks.

8:50 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
There's a crew of 20 old people with swords around the corner.

8:53 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

its cold but sunny. The crowd is dressed in suits, generally.

8:54 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
Brian and I are liveblogging in sunglasses, because 1) we're cool rebels and 2) the sun hurts our frail blogger eyes.

8:58 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
That treadmill shelf for laptops really works. I walked three blocks and was not winded.

9:01 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Someone asked me if there are going to be any surprises. I think it's going to be Grey's Anatomy in space. (The seven of you who got that joke are high fiving yourselves now.)

9:02 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
My press pass says "9.09.09″ but if I look down at it it looks like "06.06.6," THE MARK OF THE BEAST. What are you trying to tell me, Apple?

9:13 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
The usual people are here–analysts, media and other people who I don't recognize. Bald count stands at about 8.

9:13 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:

9:15 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
Catering update: Apple's spread of fruits and breads is totally pedestrian. Does this have an implication for the event to come? Discuss. At length.

9:16 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Wilson Rothman:

9:17 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
40 minutes left. Greg Grunberg is here, and I hope I spelled his name right. Nice guy, and looks exactly like he does on TV. It's like the makeup department said "meh" and moved on.

9:20 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
Every time I see the tagline "It's Only Rock and Roll" I start humming Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." Please tell me I'm not the only one.

9:20 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
I don't know why, but someone is eating a banana and it is hilarious to me.

9:22 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
There is a 13-year-old boy here. I hope for his sale he doesn't do like I did when I was 13 and get inappropriate erections.

9:22 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Wilson Rothman:

9:26 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Think about the person in your life that doesn't have an iPod already. Think about the last time he or she offered to pay for dinner. YOU CAN'T CAN YOU?!

9:27 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Wilson Rothman:

9:30 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Oh and if you want to follow us on Twitter, our names are on the masthead on the main Gizmodo.com page. And mine is @diskopo .

9:32 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
I want to display my Zune in a prominent place so everyone knows my commitment to objective journalism (and to buying shit on Woot).

9:34 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Wilson Rothman:

9:35 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
What are your 3 predictions for announcements today? Mine are iPods, iPods and more iPods. But also a new version of iTunes that forces your musical tastes upon Twitter and facebook.

9:40 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Wilson Rothman:

9:47 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Wilson Rothman:

9:48 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

9:49 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
We're inside. People are scrambling for seats, and I'm hungry.

9:50 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
First three songs: Aerosmith's "Walk This Way," The Who's "Baba O'Reilly" and Green Day's "When I Come Around." Didn't Apple used to be cool?

9:51 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Thanks to the guys at Hypermac for their awesome external batteries. Saves us a lot of battery switching/worrying.

9:53 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Eight minutes left. Put your phones on vibrate and tell your coworkers you're going to be in a meeting.

9:54 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Eric Schmidt is here, despite having been kicked off the Apple board. It's like attending your old high school's prom after you were expelled for vandalism and sent to the other high school under the bridge.

9:55 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Definitely "rock" songs playing today. No Coldplay or John Mayer. The rift between Mayer and Apple has never been bigger. Please, someone just apologize already.

9:56 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Dan Nosowitz:
I guess they're doing different decades with the music, since Hendrix is playing now. Super boring stuff though. If Steve wants to borrow my Zune I can show him some good tunes.

9:57 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:
Hey, I'm having some image difficulty, but we'll be back in a minute, before things start.

9:58 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Nevermind, that was just a bad transition. Another song's up now.

10:00 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
The Stones are playing.

10:01 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:01 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
The lights are dimming, and something is happening soon. Get ready.

10:02 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Steve Jobs is on stage and is getting a standing ovation.

10:02 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:02 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Applause, applause, sustained applause.

10:03 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
"I'm very happy to be here with you all. As some of you might know, I had a liver transplant." He said he now has the liver of a 20 year old who died in a car crash, and he thanks him for his generosity.

10:03 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Steve also wants to thank everyone in the Apple community for the "heartfelt support", and thank Tim Cook and all the other execs at Apple.

10:04 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Steve's voice seems a little bit softer than we remember, a little bit of a hoarse whisper, but all in all he seems able-bodied (if still skinny).

10:05 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
He's going to have Phil Schiller join him for part of the presentation. In 2+ years, Apple's sold 30 million iPhones.

10:05 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
"One of the reasons for that is the remarkable app store." They have more than 75,000 apps, and users have downloaded 1.8 billion apps. That does not include updates (obviously).

10:06 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
"Today we have something new for iPhone and iPod Touch owners." It's iPhone 3.1.

10:06 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Now, Genius makes application suggestions based on the apps you own in order–just like Genius for iTunes music.

10:09 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
The second thing is ringtones to the iTunes store. They have 30,000 ringtones from the majors, and will be $1.29.

10:09 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:09 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
iTunes is the number one music retailer in the world. They've sold 8.5 billion songs, and there are 100 million accounts in iTunes. This leads up to iTunes 9.

10:10 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Something else new: Genius mixes–Genius applied to another area. 54 billion songs submitted and analyzed since the Genius feature launched.

10:10 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:11 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Genius mixes is a Genius DJ playing songs from your library that it thinks will go well together. iTunes will make 12 by default, and all you have to do is click on one and it'll start playing indefinitely.

10:12 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Also new: improved syncing. So when you sync now you can sync these playlists, but you can now also select genres or artists directly from the Music sync tab.

10:12 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:12 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
This applies to Photos as well, selecting Events, people as well as albums that you've already set up.

10:13 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Or movies, syncing the most recent movies or something, and always having one movie.

10:13 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
What's even better is better app syncing for the iPhone, allowing you to manage pages and app locations on iTunes directly.

10:13 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
New "home sharing" in iTunes lets you copy songs, movies and TV shows among the 5 authorized computers in your house.

10:13 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:14 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Now you can drag songs from other libraries into YOUR library and it will copy it.

10:15 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Also, a redesigned iTunes store that's better looking (but not all that different from what you've seen before). It's "cleaner", says Steve, but it doesn't seem like a huge jump.

10:15 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Lastly, iTunes LP.

10:16 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
For iTunes LP, it'll include videos, liner notes, credits and other customized content that you used to get when you bought LPs in the past, except now it's digital.

10:16 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:17 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
And now, Jeff Robin comes up for a demo of iTunes 9.

10:18 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
First he's going to show App Organization (the rearranging of your apps on iTunes). Click on Applications and you'll get all the apps and pages. You can click and drag apps from one page to another, or deselect apps from the left hand side and not sync them. You can also drag multiple items at once.

10:18 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:18 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:23 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
First he's going to show App Organization (the rearranging of your apps on iTunes). Click on Applications and you'll get all the apps and pages. You can click and drag apps from one page to another, or deselect apps from the left hand side and not sync them. You can also drag multiple items at once.

10:23 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Double-clicking an app on the left-hand side will take you directly to the page that it's on. There's search (type in the name and it'll show the app), and page rearranging, meaning you can move whole pages up or down the queue.

10:23 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Next, home sharing. You can view other people's libraries, as you can now, and just select and drag songs to your library. It'll disappear from the list of other people's libraries if you select to only show "items not in my library."

He's demoing the iTunes store now, and all pages have been redesigned to match the new style. There are also quick-view popups for albums, allowing you to see the entire album from wherever you are, instead of having to go into the album page.

Oh and Facebook/Twitter sharing: you can now click on content and share links directly to them from the store.

10:24 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
As for iTunes LP, you can flip through photos and individual songs, which displays lyrics directly in iTunes for you to Karaoke along with.

10:26 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
There can also be custom interviews (in video) that comes with the iTunes LP purchases.

10:26 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:26 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:26 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
There are iTunes Extras for movies as well, giving you extra features (think DVD extras) but more interactive. And different.

10:27 AM ON Sep 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:27 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
iTunes demo over. Steve Jobs is coming back on stage.

10:27 AM ON Sep 9 2009
Jason Chen:
iTunes 9 is available today.

10:28 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Now, the iPod. Phil Schiller is coming up and taking over.

10:28 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:28 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Apple's sold 225 million iPods to date.

10:28 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
I think our server troubles are over? Let's hope!

10:29 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
As for Marketshare, iPod's got 73.8%, Sandisk has 7.2%, and Microsoft has around 1%. The rest is "other".

10:29 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:29 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
The fastest growing iPod is the iPod Touch.

10:30 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:30 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Apple's sold 20 million iPod touches. Add that to the iPhone number and you'll get a big number of devices that can run your apps.

10:30 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:
Hey, we disabled the poll. Looks like you guys really liked clicking on it. Caused some problems with the servers.

10:31 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Phil is going over the talking points of the iPod Touch; the same things you already know. It runs apps, playing music and watching video.

10:32 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:32 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
You can also use Genius Mixes (the feature introduced in iTunes 9) on the iPod Touch, with the songs you've already loaded onto there.

10:33 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:33 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Phil, the consummate salesman, is going through the features of the iPod Touch as if it hasn't been available for 2 years now.

10:33 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:34 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
"Not everybody's computer fits in your pocket", Phil says, as he points to a photo of a dude shoving a Dell laptop into his ass pocket.

10:35 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:35 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Phil is comparing games on the PSP to the DS, saying they have no multitouch and that they're expensive. You even have to GO TO A STORE TO BUY A GAME. Nobody ever says Phil doesn't have the balls to say things like this on stage with a straight face.

10:36 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:36 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:36 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Here's an image of the comparison between the amount of iPhone games vs. the amount of PSP and DS games. Misleading graph if anything, seeing as the amount of games doesn't indicate that they are all GOOD games.

10:37 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:37 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
And now a montage of games from various iPod Touch Action Titles.

10:38 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Phil's inviting up Ubisoft to demo Assassin's Creed. It's NOT Jade Raymond, unfortunately.

10:39 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Assassin's Creed 2 is being demoed now. It's a sidescrolling game, and has some pretty decent graphics.

10:39 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:39 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
You can even put your face into the wanted posters with the camera. Does this mean that the iPod Touch is getting a camera??

10:39 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:40 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Ubisoft is releasing this app on the same day as the Assassin's Creed game for consoles.

10:40 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Ubisoft is releasing this app on the same day as the Assassin's Creed game for consoles.

10:40 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:41 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Their latest game mixes music and racing.

10:41 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Next up, Tapulous, which makes Tap Tap Revenge.

10:42 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:43 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Riddim Ribbon is their latest game, making you a "DJ". You're "racing" down a track by tilting the phone, and you can choose different remixes of the current song you're on. You can flick the phone up to jump and add custom sounds. The guy playing the game is really into it.

10:43 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
After you're done playing the game you'll have made your own "mix" of the song, which you can share.

10:43 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:44 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Next is Gameloft. They're shipping 35 gaming titles in the App Store right now, with 20 million downloads.

10:44 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:44 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Nova, a first person shooter, puts you into the shoes of a space marine. SPACE MARINE, how come nobody's come up with this before?

10:45 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
The HUD looks a lot like Halo, and it feels quite a bit like Halo.

10:45 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:45 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:45 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
You use the left side of the screen for the analog stick, and the right side to shoot. Plus the middle for changing weapons.

10:46 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
There will be multiplayer over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

10:46 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Last is EA.

10:47 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:47 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Here's a game that's been around "for over 20 years." It's Madden, which has been announced already, and looks like PlayStation 1 graphics.

10:48 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:48 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:49 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
The analog stick controls motion, just like the normal Madden, and John Madden gives super obvious advice, again, just like the normal Madden.

10:49 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
"Usually the team that makes the least mistakes will win the game," declares Madden.

10:49 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Need For Speed Shift, Command and Conquer and NBA Live are also coming to the App Store.

10:50 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Phil says the iPod Touch is the "most affordable gateway to the App Store," which is true.

10:51 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Phil says "$199 is a magic price point in the iPod market." So, they're lowering the iPod Touch price to $199 for the 8GB version.

10:52 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
The 32GB will be $299 and 64GB will be $399.

10:52 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:52 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Also, the $299 and $399 versions of the iPod Touch will be 50% faster, and run OpenGL ES 2.0–the same as the iPhone 3GS.

10:53 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:53 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
So, the 8GB version is running the older processor and the 32 and 64GB are running the newer one.

10:54 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
There's an iPod Touch ad showing off multiplayer by having multiple people play at the same time, showing off interactions.

10:54 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:54 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Next up is the iPod Classic. Today, there's a 120GB version for $249. They're going to raise the size to 160GB for the same $249.

10:54 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B.Lam:

10:54 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Then, the iPod Shuffle.

10:55 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:55 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:55 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Customers wanted to "expand" the range of headphones that work for the iPod Shuffle, which include Beats by Dre.

10:56 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:57 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:57 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
What's new? New colors that's what. Black, silver, pink, green and blue. A lower price of $59 for 2GB, in addition to the $79 at 4GB.

10:57 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
All these ship today.

10:57 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
There's also a $99 special 4GB model made of polished steel. Special Edition.

10:57 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
And here's Steve again.

10:57 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:58 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
One more thing…

10:58 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
A video camera?

10:58 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:58 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
My guess is a camera on the iPod Touch. But we'll see in a second.

10:59 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:59 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
He's comparing a Flip at $149 with 4GB of memory. "So what are we gonna do?" They're going to use an 8GB model, and it will be "free". Yep, it's going to be on the iPod Nano. There's a camera and a microphone.

10:59 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

10:59 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
There will be a speaker as well, for playback.

11:00 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:00 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:01 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
"So how good is it?" Steve shows a demo video shot with the Nano.

11:01 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
He's making us watch the same lame video twice.

11:01 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:02 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:02 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Apple's sold 100 million iPod nanos to make it the "most popular music player in the world." They're adding voiceover, a genius mix feature, and FM radio.

11:03 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Also, a pedometer and a voice recorder. You can sync the pedometer directly to Nike+ as well, to keep track of your steps.

11:03 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam

11:03 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:03 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
And, new colors. "We've finally figured out how to do colors that are unimaginably beautiful. They're polished anodized aluminum."

11:03 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
There are two models. 8GB for $149 and 16GB for $179. They're available today.

11:04 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:04 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Here's an ad for it.

11:04 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
We're turning off live refresh, so you'll have to click refresh to get new updates. Please, refresh!

11:05 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:05 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:05 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Now the obligatory Environmental Checklist. Arsenic, BFR, Mercury, PVC-free.

11:06 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
That's not it, Steve has some more to say.

11:06 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
"Like you, we love music. There's no better way to remind us all than to have a live performance. We are really lucky today that Norah Jones is joining us." Norah Jones yay!

11:06 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:07 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Norah Jones is coming up on stage, and she looks Norah Jonesey. Very nice.

11:07 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:08 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:08 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Not only is she a great singer, she was good in the Wong Kar Wai movie as well. The movie itself wasn't all that fantastic, but SHE was good in it.

11:09 AM ON SEP 9 2009
B. Lam:

11:10 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
My knee hurts like a mofo from sitting so long. I am officially an old man.

11:11 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Here's a new song that they're going to release this November.

11:13 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Here's a new song that they're going to release this November.

11:14 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
So to recap, no real new "designs" in any of the iPods, but there are some lower prices and new features. No camera for the iPod Touch, but there is one for the Nano.

11:14 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Steve Jobs is coming back on stage to thank Norah Jones.

11:15 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
I feel like he's gonna say "Goodnight everybody, stay tuned for Craig Ferguson."

11:16 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Steve thanks everyone for coming, and Brian, Dan and I thank you all for reading!

11:16 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
You guys really loved pushing that button so much that it crashed our machines, so we'll make sure to put more button-handling in there for next time. October, maybe? There's always the tablet.

11:17 AM ON SEP 9 2009
Jason Chen:
Time to get some hands-on with the new iPods. See you all soon on the main Gizmodo page. BYE!

BlackBerry users have long been frustrated with the requirement that apps be stored on the oft-inadequate internal memory, and the App World 1.1 update sort of fixes that problem by allowing apps to be archived on plentiful SD cards. You still can't run apps from the external memory, but you can keep them there until you need them.

The other big (and we're using the word "big" extraordinarily loosely here) update is to sorting methods. Now you can search App World by either paid or free apps, plus other rubrics like popularity, rating, price, developer and more. It's useful, sure, but also should have come standard in the first release of App World.

In addition, App World is launching in tons of other countries: Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Portugal. None of this is particularly exciting but it does show the App World's willingness to creep along into usefulness. [BlackBerry]

Google announced that they'd be periodically adding new features for both Android and iPhone, and today they rolled out in-browser swiping gestures that are, unfortunately, Apple-only for now. It's not a huge update, but one we know joint iPhone/Gmail users will like: You can swipe left or right to bring up Gmail's Archive button, which files the email away for later use. Sweet! Now what's next? [Google via TechCrunch]

6:34 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Are you excited?! I am. That's why I woke up 15 minutes earlier than my alarm time. 3.5 hours left to go.

7:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Mark washed his pants last night and his ass isn't dry yet.

7:27 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
The joke of my wet pants is on Jason. His new car's leather seats just tasted the full onslaught of my damp denim.

7:29AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
If this iPhone had a front-facing camera I would show you how this BART was making me nauseous.

7:34 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
By the way, where was Kevin Rose this time? He usually puts out some Apple predictions the night before.

8:43 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
We're inside. Fedora guy is here. I don't mean the linux distribution, I mean a guy that wears a fedora at all these events.

8:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're posting updates on our iPhones, but due to crappy At&t reception, we're checking them on the Pre (Sprint).

8:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Whatever coolness a fedora ever had was wiped out by old man Indiana Jones last year.

8:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
matt:

8:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Mark and I just had our last pre-event per break. We had to wade through a hormone-filled mound of developers to get there.

8:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
I just witnessed a man over 40 consuming a Monster energy drink. That's the kind of magic you see at WWDC.

8:58 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
And we're exactly one hour from showtime (the event, not the subscription cable package).

8:58 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Also in attendance in the media crowd: Thor, Mr. Miyagi, a dwarf version of the 1996 women's Olympic gymnastic coach, Andy Samberg, a squished faced Scoble, an ugly Vince Vaughn and the Indian guy from flight of the conchords.

9:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:


I'm not sure what's going on here but it definitely smelled like horse manure and cocoa butter.

9:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
matt:

9:04 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:


The line was pretty epic a few minutes ago. Lots of excited devs. The staff shirts are orange this year. I like it. Very road worker-ish.

9:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
And Preparation H Raymond.

9:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Oooh, new Quicktime X logo.

9:09 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Also a four-foot Ditka.

9:09 AM ON JUN 8 2009
matt:

9:12 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
To get a picture of what it feels like in here, imagine a swap meet filled with people in khakis and $100 suits.

9:14 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The problem with having a conference for iPhone developers is that the entire AT&T network gets demolished.

9:16 AM ON JUN 8 2009
matt:

9:21 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
I've spotted nothing but Apple laptops, yet at least 50% of phones I've seen are Blackberries and random clamshells.

9:21 AM ON JUN 8 2009
matt:


Here's a guy with his priorities straight.

9:22 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Don't forget to leave your comments on our liveblog post on the main page. What's your prediction on the announcements? Our three guesses: new Snow Leopard features, iPhone 3G video and Apple TV becoming a DVR/Game Machine and Hulu streamer.

9:24 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
The Apple handlers guarding the doors look frightened of the geek army waiting to storm the gates.

9:28 AM ON JUN 8 2009
matt:


The march of the orange shirts.

9:30 AM ON JUN 8 2009
ccmascari:

9:31 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Everyone's brushing up against the ass of the person in front of him, waiting for the security guards to pull the trigger on letting is in. Hey Matt Buchanan…do you do squats?

9:31 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Doors raising…

9:38 AM ON JUN 8 2009
matt:

9:39 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're in. And we have great seats.

9:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Music: Phoenix.

9:41 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Pheonix's latest album is hitting BIG. I think it's because of their great job on SNL a few months ago. They played three songs, which not a lot of bands get to do.

9:42 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
There's a Tron-like glowing iMac onstage. I have a feeling this won't be one of WWDC's announcements, but it certainly should be.

9:43 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

9:43 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Every single time, no matter what the rumors say, we get pumped whenever we get inside and get ready to post and take photos as fast as we can. I assume it's the same way bands feel even when they're asked to play at elementary schools.

9:43 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
Hey guys and gals, mash that Digg badge! It gives us superblog powers and makes the apple announcements actually come out faster! I LOVE YOU.

9:44 AM ON JUN 8 2009
ason Chen:
Here are our predictions for music in the next 17 minutes: Coldplay, MGMT…but no John Mayer. Mayer's been cut off from Apple lately for some reason.

9:45 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Hey Greenville Preparatory! Are you ready to roooooooock!? \m/

9:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
This lady just rejected some fool from the VIP status. (Wasn't me!)

9:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
Holy shit, thanks for digging that thing, people. We're good!

9:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
I need to get myself an official Apple Security shirt. And a pair of 20-inch biceps. And a crew cut. And some more deodorant because it's kinda hot in here. I bet I'd be even hotter if I had 20-inch biceps, though.

9:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Have you guys played 1 v. 100 on Xbox Live? It's pretty fantastic. Here's my 1 v. 100 question: When's the iPhone 4G coming? A: 2011. B: 2012. C: 2013.

9:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

9:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
ccmascari:

9:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The music's stopping for some reason. New track? Oh yes, new track. Still 12 minutes left. When's the Apple event getting gapless playback support?

9:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're close enough to see the stage pretty well, but what about those folks in the back forced to watch monitors? Like a rock concert, is it really worth going if you can't see the lead act in the flesh? My opinion? Yes, yes it is.

9:51 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
Liveblog systems all go so far on images. Time to live on images is about 3 seconds.

9:52 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
No danger of running out of batteries today: We're using the HyperMac 8 hour battery that can last us through four straight keynotes (or twenty "more things").

9:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Attendees are either taking shots with fancy dSLRs or just their iPhones. It's a world of overkill or total futility.

9:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Is this John Mayer?? I think this is John Mayer. John Mayer? Is it???!

9:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
I think it's Dave Matthews.

9:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
HOW DARE YOU

9:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
The broadcast press guys always get in first. It's not really fair to everyone else, since everyone is liveblogging these days. Oh well. I'm happy with our spot, which we got by speed walking like crazy.

9:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Text is going up even faster than 3 seconds. Hotness.

9:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Jason's last post literally published before he finished writing it.

9:56 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
Lord knows what this guy is doing with that isight.

9:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"Good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2009 Worldwide Developers Conference."

9:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The announcer just told people to "silence all cellphones and paging devices." No "silence all iPhones this time."

9:58 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Hey that guy in the image below found Ross's pink shirt from Friends. Yes, I watched Friends. And I like Coldplay. Wanna fight about it?

9:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
ONE MINUTE!!!

9:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
I just did a quick scan of the people in front of me and I literally only see two women.

10:00 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Actually, after covering E3's press conferences for a week, Apple's stage feels straight up diminutive.

10:00 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Dave Chen from Slashfilm just told me "Power to the CHENS."

10:00 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Lights dimming…

10:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Jesus is trying to send me photos of sexy soccer teams again. Not now Jesus! The thing's starting!

10:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Lights out. I'm a PC ad plays.

10:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
PC: "I want to be the first to welcome you all to a week with some innovation but not too much please."

10:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:02 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Hodgman's lost some weight. He's looking good.

10:02 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"I hope you're thinking of some great ideas, because I'm thinking of great ideas. (whispers) What are your ideas?"

10:02 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:02 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Phil Schiller's also looking good. He's coming on stage now. HE'S lost some weight too.

10:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
5,200 developers here from 54 countries around the world.

10:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Schiller "feels the love in this room".

10:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're seeing a chart of OS X users from 2002-2007, nice growth. "But something incredible has happened over the last two years."

10:04 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
He changes the scale of the graph. Triples the number of active users.

10:04 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"So in this keynote, we'd like to tell you about some of the things we're doing on the Mac, the iPhone and the iPod touch."

10:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The crowd's definitely an Apple friendly crowd, and are applauding the stats about OS X users.

10:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"I get to begin with a section on the Mac"

10:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
He's talking about unibody design, the Macbook Air, stuff like that.

10:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Phil Schiller's talking about the MacBook notebooks now.

10:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"We don't want to stop" extending the lead on macbook designs.

10:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
New 15-inch Macbook Pro.

10:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"Even though we have a huge lead…we don't want to stop." Here's a brand new version of the 15-inch MacBook Pro.

10:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Revolutionary Lithium Polymer Battery.

10:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
It's built-in, as in non-replaceable.

10:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Up to 7 hours of battery life. 2 hours longer than before. 40% longer.

10:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
The battery is non-removable.

10:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Non-removable I mean. By yourself. Like the 17-inch MacBook Pro.

10:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
He promises that the battery will last 5 years.

10:08 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
It's just as thin and just as light.

10:08 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
There's 3X less waste.

10:08 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"It's the nicest display we've ever had in a notebook."

10:08 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
It has 60% more color gamut.

10:08 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
SD Slot!

10:08 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:08 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The ExpressCard slot was only used by "single-digit" customers.

10:09 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Why SD? Most of Apple's users have digital cameras.

10:09 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:09 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Phil says cameras have standardized in SD.

10:09 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"But there's a lot more to this 15-inch MBP"

10:09 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Up to 8GB of memory.

10:09 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
You can get up to 3.06 GHz Dual Core 6MB Level 2 Cache.

10:09 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
500GB hard drive. Or 256GB SSD.

10:09 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:10 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
$1699 for the introductory 15-inch MacBook Pro.

10:10 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
That's $300 less, btw.

10:10 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:11 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Most of the builds are the same except for the CPU speed and storage. The bottom 3 tiers all come with 4GB, but the LOWEST configuration doesn't come with the 9600GT discrete graphics card.

10:11 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Starts at 1699 with 2.53GHz drive, $1999 includes 2.66GHz and $2300 gets you 2.8GHz. You'll need to spend two grand to get the nice 9600M GT graphics card.

10:11 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
BONUS SPY SHOT of the new Macbook Pro

10:11 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:11 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
You have to buy the 17-inch if you want an ExpressCard slot.

10:11 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
17-inch drops to $2499.

10:11 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
All of these units are shipping today.

10:12 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
13-inch notebook getting an update too.

10:12 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:12 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
7 hours of battery life, 40% more too.

10:12 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The 13-inch also has the same built-in battery (non-removeable). And the new display.

10:12 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:12 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
It gets an SD card slot too.

10:12 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"At what point isn't this just an MacBook Pro?"

10:13 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The 13-inch can ALSO get 8GB of memory to make it "more like a MacBook Pro."

10:13 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Also a 500GB hard drive or 256GB SSD.

10:13 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
It also gets the built-in backlit keyboard.

10:13 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Look beyond the SD slot, FIREWIRE 800

10:13 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
It's now the MacBook Pro.

10:13 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:14 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
$1199.

10:14 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The crowd goes crazy at the announcement of the Firewire slot. Strange that you would applaud something that you had before, then got taken away, and then got given back.

10:14 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:14 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
So the 13-inch is also the MacBook Pro, meaning all the aluminum MacBooks are called the MacBook Pro. What's the MacBook now? The old plastic white one? We're waiting for more info.

10:14 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Also available today.

10:14 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:15 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"That really completes the MacBook Pro family."

10:15 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"This is the most affordable lineup we've ever had."

10:15 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"We're also going to update the MacBook Air as well."

10:15 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:15 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
$1499 for base Air.

10:15 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
$1799 with a 256GB SSD. $700 cheaper than before.

10:15 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:15 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
All of these notebooks "meets the stringent EP Gold standard."

10:16 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Phil's delivering his mandatory gesture to eco-fans, talking about Energy Star and EPEAT qualifications.

10:16 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"This is the world's greenest lineup of notebooks."

10:17 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"Great hardware deserves great software."

10:17 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Now, OS X Snow Leopard.

10:17 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:17 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
So now we're talking about Leopard and how it's the best thing ever.

10:18 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Bertrand Serlet of Apple, their king of OS X, is making fun of Vista.

10:18 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Apparenty the press likes it, too. "What a sharp contrast to…" (A shot of Vista)

10:18 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:18 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:18 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
They're stressing that Windows 7 has the same core functionality as Windows Vista.

10:18 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Some jabs at user account control, the registry, defrags and alerts.

10:18 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:19 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"That's Windows 7, same old technology as Vista."

10:19 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"It's just another version of Vista." Surprisingly, some groans from the audience from this.

10:19 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:19 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"We love Leopard…and so when it became time to think about the next big cat, we decided to name it Snow Leopard." They love those cats.

10:19 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:19 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
What's going on with Snow Leopard? Refinements, new technologies and Exchange support. (Minor applause and one hoot.)

10:19 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
First, refinements.

10:20 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:20 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
They're refining more than 90% of Leopard in Snow Leopard.

10:20 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:20 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Apple did not change Finder's UI, but they did choose to rewrite the base code.

10:20 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Bertrand is saying they didn't change Finder because they love it so much. "FTFF" (google it) fans would disagree.

10:20 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:21 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
They're adding a 3D rendering for the Dock.

10:21 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
As for the dock, Apple built expose into the dock.

10:21 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"Et voila, you select the Window you want."

10:21 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:21 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Next, installation. "We've made it…up to 45% faster."

10:21 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Great, something you use only once or twice a year is 45% faster. Wow.

10:22 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
After you install Snow Leopard, you recover 6GB of space on your hard drive.

10:22 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
They use file system compression to save the 6GB from the Leopard install.

10:22 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Preview: opening JPEGs is 2x faster.

10:22 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
Whoa! Saving space over last OS:

10:22 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
In Leopard you can select text from PDFs but it doesn't always select logically. Now, it does. "We use a little bit of AI." Great, so it works now? Good job?

10:23 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Chinese Input Method, "It can be cumbersome." Now you can spell out the characters with your trackpad.

10:23 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:23 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Very useful for Asian languages.
10:23 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:23 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Mail is faster.

10:24 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:23 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Safari 4.0 has features like top sites, and has been in beta for a couple of months. He's announcing that TODAY, they're shipping Safari 4 for Leopard, Tiger and Windows.

10:23 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:24 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:24 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Safari 4 is faster, claimed to be 7.8x faster than IE8.

10:24 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
It passes 100/100 of the Acid 3 test (the standard for browser rending right now).

10:24 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
He's talking about Stacks. Snow Leopard handles stacks better. You can scroll through them or just open them as their own window.

10:24 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
IE8 scores just 21% in the Acid3 test.

10:24 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Opera and other browsers also pass the Acid3 test, btw. So it's not just Safari.

10:25 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:25 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Crash resistance is a new feature.

10:25 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:25 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The second feature is even faster Javascript performance: 64-bit JavaScript performance up by 50%.

10:26 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:26 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
Love the new Quicktime 10 icon:

10:26 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Quicktime 10 (X) is efficient and has Modern foundation, Hardware acceleration, ColorSync and HTTP streaming.

10:26 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:26 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"So since we had such a change in the backend of Quicktime, we decided to also change the UI."

10:27 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The new player looks a lot like iTunes' fullscreen view for movies, and the controls go away after a few seconds.

10:27 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now we're going to see some of the features and "little touches" of Snow Leopard with Craig Federighi.

10:27 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:28 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
From where I'm sitting, he looks like a more exciting John Kerry.

10:28 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:28 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
A new magnifier can blow up your thumbnails within Finder.

10:28 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
You can play movies and scroll through PDFs directly from the icon.

10:28 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Safari 4 up next.

10:28 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Dock Expose is his favorite feature!

10:29 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:29 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're seeing a mess of Windows open on the desktop. He shows that Expose cleans up these windows. But Dock Expose puts this into the dock. Click and hold a button on the Dock to activate various Expose functions.

10:30 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
This method shows windows only under one app. It's the same thing you can do right now by command-tabbing to the app and then hitting the expose button.

10:30 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:30 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Moving content across windows becomes easier too. You can Dock Expose to an image in a folder, Expose to Mail, drop it right in.

10:30 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Lots of applause, but this seems slightly complicated? Just me?

10:30 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"Boom" stunning speed.

10:30 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
He says Safari is the "fastest browser on any platform."

10:31 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Google Maps switched between modes quickly, I guess.

10:31 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
It also tracks your top sites, giving you a nice panorama of your most viewed webpages.

10:31 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:31 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Like many Safari beta users have seen, "Top Sites" can be embarrassing when your friends see what kind of sites you frequent.

10:31 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Full History search allows you to Cover Flow through all your browsing history.

10:32 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Plus you can Spotlight all of the text in those pages in your history.

10:32 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
That Cover Flow view is useful if you recognize your web sites only by visual cues, I guess, and not by the name of the site. Good for forgetful people?

10:32 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Quicktime X has been "rebuilt from the ground up."

10:32 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:33 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
I wonder if Quicktime X will have expanded codec support. If it doesn't, VLC may still be a better solution for people who watch a lot of downloaded internet videos.

10:33 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Playback controls go right on the video – it looks just like when you preview video in the Finder now.

10:33 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Video editing from inside Quicktime for people who don't want to go all the way into iMovie for just doing minor edits.

10:33 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
You can trim the video with thumbnails in the bottom of the window and scrub the video quickly. Then you can export to various Mac services.

10:34 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"I'll be back shortly."

10:34 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"Those are just a few of the many many touches of Snow Leopard."

10:34 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
Holy new Quicktime is gorgeous, frameless, and has iMovie like thumbs:

10:34 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now on to the new technologies behind Snow Leopard.

10:34 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:35 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're hearing about how computers are more powerful than ever. More RAM, faster processors. Wow!
10:35 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The "POWER OF SILICON." And he raises his hand like a villain or a magician.

10:35 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
Bio of Bertrand Serlet: "Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, and is responsible for leading Apple's Software Engineering group. Serlet reports directly to the CEO. Serlet joined Apple in 1997, and has been a key player in the definition, development and creation of Mac OS X, the world's most advanced operating system. As vice president of Platform Technology, Serlet managed the largest part of the Mac OS software engineering group. Before joining Apple, Serlet spent 4 years at Xerox PARC, then joined NeXT in 1989. Serlet holds a doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Orsay, France."

10:35 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Three technologies he will mention today.

10:35 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're hearing about three technologies. First, 64-bit.

10:35 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Of course, 32-bit is limited to 4GB of usable RAM.

10:35 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:36 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:36 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:36 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Snow Leopard runs all major OSX apps running in 64-bit.

10:36 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Secondly, multi-core. Instead of increasing frequency for chips, people have been introducing multiple cores.

10:36 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:37 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now on to multicore. How can you take advantage of them? Multi-threaded programming.

10:37 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:37 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Threads are fairly inefficient, so they're using Grand Central dispatch, which is built-in support for multi-core in all of Snow Leopard.

10:37 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:38 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"So just to give you a taste of what it feels like to use GCD" he's showing us Leopard Mail.

10:38 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:38 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
In Leopard, when Mail is busy it uses a bunch of threads. When Mail is idle it uses MORE threads. But in Snow Leopard, mail uses fewer threads when idle.

10:38 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Next, "let's talk graphics."

10:38 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:38 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Three people clapped.

10:39 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
He's talking about 1 teraflop power and using OpenGL.

10:39 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:39 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
But Apple wants to use this power for "all kinds of things." They're referring to OpenCL.

10:39 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
It uses C language to automatically optimize your hardware configuration. And it's an open standard. (We know this already.)

10:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
These technologies combine for "power."

10:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"Power for YOU," he says, pointing at the audience.

10:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Up next: Exchange.

10:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:40 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"Microsoft Office, which of course is a de facto standard."

10:41 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:41 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Exchange support is now built into Mail, iCal and Address book.

10:41 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Just fill in your email address and your password and you're set in all three apps. Back comes John Kerry.

10:41 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now we're going to see a demo of Exchange stuff.

10:42 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're in mail, a password is entered, and "we're integrated with Exchange." Emails, Folders, To-Dos, Notes. But OSX stuff like Spotlight works within this interface.

10:43 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Basically, it looks like it should look. OS X functions work within their Exchange interface.

10:44 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
iCal shows both iCal calendars and exchange calendars. The Address Book also allows searching within Exchange and supports Exchange contact folders (it also merges both).

10:44 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Schedule meetings by dragging contacts out of Address Book and into iCal and pick a time slot.

10:44 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:44 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Snow Leopard also supports locations and rooms for meeting booking. Very useful for business dudes (small or big).

10:45 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
And that's it for the Exchange demo.

10:45 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
You'll need Exchange Server 2007 for all this fancy stuff.

10:45 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
And Exchange support? Free. "Windows PCs cost extra for Exchange support." The crowd reacts.

10:45 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
They're wrapping up Snow Leopard coverage. "So that's Snow Leopard." Available on intel Macs "past and present."

10:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
How should we price Snow Leopard? We won't price it at $129, because we want all Leopard users to upgrade. SO we are pricing Snow Leopard at the incredible price of $29.

10:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Crowd goes nuts.

10:46 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
That's $29 for Leopard users. And you can get a family pack for $49.

10:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Available this September. Developer Preview available today.

10:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Windows 7 is also being available in October, btw.

10:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:47 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Scott Forstall is coming on stage for the iPhone.

10:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"It was less than a year ago that we released…the native SDK."

10:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
This allowed developers to build "truly native apps."

10:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
Bio for Scott Forstall from Apple: "Scott Forstall is senior vice president of iPhone Software at Apple. Reporting directly to the CEO, Forstall leads the team responsible for delivering the software at the heart of Apple's revolutionary iPhone including the user interface, applications, frameworks and the operating system.
Forstall joined Apple in 1997 and is one of the original architects of Mac OS X and its Aqua user interface. He was responsible for several releases of the operating system, most notably Mac OS X Leopard. Prior to Apple he worked at NeXT developing core technologies. Forstall received both a Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University."

10:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Developers have downloaded the SDK over a million times.

10:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
More than 50,000 apps in the App Store.

10:48 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
More than 40,000,000 iPhones plus iPod touches have been sold.

10:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
40 million is a gigantic base for development. That's bigger than a lot of game consoles.

10:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:49 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
In 9 months, Apple had 1 billion apps downloaded. (You knew this.)

10:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"We put a little video together to share some of these [development] stories."

10:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The video's showing Nathan Hunley in Tokyo. A developer. And Chad Evans. And a baby.

10:50 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Are those violins I hear in the background? Yes. Yes they are. This is deep stuff that requires strings.

10:51 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:51 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Lots of developers talking about getting the opportunity to make games and submitting them to the app store. "We were so excited to finally get a game published."

10:51 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:52 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:52 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
There is no relevant content for our readers in this video. But it's nice.

10:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
A few games are showing up in the montage now. More devs are talking about how the iPhone is so great of a platform.

10:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"Sometimes, I have to stop and say, wow, this is a mobile device I'm programming for…because it feels like a desktop…"

10:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:53 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Now the devs are talking about how great the push notifications and the streaming video is going to be in iPhone 3.0.

10:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"I'm hoping there will be a generation of kids who were like…yeah, I watched games on my phone…"

10:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"…it will dominate in healthcare."

10:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Will 3.0 make a difference in letting more apps do video streaming over 3G? Like Sling over AT&T's network? Or is it just going to be Wi-Fi still? C'mon AT&T.

10:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
People around the world are telling us their favorite app. But all in English.

10:54 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
The video is over.

10:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
The lights are coming back on. Scott Forstall is back on stage.

10:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"let's talk about what's next" – iPhone OS 3.0

10:55 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"This is a major update to the iPhone operating system. It brings with it more than 100 new features. Let me highlight just a few."

10:56 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
They're talking about Cut, Copy and Paste – it works with all apps, there's undo support and there are developer APIs – stuff we knew

10:56 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:56 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Next is Landscape

10:56 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:56 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
All this stuff has been in the iPhone 3.0 beta, so it's familiar territory if you've been using that.

10:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Landscape keyboard works in email, notes, and messages.

10:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"The big news here is MMS." Two years into a phone's lifecycle it finally gets MMS-and we're supposed to be happy about it? MMS should have been in there at LAUNCH.

10:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"Speaking of messages," what about MMS? It's in 3.0.

10:57 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:58 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"AT&T will be ready to support MMS later this summer." Fail. FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL.

10:58 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Next, Search. You can search calendars, music, notes and email.

10:58 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

10:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Spotlight coming, too. It allows you to search across your phone, apps included.

10:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Seriously, AT&T, why is it going to take until later this summer to support MMS? COME. ON. PLEASE.

10:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
iTunes to allow rental and purchase of movies from the iPhone.

10:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Also, TV shows, music videos and audio books. Over 3G.

10:59 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:00AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:00 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Support for iTunes U as well.

11:00 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Parental Controls are enhanced as well, with control over movies, TV shows and apps.

11:00 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:00 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Parents can limit their child to G or PG movies, or Apps from the App Store that are age appropriate.

11:00 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
What about tethering?

11:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Tethering allows you to share you iPhone internet connection with a PC.

11:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
My guess: AT&T won't support this until late summer either. AT&T!!!!!!!!!!! *Shakes fist*

11:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
This works on Macs or PCs, over USB or Bluetooth.

11:01 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
It's a "seamless experience" with no need to run apps.

11:02 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Next, Safari.

11:02 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
This has 22 carrier support and will support it in various countries. No AT&T at launch. Boooooooooooooo.

11:02 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:02 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Major loser so far today: AT&T.

11:02 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Here's a big graph of the SunSpider JacaScript Benchmark. The Old OS ran the bench in 126 seconds. JavaScript is now almost 3 times faster.

11:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Support for HTTP streaming audio and video. Bitrate and data quality adjust to connection speed.

11:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Autofill allows you to optionally remember usernames and passwords.

11:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
All these new features are making the iPhone browser more like the PC/Mac browser, which we like.

11:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Contact information from your phone works in autofill, too.

11:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:03 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:04 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Recap: Performance, HTTP streaming audio & video, auto-fill, HTML 5 support (emerging standards like audio and video tags).

11:04 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Next: Languages

11:04 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:
liveblog meta: BTW the automatic updates for our liveblog were done by CNP Studios and WordPress. Polls by Polldaddy.

11:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Language support: Their operating system is "localized into every language they support." They're adding Hebrew, Arabic, Thai, Greek and Korean. They support more than 30 languages in iPhone 3.0.

11:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Every one of these languages has portrait and landscape keyboards.

11:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
Find My iPhone is a new feature. "It can be somewhat traumatic" to lose your phone.

11:05 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
It's 30 Rock! The episode where the taxi driver blackmails Liz Lemon and her nudie pic.

11:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Find My iPhone is a "service" that's available to MobileMe customers.

11:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:06 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
"Only" to Mobile Me customers. Only. But it'll show you on a map where your phone is. Also useful for your family/friends to track you down.

11:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
Through mobileme, any web browser will show you, on a map, where your phone is.

11:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
You can message your iPhone, alerting it "whether or not you left it in silent mode."

11:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
People can pick up your phone and call the number you specify.

11:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
That alert sound even works in your house, obviously.

11:07 AM ON JUN 8 2009
B. Lam:

11:08 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Jason Chen:
You can also send it a remote wipe command (previously not available to everybody) and will erase all your data and keep your private data private.

11:08 AM ON JUN 8 2009
Mark Wilson:
"If you ever do find t]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5285110&view=rss&microfeed=true Sony's E3 press conference is about to start, and we're here waiting to see what they'll announce. PSP Go!? PS3 Slim? Who knows?! We're starting now.

Archive below:

11:00 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
We just cabbed it across LA, and we're at the Shrine Auditorium, ready to liveblog Sony's press conference. Wow this was bad corporate planning. Anyone waiting on a bus from Nintendo won't make it if Sony starts in time…one minute from now.

11:07 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
So what will we see from Sony. The PSP Go!? Yeah, seems like a sure thing. The PS3 Slim? Seems likely. A Sony motion controller? That's anyone's guess.

11:08 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Matt thinks PS3 Slim will show. I think it sort of needs to now, given that it's already leaked.

11:08 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:10 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Sony's three-part screen is epically wide.

11:11 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
I'm really enjoying this blockbuster presentation. Loud rock. Big images. It makes Nintendo's modest presentation look so…quaint.

11:11 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:12 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Last year Sony used a boatload of LCDs, this year, they went all out projection. I want this in my house…but you know, playing movies and stuff, not just PS3/PSP game clips.

11:13 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
The intro clip is over. Crowd is louder now. And Jack Tretton, President and CEO struts to the stage.

11:13 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
HA, and he immediately refers to the leaks, thanking everyone for still showing up. "Press leaks are no exception, we're not going to be outdone by anybody."

11:15 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
His stage presence is better than Reggie's. He reminds me of Peter Moore in his prime for Microsoft. Confident and swaggering.

11:15 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Peter Moore is still the man, btw.

11:16 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Jack, let's not be formal about his name, it teasing a big lineup. Including Heavy Rain, a game I'm pretty excited about, from the makers of Indigo Prophecy.

11:16 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:17 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now we've moved to the PS2. Jack's talking about the $99 pricepoint, its global strength. Sony sees the PS2 as existing beyond 10 years, as long as consumers are interested.

11:18 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now we're on to the PS3. 22 million PS3s sold last year.

11:19 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
What about PlayStation Network? 24 million registered accounts (how many of them active?).

11:19 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:20 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Jack gives a shoutout to inFamous, a much-needed highly praised Sony exclusive.

11:21 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Naughty Dog comes to stage to show us Uncharted 2. Let's see this thing so we can get on with the hardware!

11:21 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
The Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta launches tonight, but they're gonna show us some of the game now.

11:22 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're watching a realtime playthrough. The landscape is urban, and much bigger than the old Uncharted. The graphics are colorful, but they are tough to judge on this huge of a screen. "Holy shit!" It's a helicopter. Be careful!

11:23 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Huge chase sequence. Lots of cheers…from people I'm assuming were planted by Sony. But the game still looks fun. That helicopter just isn't giving up!

11:24 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
More on Uncharted 2 over at Kotaku, of course.

11:24 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:25 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
So now police types are chasing our hero through a building. And who knew that a wooden desk could block high caliber bullets.

11:25 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
The cip is over. Jack is back – where's a TM symbol when you need one?

11:26 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
"I'm excited about this game for not just one reason, but 256 reasons." He's going to show us MAG, teased last year, a huge war MMO.

11:28 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
The graphics are not as nice as Uncharted, somewhere between PS2 and PS3, but what do you expect if they're pulling off this many players on one map?

11:28 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:29 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
A soldier is on the ground. A jet flies idly overhead. The team needs to assault a bunker in this brown and tan landscape.

11:30 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
The most striking feature is actually the audio, or lack thereof. Despite the massive battle (of about 30 people in close proximity) you only hear a few audio tracks. I hope they beef this up a bit, but of course, too much audio would be pure cacophony.

11:31 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:31 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
I see no lag in any of the helicopters or ground troops, though who knows how this is all networked. An airstrike is called in. I want this louder! Otherwise, not looking bad. Also, it will be playable, with 256 players, on the show floor. Moving on…

11:32 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Jack's mic went out for a moment. No bigs. He's back, talking about the PSP.

11:33 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
He's running through the small handful of excellent AAA titles on the PSP. Let's hear about the Go!, Jack!

11:33 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
HANNAH MONTANA BUNDLE WITH LILAC PSP!

11:35 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Kaz Hirai comes to the stage.

11:35 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:35 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Sony asked "how could we make the PSP better." The next step?

11:35 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
The PSP Go!

11:36 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
It's identical to the leak, thicker than I imagined when spun in virtual 3D.

11:36 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
There is no second analog. It will not replace the 3000 or UMD.

11:37 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
"Great screen, same great operating system…plays great games." The PSP Go is more than 50% smaller and 40% lighter than original PSP.

11:37 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:37 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
16GB internal flash, Wi-Fi…

11:37 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Sliding keyboard, Bluetooth, M2 memory port…just as leaked.

11:38 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Today, "we're launching a new application to launch the PlayStation store on the PC." It's called Media Go.

11:38 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:38 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:39 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
A new application called Sense Me (for PSP) has 12-tone audio recognition system, plays playlist based upon moods you select. Coming this fall.

11:39 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
PSP toolkits will be reduced 80% in price for developers.

11:40 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
All PSP titles going forward will be digitally distributed in PS Store, and UMD.

11:40 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:40 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
All of the services and features are on PSP and PSP Go!

11:41 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
PSP Go! available at $249 and 249 euros October 1st in NA and Europe.

11:41 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:41 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
We get it a month earlier than Japan, who gets the hardware November 1st.

11:42 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Kaz is moving on to the video delivery service. It has more than 1900 and 9400 TV Shows. Starting today, it will be available natively on the PSP too.

11:42 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:42 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Showtime, G4, Magnolia, all these people are coming to the PS (Video) Store.

11:42 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
"But our news does not stop there…"

11:43 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:43 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Kazunouri Yamauchi comes to stage to promote Gran Turismo for PSP.

11:44 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:44 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
He's explaining, through the help of a translator, his game that runs at 60fps on the PSP platform and will hold 800 cars along with 35 tracks.

11:46 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
More details over at Kotaku

11:48 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
So…what do you think about the PSP Go!? I understand (and respect) Sony's need for a unified platform, but screw the PSP, I want a second analog so I can play FPSs.

11:49 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
The lights dim for a Gran Turismo video…that includes lots of pretty footage of the Go! UGH, why can't this have one more analog?? I actually like the Mylo-esque design. Why Sony? Why?

11:50 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Kaz returns to the stage, reminding us that Gran Turismo titles have sold over 50 million units worldwide.

11:50 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
And now, Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker.

11:50 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:51 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
So…this is a different game than we saw at Microsoft the other day. But here's Hideo Kojima, maker of MGS, again!

11:51 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Note: MGS Peace Walker is a PSP title, not PS3.

11:52 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:53 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
I admit it, there is nothing more confusing to me in this whole world than the Metal Gear canon. Kojima is reminding us that it fits in with the MGS timeline, somehow, in a very legitimate way.

11:54 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now we're watching a Peace Walker trailer. There's a lot of vintage-looking video paired with a mysterious, gravely voice over.

11:55 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now some gamepla footage. It looks…like an MGS title on the PSP. The chroma's been cranked a bit, but otherwise, still lotsa jaggies.

11:56 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
And incidentally, there are like 4 Snakes onscreen at once in multiplayer

11:57 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:57 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Haha, and as a kicker, Snake crawls behind a guard, whips out a box and hides. Then, ANOTHER snake crawls behind the guard, hides under the same box. Now Kaz returns.

11:57 AM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

11:57 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're almost an hour in to the presser. Is there room left for more announcements?

11:58 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Nope, Kaz ends the press conference. That's it! Wait…now Jack returned to stage. It may have been a fake-out. Yes, it seems Jack is continuing the press conference. Damn that Kaz and his authoritative presence.

11:59 AM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Resident Evil is coming to the PSP, Jack explains, along with a bunch of other titles…including HANNAH MONTANA! Big cheers for her. Jack responded, "Yeah, I knew I'd get you with that one."

12:00 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:01 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're watching a PSP promo video, btw. It's alright I guess.

12:02 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
This is great. The sausage-dominated crowd keeps cheering for the pink/girly games.

12:03 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Ooh, white PSP Go!

12:03 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:04 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Jack is back, again. He's explaining why PSN is great.

12:05 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Oh right, PlayStation Home. Now they're talking about PlayStation Home. I'd literally forgotten that Sony might bring it up.

12:06 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Could Sony announced anything re:Home right now that would pique your interest?

12:07 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're watching a Home promo video in which conservative people in suits walk through doors and magically transition into funky digital avatars. My personal favorite? A confident female CEO-type becoming Chun Li.

12:08 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
If "meh" manifested as an applause, I just heard it.

12:08 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:10 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now onto a PS3 promo video. These videos become so monotonous, presented in the exact same style. No one can be paying attention at this point. Scratch that, someone is recording video in front of us.

12:10 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:11 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
I keep expecting the video to be over, then it's not.

12:12 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Seriously, it's as if the audio designer purposefully planted musical phrases to mislead the audience while Sony showed us every game that ever has been or will be on the PS3 platform.

12:13 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Maybe Kotaku has some insight as to the nature of Sony's video editing.

12:14 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Alright, the full feature PS3 film has ended and Jack is Back talking about Rockstar, makers of Grand Theft Auto.

12:14 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Agent, made by Rockstar North, is an exclusive coming to PS3.

12:15 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
It's a 70s-themed…logo, apparently. We aren't hearing anything more about Agent right now. Instead, Ubisoft is going to show us Assassin's Creed 2.

12:16 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Ubisoft is so French. I mean, so Freedom.

12:16 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Wow, the game looks good though. The crowd, fuller than before, is full of people wearing unique, individual garments.

12:18 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:18 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Ooh, da Vinci's flying machine makes an appearance, flying around Venice fluidly. The game looks very pretty, implementing motion blur touched up with just the gentlest brush of bloom lighting.

12:18 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:20 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now we're seeing some battles. You know what this reminds me of? Heavenly Sword. Something about the new movement qualities of the game that I don't think were deployed in the first version.

12:20 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
And that's that for Assassin's Creed 2.

12:21 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Look for the PS3 and PSP versions of Assassin's this holiday season.

12:23 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now for a Square Enix video. I was going to be sarcastic, but the techie art direction is actually pretty hot.

12:23 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:24 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're watching footage from Final Fantasy XIII Versus, btw.

12:25 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Final Fantasy XIII. That's 14! We're about to see it.

12:26 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
It's PlayStation exclusive in 2010.

12:27 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
What can I say? It looks like a new Final Fantasy game. And the crowd goes wild.

12:27 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:27 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Jack: "So there's one that didn't leak out, huh?"

12:27 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Jack is teasing motion control gaming.

12:28 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:28 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
"We're working to create an experience that is much closer to real life than anything you have ever seen."

12:28 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
He invited the creative forces behind the "PlayStation Motion Controller" to the stage.

12:29 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
"It far surpasses anything on the market now."

12:29 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
They are holding an engineering prototype that has a bright purple flowing sphere, trackable by the PS Eye.

12:30 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
And they're going to show us 100% live tech demos, no precut videos.

12:30 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
We're watching a virtual Motion Controller tracked onscreen. The controller is moving VERY fluidly on the screen. It's perfect. Like 60fps.

12:31 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Wow, now it's a tennis racket onscreen.

12:31 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:31 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
And now a bat. And now a club. And now a stop sign…that hit a tennis ball. This is a great demo.

12:31 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:32 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
And now a mace. This is like perfect 1:1. And the virtual objects are very tight. I'm impressed. Very impressed.

12:32 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:32 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Then they switched the perspective of the virtual object to an FPS. AWESOME.

12:34 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:34 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
And the device has a trigger, just for FPSs.
12:34 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:34 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
They're showing a ton of virtual objects. This is a tech demo, but it's robust.

12:34 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:34 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
But what about drawing? Hell, what about writing? The device is tracked with "sub millimeter accuracy."

12:35 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:35 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:35 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
This is the best motion control demo I've ever seen. It works perfectly. I'm just not spotting flaws.

12:36 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:36 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
I want to play with this right now. Now they're showing an RTS tank game. Then, they cut to an FPS perspective putting the viewer into a tank. So cool.

12:37 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:37 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:38 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:39 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now for something more complex. What about a full model holding a sword and shield? The swipes and thrusts as it cuts up a skeleton. This character is ever so less fluid than the other demos, but still excellent. Oh, and now ninja stars are being thrown. And now archery! This archery demo pwns what Nintendo showed off earlier. From the first person focus shift to the camera, to the smooth animation, it's the best arrow simulation I've ever seen. Once again, "perfect" comes to mind.

12:39 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:39 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
"We're looking forward to sharing more about the motion controller with you in the near future."

12:40 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Spring 2010 release on motion controller.

12:41 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:42 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
While Jack talks about LittleBigPlanet, I'm going to fanboy out a bit more about the motion controller. Maybe it's not the 1:1 tracking technology, maybe it's just the HD and physics capabilities of the PS3. But it looked at least a generation better than Wii MotionPlus. Then again, not coming until Spring 2010, it probably should be.

12:43 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Matt on PS3 motion controls: "It's Wii to the max." That's gonna end up on a Sony poster somewhere, but I can't disagree with him.

12:43 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
BTW, more on ModNation Racers, which I'm not covering at the moment, at Kotaku.

12:46 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
They're still talking about this ModNation Racers game.

12:46 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:49 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
STILL watching the damn ModNation Racers.

12:50 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
ModNation has gotten more face time than any other thing Sony's presented today.

12:51 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Jack is now about to offer us a "sneak peek" at a new title, from the maker of Shadow of the Colossus.

12:52 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
It's called The Last Guardian.

12:53 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
A little boy is running from something. And now we see it, a huge feathered cat. It grabs the boy from a ledge, saving him from death. Maybe this cat isn't so bad!

12:53 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:54 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Interesting art design: The boy is a textureless cartoon, while the world around him is more realistic.

12:54 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
The relationship between the boy and this beast is remarkably touching, even in a short clip. The crowd doesn't clap all at once. They need a moment.

12:57 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

12:57 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Now for some Gran Turismo promo video action. There is either a lot of prerendering going on, or the game is photorealistic at 60fps.

12:59 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Next up? A live demo of God of War III.

1:00 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

1:00 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Kratos is running around, doing his thing in a nice looking but not so surprisingly detailed environment.

1:01 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Uh oh…a Titan has crawled out of lava. This can't be good.

1:04 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

1:05 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Anyway, GoW III is OK. It'll be fun. I'm sure fans will like it. But it's pretty similar to the scale of GoW II. It doesn't feel like much more than a graphical boost.

1:06 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
March 2010 on God of War III.

1:06 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Jack is back on stage, wrapping things up.

1:07 PM ON JUN 2 2009
matt:

1:07 PM ON JUN 2 2009
Mark Wilson:
Jack: "I promise we will not become complacent no matter what we have accomplished." And with that, the event is over. Later guys.

Archive below:

3:24 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
Jon Rubinstein and Roger McNamee are on stage. McNamee is known for making bold statements in regards to the competitive relationship between the iPhone and the Palm. He says its going to make everyone drop the iPhone and buy a Pre.

3:27 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
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Jon says that he was retired from Apple when Palm approached him. "It's so rare to be able to start from new products."

3:29 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
Walt: What are you doing differently at Palm that you did not do at Apple?

3:29 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
They're doing a demo. It's stuff we've seen before. He's showing off cards, which are like processes or programs or windows. That can be switched between. This is how you manage multitasking on the Pre.

3:31 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
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3:33 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
The Amazon Store:
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3:34 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
Here is our Pre guide and the original liveblog.

3:35 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
iTunes Syncing!
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3:36 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
The pre shows up as an ipod. Is Rubinstein using his previous knowledge from being an iPod engineering lead to connect this? "They're practically a monopolist."
Kara: Is Apple open to this? Jon: I can't see why they wouldn't be.

3:38 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
The Pre mounts as mass storage, so you can presumably import songs from the USB mounted drive to iTunes, and obviously you can manage the songs from iTunes to the Pre.

3:40 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
The Palm Pre App store. They're going to have a dozen apps in the store at launch. Roger says at 4:20, they'll get more apps. (Major stoner, I love this guy.)
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3:41 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
The Palm Pre App store. They're going to have a dozen apps in the store at launch. Roger says at 4:20, they'll get more apps. (Major stoner, I love this guy.)

3:41 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
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3:41 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
apps stay on the device, iTunes won't manage (obviously) apps.

3:43 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
He's demoing fandango app. It integrates with location awareness and works with the calendar.
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3:43 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
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3:45 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
Twitter integration:
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3:48 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
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3:50 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
Roger: The Pre is for people who use the web a lot and care about data syncing in the cloud. There is a mirror on the back "Why wouldn't you want to make a phone for women." Kara, raises an eyebrow, "only women need mirrors?"

3:51 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
Roger on exaggeration, that he's not the only one. "Nokia told you they had flash. They have flash light"
3:51 PM ON MAY 28 2009

B. Lam:
Jon: I think there's a variety of people who want a real keyboard. Surprisingly, the crowd applauds.

3:54 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
Walt: Can a developer put a virtual keyboard on the Pre? Jon: I don't know why you'd want to, nothing's stopping them. Roger: Well, if you have four hands.
Mossberg pretends to put on his make up using the Pre's mirror back, as Kara chides Roger for his previous statement about women needing mirrors. Roger says the segment is under served. Tech is aimed at testosterone ladden men, he says. The iPhone has a feel, its a bit large in your pocket, he says. "The Palm Pre has a Different Feel"

4:00 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
Walt asks why they're days away from the launch and they haven't released the SDK. Jon says they're moving forward in steps. Fair enough. The iPhone's true SDK didn't come out for quite some time. Walt asks: Why, if its so easy to program for, why isn't it out there? Roger: Because there are limitations to what you can do with a new venture. "We don't want to push it out there until its close to being right and then have people help us get it completely right."

4:01 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
Walt is asking him about supply problems and rebate issues. Basically, he's asking, where can we get these phones? Jon agrees there will be shortages, but provides no real answers to the question.

4:03 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
"Maybe it's awkward." Roger on the Pre working with iTunes.

4:03 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
Walt jokes, is there a special line for iPhone converts? Roger: Of course, the line wraps around uranus.
Question from the crowd: Will the GSM version be coming soon? In a few months, says Jon.
Walt: Is Verizon getting it? Jon: We love Sprint, I can't comment on unannounced comments. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A YES TO ME.

4:12 PM ON MAY 28 2009
B. Lam:
I think we're wrapping up in the liveblog, but check the front page for more.

Included in these clippings are lessons on how to build fallout shelters in case of emergencies, and my personal favorite, headphones, now available with a "new coiled cord!" Check out a gallery of our favorite retro gizmos below, or head over to the Product Manual Archive to check out the ongoing collection! [Product Manual Archive via BoingBoing]

The hosting site, Darwin Online, went live 18 months ago, but largely held just the final product publications of Darwin's lifelong research interests. With the addition of the new material, people will now be able to read his notes, his notes on reference reading he'd done, interesting press clippings he kept and private communications with others.

There're some gems in there too: his first scribblings doubting the "stability" of the species, made on his voyage aboard Beagle; his first pencil outline of the species theory, all 61 pages of it (about half crossed-out as his writing progressed). There's even a memo written by his wife Emma, concerned about Charles' religious doubts.

Apparently the archive, stored as images of the texts, will be most useful to Darwin scholars, due to his notoriously scribbly handwriting. But if you're into cooking, then there's also some recipes for muffin pudding and other dishes from Emma, and instructions on how to boil rice from Charles himself. [Darwin Online, New Scientist and BBC News]