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I'm using today's lunch break to keep an eye on the Macworld keynote address now going on in San Francisco. There is no streaming of the presentation that I can find, so I'm having to follow it via liveblogging. The best liveblog coverage I've found so far is Engadget's; it's stream-of-consciousness style with lots of nice photos. Gizmodo's is liveblogging by giving each announcement its own post; that works well too, and keeps the most recent material at the top.

Two significant announcements so far: the Apple TV and the iPhone. The Apple TV is what we've all been calling by its "code" name iTV. It's a 720p high definition device with a 40GB hard drive, intended to play movies, TV shows, music, and photos from other computers over a wireless network. At first blush, it seems like a rather ho-hum product, but I'll reserve judgment at least until I've been able to examine the specs more closely. It will be for sale immediately for $299.

Jobs played it cute with the iPhone announcement, saying that he was announcing three new products: a large-screen iPod with touch controls, a cell phone, and a mobile Internet communicator. But they're not three separate devices, they're one device called the iPhone. (He also showed a gag photo of an iPhone mockup to amuse the crowd.) I'll save an analysis of the phone specs and features until I have time to do them justice; for now I'll just say that the iPhone's display is gorgeous. At 3.5 inches diagonally it's 36% bigger than Zune's and nearly twice the area of the display in my 5G iPod. Wow.

I wish I had more time to write about the keynote, but lunch break is over and I must get back to the grind. By the time I'm able to blog more this evening, analyses will be all over the Internet; I'll select the best and most insightful for your reading pleasure. Until then keep your eye on the liveblogs because Jobs hasn't said "Just one more thing" yet.

Posted by Jim Thompson at January 9, 2007 11:47 AM

Compared to the circus that was yesterday's keynote address, today's Macworld news seems positively sedate. But some cool new products were announced; here are the highlights . . .

EETimes reports that Apple launched a new wireless access point, the AirPort Extreme Base Station sporting a spiffy new 802.11n protocol:

The new AirPort Extreme Base Station uses MIMO (Multiple In, Multiple Out) smart antennas and the 802.11n draft standard to boost speeds up to five times and range up to two times that of earlier wireless standards such as 802.11g. The access point is backwards compatible with 802.11a/b/g devices. A USB port also lets users connect a printer or external disk drive to the device for sharing on the wireless network.

The new AirPort includes drivers to turn on 802.11n in compatible Macs:

Software included with the station will enable 802.11n draft standard support -- and thus speeds and range -- in the newest Intel-based Macs, said Apple, which has been shipping the technology in Core 2 Duo-equipped iMacs (except for the 17-inch, 1.83GHz model), MacBooks, and MacBook Pros. The software is required to turn on those Macs' faster and longer-range wireless capabilities.

VMware is demonstrating its Fusion virtualization product. Fusion was introduced at the August Apple developer's conference, and a beta version has been available since December. Charles Babcock of Dr. Dobb's Portal points out that Fusion is poised to take advantage of the rumored quad-core Macs:

VMware's entry into the market comes along at an auspicious time. Having converted to Intel chips, Apple's Macintosh is about to harness the greater horsepower of multicore chips, and one of the ways to make use of that power is by running virtual machines. Some analysts following Apple say it's ready to announce high-end Mac Pros at Macworld with four or eight cores. A Mac Pro with eight cores would be built on two quad-core chips from Intel.

With such powerful hardware, it would become more feasible to run Windows or Linux applications alongside Apple applications on the Mac. This would strengthen Apple's position in the desktop market, where it runs a distant second to Windows, to be able to say a Mac may be the only computer you'll need, even if you want to run Windows applications.

Engadget is one of many sites reporting on the new ModBook, a MacBook modified into tablet form by OWC and Axiotron:

Since Apple is a bit too busy making teh sexay phones, OWC and Axiotron are taking up the slack with their new ModBook, which hacks up MacBooks and turns them into glorious slate-style tablet computers. The duo didn't cut many corners, either, since their MacBook mods hold onto most of those original specs, plus add in an optional built-in GPS module, and of course that Penabled Wacom digitizer. Pen input runs at 20x display resolution, with 256 pressure levels and zero battery use, and the MacBook's LCD is protected with some Chemically Strengthened glass, complete with a paper-like texture and anti-reflective coating. The ModBook is also shielded by aircraft grade magnesium alloy, with a copper and nickel layers for scratch resistance. Thanks to that slot-loading MacBook drive, the ModBook is apparently the only slate-style tablet computer with a built in CD/DVD drive, making it a nice option for portable DVD playback use.

CNET reports that Microsoft has announced Office 2008 for Mac, a new version of Office that should be available later this year:

Office 2008 for Mac, as the product is being dubbed, is a universal binary, the company said Tuesday. That means the software runs both on Macs with Intel chips and on those with PowerPC chips. In addition, it is compatible with the new XML file formats used by Office 2007 for Windows, which hits retail shelves this month.

As with that Windows-geared update, much of the focus on Office 2008 for Mac was on revamping the user interface. The new Mac software, though, will not use Office 2007's "ribbon" user interface, but will instead have its own look, dubbed the "element gallery."

"It's very Mac-like," said Microsoft's Sheridan Jones. "It's not an incredibly abrupt change for our users."

Of course, "teh sexay phone" continues to make news. The New York Times has a fascinating article about Cingular's blind faith in Apple's ability to design an ubercool product:

"We got this deal approved without them ever seeing the device," said Glenn Lurie, president for national distribution at Cingular Wireless, who was responsible for the project on the Cingular side.

The approval was a leap of faith on Cingular's part that Apple Computer could produce a phone as groundbreaking as its iPod music players.

Finally, the Times has a report from David Pogue, who got to spend a full hour playing around with the iPhone. It's not just a droolfest; Pogue has both good and bad things to say of the iPhone. He does not say whether he called his Mommy.


Posted by Jim Thompson at January 10, 2007 09:42 PM

Comments
You can count me out on that iPhone. Touch screens are hard to use and they're counter-intuitive. Think about it. You have no tactile feedback and you're blocking your view of the screen with your hand and finger. Plus, they're fragile. Just drop it face down on concrete and you've just rendered your shiny new phone deaf and dumb to the world.

Posted by: Bob at January 11, 2007 05:29 AM

Touch screens maybe, but my experience is that Apple rarely releases a product that is "hard to use". Maybe Bob should take a look at David Pogues first impressions on the device (he actually got to play with it for an hour). He basically says it works like a charm. Also, be sure that next versions are going to work even better.
In any case, you can always wait for the Zune-Phone, I'm sure is going to be as sturdy and reliable as Windows. Here's a prototype: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:Z-Phone_prototype.png

Posted by: Petrus at January 11, 2007 09:01 AM

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Mac game developers and publishers at this year's Macworld Expo expect 2007 to be a significantly better year for the platform, with more releases and sales. The Mac companies are looking forward to the iPhone and hope to develop for that platform, but none we spoke with over the show week expected to have that opportunity since the iPod has eluded them.

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David Stephen, head of Feral Interactive, said the "outlook is decent" for this year. "We're benefiting from growth in Apple's installed base," he added. Stephen also looks forward to the thinner number of competitors, saying the few remaining game companies "[make] it a little less competitive."

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San Francisco, CA -- The keynote hall has barely quieted down, and Apple's newest product even isn't yet legal to operate in the US, but the verdict is in: the iPhone is a killer product.

In a series of interviews conducted with attendees leaving the keynote hall, not a single person expressed less than excitement and enthusiasm over the keynote, the iPhone's debut, and it's feature set. When pressed, few could come up with features they might have wished for.

Casual attendees, exhibitors, and experienced Mac enthusiasts said the keynote presentation itself was "excellent," "very good," "amazing," "best ever," and "awesome." Reactions to the iPhone itself -- the only product discussed in detail during Steve Job's Keynote -- were universally positive.

All but one of our ten interviewees planned to buy an iPhone, and two were planning to switch their cell service to Cingular to make that possible. The one user who was not planning to purchase an iPhone was not particularly focused on owning a smart phone, and was turned off by the small (4-8GB) storage capacity.

Keynote attendees said they thought they might become more critical once they got to use an iPhone for real.

One interviewee, Eric Walstram from Los Angeles, expressed a prevailing sentiment: "I thought there'd be more of a first generation element to [iPhone], but this is like a fifth generation element right out of the gate."



January 9th, 2007 is going to be here before you know it. At 9am Pacific time, Steve Jobs will deliver the Macworld Keynote, and if next year is anything like the last few years, it¡¯s sure to be full of big announcements, and maybe even a few surprises. While it¡¯s still early to speculate¡­let¡¯s face it¡­it¡¯s fun to speculate, and there are some things we can predict based on what we know now about Apple. With that in mind, here are 7 predictions about what you can expect to see at Macworld 2007.

iTV - I don¡¯t think we were originally supposed to see iTV at the ¡°Showtime¡± event this past September. I think iTV might have originally been the ¡°One more thing¡­¡± for Macworld 2007¡­but when the Internet lit on fire about a ¡°true¡± Video iPod and a wireless set-top box, Apple decided not to have us leave the ¡°Showtime¡± event totally disappointed, and gave us a preview of this interesting new device¡­.but I don¡¯t think we¡¯ve seen everything it can do yet¡­and I¡¯m betting that Macworld 2007 is going to be it¡¯s time to shine.

The patent for an Apple Universal Remote has also been revealed this week. A remote like this is almost sure to be bundled with iTV, and most likely unveiled at Macworld.

I¡¯m betting the $299 set-top box will be available for purchase at the conclusion of the Keynote.

iLife ¡®07/iWork ¡®07 - Macworld, at least in recent years, has been all about software. iLife has been a staple for the event for the past two years, and I think it¡¯s safe to say we¡¯ll see the ¡®07 versions of both iLife and iWork at Macworld 2007.



This year¡¯s edition of iWork is rumored to have a spreadsheet program called ¡°Lasso¡± to further complete Apple¡¯s version of MS Office.

I asked Steve Jobs if he knew of the work of Jeffrey Han, who¡¯s been demonstrating his big ¡°multi-touch¡± screen technology since at least August 2005. (I mentioned this similarity in my last blog post.)
Mr. Jobs said, ¡°We¡¯ve had ours for two and a half years,¡± implying that Apple¡¯s version came first.
I also asked Mr. Jobs and Cingular¡¯s CEO, Stan Sigman, how Cingular managed to keep the iPhone a secret; he conceded that the company had never had to manage a project in such secrecy before.
The answer, I was told, is that Cingular (like Apple) divided the project up into teams of engineers, each of whom worked on only one section of the phone. In fact, Apple actually supplied Cingular with a fakeout user-interface design that bore no resemblance to the final one, so that its programmers wouldn¡¯t know what they were working on.
At one point, a Cingular rep pointed out that the phone lacked a certain button. ¡°Don¡¯t worry,¡± Apple reported back. ¡°We can always add that after the phone ships.¡± It was a reference to the fact that on a touch-screen phone, adding a button is just a software upgrade¡ªbut that reply baffled the heck out of the Cingular guy.
For lots of great pictures of the phone, visit Engadget¡¯s
In fact, about the only iPhone you¡¯ll be able to buy in stores anytime soon is the Linksys/Cisco iPhone, and it¡¯s likely NOT to be the iPhone you truly want to buy. Reports online suggest that Apple came to some kind of deal to secure the iPhone name. Obviously it was easier to do that than it was to buy the iTV brand name.

Nevertheless, the iPhone, for all its incredible desirability and undeniable technological innovation is simply not available to purchase. Anyone wanting one will need to wait at least 6 months before it arrives on store shelves in the US ¨C unless Apple has something up their sleeve so that it launches earlier.

Europe? Q4 this year. Asia and Australia? Forget about the phone until 2008.

By the end of the year, 8Gb will seem small ¨C heck it seems small now, and I know what I¡¯m talking about as I have an 8Gb iPod Nano 2nd-gen, and with the growing number of 3.5G HSDPA providers out there offering download speeds of up to 1.5Mbps (with 3.6Mbps, 7.2Mbps and 14.4Mbps download speeds coming to Australia by March this year, according to the national telco, Telstra), Apple¡¯s iPhone will have likely gone through at least one update by the time people in Australasia get the see the phone in stores.

Already, the speculation has started as to what we might see in the iPhone 2. 3G or 3.5G, video calls, at least 16Gb of flash storage, the potential for some kind of slick removable battery, an FM radio, and endless third party accessories including those plastic sleeves to prevent the screen from getting scratched.

But there¡¯s no doubt that Steve Jobs and his technicians are already hard at work on the iPhone¡¯s successor. They likely have a roadmap that would blow us all away, if we were ever able to see it beforehand.

Questions abound on what OS X in the phone really means. Wouldn¡¯t it be cool if the iPod¡¯s video out let you plug the iPhone into an LCD monitor, and using Bluetooth, connect up a wireless keyboard and mouse so you could use the iPhone as the ultimate Mac Mini?

Sadly, the Mac OS X in the iPhone is unlikely to allow you to do that, as it has probably been somehow simplified to make it friendlier to the phone environment.

Don¡¯t get me wrong about the iPhone. I love it. I want one. I want one NOW. The voicemail feature alone is worth the price of entry for me ¨C it¡¯s amazing that no-one has ever thought of letting you do that right on your phone before.

Steve Jobs has one again pulled the rabbit out of the hat and has released a product that redefines digital mobility, connectivity and communications. It¡¯s a masterstroke that has set the cat amongst the pigeons in the cell phone industry, and will hopefully spur Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola, Blackberry, Microsoft and others to really ramp up their R&D and launch some amazing designs of their own before 2007 is over.

But back to the iPhone. Unless I can get myself to the US in June 2007 to buy one, and then figure out how to bypass what will surely be a network lock to the Cingular network so I can use it in Australia¡­

There is no iPhone. Yet.


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The Apple TV is a wonderful product which I really like. It¡¯s not something I would personally purchase as yet, we dont have a HDTV in the family, and secondly, I watch all my media either on my Mac, or on the 100¡å projector TV.

Overall I¡¯m very impressed with this release and cant wait to hear the reactions of the early adaptors.

Airport Extreme

One product I will be buying is the new Airport Extreme. It was a quiet release, nothing was said about it during the Keynote, to my surprise when I was browsing the Apple TV page on Apple.com I came across a link to this updated model.

It features the new wireless standard 802.11g - 5 times faster than previous wireless ranges. It will be replacing my current Belkin wireless base station in around 3 months time.

iPhone

The iPhone, as soon as it is released in New Zealand the iPhone will become MyPhone. I cannot wait to get my hands on this. Apple really has me sold on the design alone, the touch screen is amazing. I love how it automatically detects which way you are holding it and rotates your content accordingly.

This phone will change the communication industry, just as the iPod changed the music industry in 2001.

What are your thoughts on the outcome of Macworld, and what will you be purchasing
Today is a big day for Apple enthusiasts, with speculation at an all time high for new hardware from the darlings of Silicon Valley. Rumors have been flying around for some time ranging from the iPhone, to the iTV, to new touch screen iPods, to a truly portable Mac.

Well after you clear away all the bragging about selling over 2 billion songs and 1.3 million movies on iTunes, and how the Zune only captured a 2% market share in November, here¡¯s what really has been revealed today:

New iTunes Movie Download Partner: Paramount Studios, should take iTunes to over 250 movies available for download
Apple is working at a feverish pace to finish up its initial foray into the cellular phone market, but reliable sources report the new device will not be announced until Macworld Expo San Francisco in January 2007," Ryan Katz reports for Think Secret.

"Apple is counting its first phone will stir the U.S. market and enjoy the same buzz that Motorola's RAZR and LG's Chocolate phone have. To that end, Apple will pack several high-end features into its phone, including a 3-megapixel camera, 2.2-inch display, and complete iTunes/iPod features and integration, sources with direct connections to the company's plans report," Katz reports.

MacDailyNews Note: Chocolate Cellphone Only Looks Sweet; Its Design Is Flawed - Walt Mossberg, Wall Street Journal, August 03, 2006

Katz continues, "Unlike Motorola's iTunes phones, Apple's phone will not feature a 100 song limit. Instead, the number of music and photos that can be packed into the phone will only be limited by its storage capacity, although at present sources have been unable to confirm what that will be."

Full article with more details here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "LinuxGuy and Mac Prodigal Son" for the heads up.]

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9 January 2007 17:47 GMT - Apple has confirmed that it is launching the Apple iPhone - a touchscreen iPod with mobile phone capabilities.

"This is the day I've been waiting for the last 2 years", said Steve Jobs in his now iconic black polo, blue jeans and white trainers outfit, as he announced the new gadget at the keynote speech in San Francisco at MacWorld 2007.

The new device won't feature a QWERTY keyboard however will have a single screen with no buttons.

"Who wants a stylus?", said Jobs, as he announced a new technology called multitouch that allows you to use your fingers.

The new system ignores unintended touches allows multi-finger touches.

Apple has turned to its OS 10 operating system for the new phone for the software.

"It's not the crippled stuff you find on other devices, this is desktop class software", said Jobs.

Apple has also turned to the iPod for the syncing capabilities.

The new device will automatically sync music, audiobooks, podcasts, movies, tv shows, contacts, calendars, photos, notes, bookmarks and emails accounts.

The syncing procedure will be run through iTunes.

The new phone will be thinner than any smartphone available, and offer a 2 megapixel camera and a 3.5inch screen. There is a 3.5mm headset jack. It will also include a speaker, as well as the iPod dock connector.

The device also has a sensor built-in that will allow you automatically turn off the phone when it is next to your face so you can't press buttons by mistake.

Steve Jobs demoed the device starting with a Beatles track - not available in the iTunes store.

Apple has paid great attention to the controls including a sliding action that allows you to unlock the phone rather than relying on buttons, while scrolling through menus or contacts lists is just a case of running your finger on the screen.

The screen also has a motion sensor that automatically changes the display.

"We want to re-invent the phone", said Jobs.

The new phone will allow you to sync your contacts automatically. The phone will offer quad-band rather than 3G, however Jobs said that would be a future offering.

The phone will also sport Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi connectivity.

The phone, which works heavily around a contact-based system features all relevant detail including the option for a picture with each contact sheet.

Jobs made the first public call from the new phone with Jonathan Ive the British designer.

The phone also allows you to instantly conference multiple calls in at the same time at the touch of a button, while also being able to drop and add calls on the fly.

The phone allow you to have a favourite list of contacts for quick easy access.

The SMS text message system has been designed to look like an instant chat application allowing you to view previous messages via contact rather than text.

Images on the phone can be zoomed via an on-screen movement Jobs called "the pinch" images can be set as wallpapers at the touch of a button.

Apple has said the device supports IMAP or POP3 email service meaning it will work with Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail.

Apple also announced that it will offer a free push email service from any Yahoo email account that promises to work in a similar service to BlackBerry.

For the browser, which when it comes to connecting to the Internet, automatically selects whether there is a Wi-Fi connection available. Apple has opted for its Safari web browser as well as adding its widgets applications.

The browser software will also resize the page to allow you to see the whole page. The Apple "pinch" feature as described above for the photos also works on the browser window to zoom into web pages.

The widget feature allows you to access the array of widgets found on the company's desktop operating system. Widgets allow you to check things like weather and stock options as long as you are connected to the Internet.

The company has teamed up with Google to offer its Google maps service.

Using the service users can find mapping and directions. Jobs showing off the service at the keynote speech found a Starbucks near the convention centre and then was able to phone the store directly.

"I'll have 4000 lattes to go please."

The Google mapping software also features the company's satellite details allowing you to view satellite imagery on the phone as long as you have an internet connection to access it.

"It's the Internet in your pocket" said Jobs.

Apple was joined by Jerry Yang, founder of Apple, and Dr Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, to praise the new phone.

Apple stock is already up $5 on the back of the announcement.

Apple has also announced a range of new devices including a new set of earphones with built-in mic and a Bluetooth headset that automatically syncs with the iPhone.

Apple is promising 5 hours talk time from one charge with 16 hours of audio playback.

Apple says the phone features over 200 patents for the technology that it includes.

Slow to give the price, Jobs has said that the new phone will cost $299, although no price was given for the UK.

There will also be an 8GB model for $599.

The new phone will be not be available however until June in the US. Apple has said that the new iPhone will be available in the UK before Christmas. Asia will get the phone in 2008.

In the US, the phone will only be available on the Cingular mobile network.

Apple has said that it hopes to get 1% of the 1 billion mobile phones sold around the world in its first year representing a target of 10 million units.

Steve Job's keynote was strangely finished with a standing ovation from journalists and exhibitors in the crowd.

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