- iOS 5 AS A FREE UPDATE ON OCTOBER 12TH!
- Pod touch - iMessage and iOS 5 with iCloud integration - also in white. 8GB for $199, $299 for 32 GB and $399 for 64 GB!
- iPhone 4S - looks like iPhone 4 with A5 chip - not impressed with battery life. But features listed (below) is enticing to consider upgrading.
- Assistant!? "Will it rain in Cupertino" or "Do I need an umbrella today?" Both the same question, but different ways of asking.
- iPhone 4S preorder October 7th - AT&T, Verizon, Sprint
I'm following the following live blogs:
- Arstechnica
- Macworld - they seem to be having issues now.
- Engadget
- CNet
- Slashgear
- TIPB
- Pasadena Star - local paper, gotta support my boys.
Updates:
- Sprint stock took a beating yesterday after the $20 billion deal with Appe but it's up 5% today so far.
- Everyone is in - less than 5 min until Tim Cook rocks the world.
- Apple CEO Tim Cook On the Stage!
- Talking about new Apple stores...I'll probably skip stuff if it's not too important.
- Macworld live blog is failing for me...you?
- Not Apple related but NJ governor Chris Christie not running for prez - doesn't drink enough tea to the Tea Party's liking
- Talked a bit about Lion and Macbook Air.
- Holy crap...Macs achieved 23% share in August...frak..."77% of people buying something else. High ceiling..."
- Now onto music.
- 300 million iPods sold, 16 billion downloads, still a lot of people buying iPods - glad to hear this. Classic lives on?
- 93% Of Fortune 500 deployed iPhones.
- iPad - helping kids learn in new ways - 95% satisfaction.
- Apple stock barely budging so far.
- 80% Of top US hospitals using iPads, helping pilots fly more efficiently, and great penetration of higher ed.
- 250 million iOS devices sold. iPad is 3 of every 4 tablets sold in the US.
- iOS 43% of installed base with Android at 33%, RIM 17%. 500K apps, 140K iPad apps.
- Whopping $3 billion paid to developers.
- Card app - $2.99 to mail in the US, $4.99 in the world.
- Now, onto iOS 5.
- iMessage - works over 3G.
- Twitter, Newsstand, Youtube.
- Talking about camera - nice improved features - home screen short cut allowing for faster access.
- Gamecenter with 67 million accounts
- Safari improvements - this is what I've been asking for. Tab browsing and read it later.
- iOS 5 as a free update on October 12th!
- iTunes Match - October 12th too!
- iPod nano - $129 for 8GB and $149 for 16 GB - available today!
- iPod touch - iMessage and iOS 5 with iCloud integration - also in white. 8GB for $199, $299 for 32 GB and $399 for 64 GB!
- I guess no iPod touch with 6-7" screen for me.. :(
- iPhone 4S - looks like iPhone 4 with A5 chip - not impressed with battery life.
- 4S has new antenna design for faster download.
- 4S - 8 hr 3G, 9 hours Wi-Fi browsing and 6 hrs 3G browsing, 10 hours of video, music 40 hours
- 4S - world phone with both GSM and CDMA
- 8MP camera with better light collection, 33% faster capture, 5 element captures, better low light capture. With this, who needs a dedicated camera anymore?
- Apple beats competitions to take first photo This could be reason to get iPhone 4S if need something faster. 1.1 sec to take first photo and 0.5 sec after that - up to 5 secs for competitors. Galaxy S II 3.8 secs.
- 1080p video capture - real time stabilization.
- So far, all those case makers are wrong....so far...
- Assistant!? "Will it rain in Cupertino" or "Do I need an umbrella today?" Both the same question, but different ways of asking.
- Assistant (Siri), slightly better battery life, better camera - good enough for upgrade?
- Siri seems to be doing it all and more - sending messages, directions, finding best restaurants, appts...very fluid. Demo is very impressive, cannot put into words. Still, I want total voice control over the iPhone - including launching apps.
- Apple stock tanking - investors not impressed with iOS 5, Siri, or iPhone 4S.
- Dictation. Learns your voice.
- I wonder if Siri will make it onto the iPad 2.
- 3GS to be free, iPhone 4 to be 99, 4S at 199 for 16Gb, 299 for 32 GB, 399 for 64 GB
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