12:50 EST: We’ll be following the news as it rolls in from the WWDC Keynote. Join us for a conversation in the comments below…
So the question of the hours as we are five minutes out… why ONE announcement are you most hoping for?
And we are off- Tim Cook is up on stage… no, wait, Siri is doing the intro. (Cute…)
| “I am excited about the new Samsung, not the phone, the refrigerator.” |
MacBook Pro
Also has 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge
up to 2.7 GHZ
8GB RAM at 1600 mhz
Discrete GPU is now the GeForce GT 650M, 1GB
Both USBs are USB 3
13″ is $1199 and $1499
15″ is $1799 and $2199
7 hour battery life
SHIPPING Today
(All current models are updates or, it seems, killed if we do not see the 17″)
THIRD LAPTOP LINE
Next Generation MacBook Pro…
New Display (retina)
Radically thin and light
(I’m buying)
Gets rid of old stuff (i.e. optical drive)
Just .71 inches (about a MacBook air)
4.46 pounds
And yes, a retina display
15.4″ and 2880 by 1800 res
“World’s highest resolution notebook display”
Will ship with Lion
Stock apps are updated
Pro apps are too
WOW!
If apps have not been updated they will be pixel doubled… (we know that story… hug)
“Inside is as amazing as the display”
mostly battery it appears
2.7 GHz quad-core processor
up to 16GB RAM at 1600 MHz
Next-gen Kepler graphics, GT 650M with 1GB of VRAM
768 GB storage max- of course flash
Even thinner magsafe (MagSafe 2)
2 Thunderbolt ports, another USB3/2, and headphone jack
SD slot, HDMI, USB3 USB2 combo ports
Glass multitouch trackpad onboard, backlit keyboard, 802.11n WiFi, and Bluetooth 4
Facetime HD camera, DUAL Mics
Awesome speakers
“The very best computer that we’ve ever built.”
The display and case are now one. Even more uni-body than ever.
Promised to be quiet and cool too
(So much for WWDC not being about hardware!)
$2199 starting price for 2.3 quad core, 8GB RAM and 256GB
Ships today
OS X
Mountain Lion to Lion transition. (I used the Beta for a while and, as a devoted iOS-user the updates make it all that much more familiar and there is even more since I went back to Lion))
iCloud expansion- Docs in the cloud available on all Apple apps that use documents.
Developer SDK available
Notification Center- has a switch so you can turn it off
Dictation is now on the Mac- Everywhere (WOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!) (Add in the dual microphones on the new MacBook Pro and…)
Tons of enhancements to sharing, Safari and more. Multitouch gestures, sharing from Safari and various apps. All in all there is just more integration between what is on the screen and iCloud, social media etc.
You can even tweet from the notification center and use dictation to do it. (Thanks for the head up MacRumors)
WOW!- Power Nap feature- lets your mac stay up to date (fetching mail, reminders and calendars etc) while it is in sleep mode. It will even update Photo Stream. (That means no more lag when you first come out of sleep)
AirPlay Mirroring is sweet! (Be afraid networks, be very afraid)
Other cool suff- Mail VIPs- messages will show up as notifications (LOVE!), Gatekeeper, Offline reading list
Mountain Lion ships to the App Store next month for $19.99 and one price updates all your Macs!!
New Macs from today on upgrade for free.
iOS
Apple has sold 365 million iOS devices and 80% of customers are winning iOS 5.0
84 of the top 100 social apps use Apple’s push notifications
140 million iMessage users
150B messages sent
“Every year brings a new iOS and this year is no exception”
(WOW, just locked into the annual update)
iOS 6.0
200 new features including significant enhancements to Siri
Sir i in iOS 6.0
Huge and powerful improvements for sports fans. Scores, stats and more
Siri doesn’t just do sports now- big on food too
Partnered with Yelp so you can use Siri to make dinner reservations
Yelp to OpenTable- slick
Siri now also does movies – info, ratings, trailers
It can even find films based on actors and actresses
And Siri can now launch apps (FINALLY!!!!)
Siri launching apps? It’s about time!
Flyover Maps look fantastic!
Navigation finally comes to you iOS peeps for free too. About time I say.
We’ve had navigation for a while; it just didn’t look like this. 😉
For free? Turn by Turn? I mean you could have always used Waze but…
Not turn by turn, if you mean where it speaks to you. The turn by turn it did have was integrated into maps, and it would tell you as you went next step, next step, telling you where to turn and what to do. It was pretty straightforward, and I never had an issue with it because it worked extremely well. This new way though, looks fantastic!
Judie Lipsett Stanford
http://www.geardiary.com
Not turn by turn, if you mean where it speaks to you. The turn by turn it did have was integrated into maps, and it would tell you as you went next step, next step, telling you where to turn and what to do. It was pretty straightforward, and I never had an issue with it because it worked extremely well. This new way though, looks fantastic!
Judie Lipsett Stanford
http://www.geardiary.com
For free? Turn by Turn? I mean you could have always used Waze but…
We’ve had navigation for a while; it just didn’t look like this. 😉
And Siri with it
Most likely written with Siri. Please excuse any and all errors.
And Siri with it
Most likely written with Siri. Please excuse any and all errors.
That’s very good too. I can do that with Android but it’s not ideal. Getting better every iteration though.
That’s very good too. I can do that with Android but it’s not ideal. Getting better every iteration though.
Navigation finally comes to you iOS peeps for free too. About time I say.
Flyover Maps look fantastic!
So new MacBooks and iOS 6 announcement. Nothing really shocking except the MacBooks if you ask me. The Displays are going to be killer on these MacBooks.
So new MacBooks and iOS 6 announcement. Nothing really shocking except the MacBooks if you ask me. The Displays are going to be killer on these MacBooks.
iOS 6 looks great! Probably won’t be too much of an upgrade since the 4 is my newest device.
iOS 6 looks great! Probably won’t be too much of an upgrade since the 4 is my newest device.
Did I mention I wanted my iPhone 5? Not until September, I’m guessing.
Did I mention I wanted my iPhone 5? Not until September, I’m guessing.
Doug, that’s been pretty clear for quite some time. Remember, they are still rolling out the iPhone 4S to countries and networks
Sent from my iPad
Doug, that’s been pretty clear for quite some time. Remember, they are still rolling out the iPhone 4S to countries and networks
Sent from my iPad
Please fill me in. I only skimmed through here and did NOT see the keynote but it looks like both OSX and iOS do not have significant major improvements except for built in apps. Siri got a much needed upgrade, and Navigation pretty much headlining iOS 6? New MBP’s look great.