I had a different sort of Apple event experience today. When these events roll around, I’m usually at home munching on some food with my teeth and watching the event with my MacBook. This time around I was in Chinatown finishing up some errands and rushing back home in a cab to see the event. Then I remembered that Apple was streaming the whole thing live to Macs and iOS devices, and — to my surprise — it worked beautifully. I watched about 20 minutes of the keynote while on the street or in a cab, and the quality was quite amazing.
Then there were all of the goodies that Steve announced:
iOS goodness:
- iOS 4.1 next week (see Patrick’s post here), including: HDR pictures for iPhones, Game Center, bug fixes, and iTunes Ping (more on this later)
- iOS 4.2 for iPad this November: Patrick will be covering this one over on Just Another iPad Blog
iPod goodness:
- new iPod shuffle ($49), nano ($149), and touch ($229) — see Alicia’s post here for more details
iTunes goodness:
- a newer, sleeker iTunes 10 is set to come out later today (see this post from Brandon Walkin for finer changes – via @spiralstairs)
- iTunes Ping, a social network for music that’s built right into iTunes on the destkop, and the iTunes app for iPhone/iPod — I’m not sure how keen I am on joining yet another network, but we’ll see…
Apple TV:
- Apple’s deserted hobby is back, and it’s smaller and cheaper than ever at $99
- Everything is rental based: TV shows from FOX and ABC are $0.99, and first run HD movies are $4.99
- look for a post on this soon
That’s about it for Apple’s big punches today, and kudos to Cupertino for offering such kickass live streaming!
Continue reading:
- Everything New Apple Just Announced (Septembe
- Apple Watch Pre-Order
- Apple Research Kit launches with 5 Apps
- Apple TV now only $69
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