Mostly because you know every single other “coverage” site is going to get hit hard, I decided I’d post updates here. Keep checking back as the keynote goes down.
You can join us in IRC if you want to chat while it goes down. server: irc.freenode.net chan: #macgasm
- everyones getting in, sitting down — get ready for a macgasm peeps!
- game on!
- Snow Leopard…. i think i just threw up. Seriously?Seriously?
- New iPhone functionality added “out of the box”. Exchange support/push email/contacts/calendars.
- Enterprise has interest in the iphone.
- SDK Talk.
- Listen live
- Beta application program has been a “success”, developers showing off some applications they developed.
- Sega making games. Interesting… could with see the iphone become a gaming device? 9.99
- Ebay native application.
- Core location: social network app:loopt
- You can see the location of your friends. Sounds pretty cool to me.
- Typepad: Blogging App for the iPhone
- AP app:can post news to AP directly from the phone.
- 2 More Games: Enigmo, puzzle app.. Cromag
- MLB App. For all you baseball junkies. Live updates of the games.
- Medical Apps.Modality.
- More apps… my A.D.D is kicking in…
- Push notifications, even when the application isn’t running.
- SDK updates over.
- Contact Searches, iWork docs sync, Word too.
- Save images from email to iphoto. Scientific calculator, rotate the phone and it appears, parental controls.
- Multiple language support. Japanese, Chinese, etc. Can draw the characters with your finger.
- 2.0 software released early july, free update for iphone users, 9.95 for touch users.
- Ad Hoc distribution, register 100 iPhones, and apps can be mailed around, moved around etc between them.
- Mobile Me.
- everyone gets push email/contacts/calendars. AKA syncing your stuff to all your machines, up to date, ready to use. Wirelessly as well.
- Works Mail, iCal, Address book, Outlook
- Web based applications as well. Me.com (how much did that cost?)
- mobileme replaces .mac,
- 20 GB of storage for $99/year.
- iPhone, 3G… more affordable.. Smaller, Camera, flush headphone jack!
- battery, 300hrs (standby), 5 hrs talk time. browsing 5-6hrs. video 7 hours, audio 24 hours.
- GPS
- More countries, 12 more countries…?
- Canada???? WOOOOOOOOT… here comes the credit card!
- Prices: 8gb 199, 16gb 299