Macworld

Apple TV 2: Rentals, HD Quality - FREE software upgrade and Price drop!

By Dieter Bohn, Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 a 12:42 pm

Jobs notes how everybody has tried and failed to get movies off the internet onto a widescreen TV. He admits that Apple TV was a miss as well, that people really want Movies, not an accessory for your computer.

"Apple TV Take 2: No Computer Required."

iTunes Movie Rentals Announced

By Dieter Bohn, Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 a 12:36 pm

They've sold 4 Billion songs, 125 million TV shows, and 7 million movies. However, that 7 million mark is lower than they'd prefer. So today, Jobs has announced iTunes Movies Rentals.

On board - every major movie studio! Steve presented them with a "and by the way." They will launch with 1000 films by the end of February. They will be on iTunes 30 days after their DVD release. You can watch on iPhone.

New apps added to iPod Touch

By Dieter Bohn, Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 a 12:34 pm

It's a $20 upgrade to existing iPod Touch users - you can get

Mail
Notes
Maps
Stocks
Weahter

The new software will be preloaded in new Touches, but the cost is disappointing to current Touch users.

New iPhone Features - Macworld Keynote

By Dieter Bohn, Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 a 12:24 pm

Steve jobs announced several new iPhone features in the keynote at Macword, including:

Maps with location
Webclips
Customize Home screens
SMS multiple people at once
Chapters, subtitles, and languages in videos
display of lyrics

The features fall very much in line with the previously leaked 1.1.3 update.

iPhone News in the Apple Keynote

By Dieter Bohn, Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 a 12:21 pm

They've sold 4 million iPhones in 200 days - 20,000 iPhones per day on average.

On US Smartphone marketshare, the quarter ending in September, In its first 90 days of shipping it garnered nearly 20% of the smarpthone marketshare. They nearly equaled Palm, Motorola, and Nokia combined. Jobs expects they'll do even better when the December numbers come out.

Apple Time Capsule - Macworld Keynote

By Dieter Bohn, Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 a 12:15 pm

At today's keynote, Steve Jobs announced "Time Capsule." It's a full Airport Extreme base station that also includes a "server-grade hard drive." It is meant for wireless backups for notebooks. Time Capsule runs on 802.11n.

The 500gb drive version is only $299. The 1 terrabye model is $499. It will ship in February. "It's the perfect companion product to Time Machine."

Live from the Macworld Keynote

By Dieter Bohn, Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 a 12:13 pm

We're here and we're live! The show got started a little late, but it's still on, baby!

We won't be fully liveblogging every moment, but we'll be doing a big new post for every big new anouncement. Stay tuned! Steve is on stage now! He's looking back at 2007, talking about the iMac, the iPods, and "of course the revolutionary iPhone."

4 things to talk about today.

Google Improves Their iPhone Interface

By Dieter Bohn, Monday, Jan 14, 2008 a 5:44 pm

Another Keynote, Another Fake Leaked Outline

By Dieter Bohn, Monday, Jan 14, 2008 a 1:18 pm

Above: a big yawner, courtesy of twob

It happens every year lately - a day or two before the big Keynote, some tiny site¹ claims to have the outline of what Steve Jobs will announce. The supposed goods on the iPhone: 16gb at $499 (really going on a limb there), arrival in Japan in March, and the unveiling of the SDK. A full unveiling, actually, with lots of details.

All of which are pretty safe bets.

After the jump: the full supposed outline. Give it credit for being realistic -- heck, give it credit for being boring. But do not, we hope, give it credit for beingreal.

¹ Yes, we are a tiny site as well and we know you thought it earlier. Be Nice.