Apple WWDC 2009
Jun 8, 2009, 8:29 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Liveblog and in-depth coverage from Apple's annual developer event, where new iPhone info is expected.
Intro
Phone Scoop is live on the scene at Apple's WWDC in San Francisco this year. There are sure to be iPhone-related announcements today, possibly including new iPhone models.
We'll be liveblogging the keynote (connection permitting... these things do tend to push wireless networks to their limits.) Check back at 1pm eastern / 10am pacific for the start of our live coverage. You can follow the liveblog on the next page. We also plan to take live photos, which will appear on the "Live Photos" page.
Key parts of our liveblog will be mirrored on Twitter as well. Follow @phonescoop to keep track of today's big iPhone news that way.
Live Blog
2:11 PM: That's all folks, thanks for tuning into Phone Scoop's liveblog of the Apple WWDC keynote!
2:01 PM: iPhone 3GS is available June 19!!!
2:01 PM: The iPhone 3G new price point starts today.
2:00 PM: Will keep the iPhone 3G 8GB in the market at $99. Wow.
2:00 PM: More affordable?
2:00 PM: These are AT&T prices for new and qualified customers. Both come in black and white.
1:59 PM: 16GB $199, $299 32GB.
1:59 PM: $199
1:58 PM: The iPhone 3GS is also more eco=friendly.
1:58 PM: Battery life: 9 hours of wifi, 10 hours of video, 30 hours of audio, 2g talk 12 hours, 5 hours of 3G.
1:57 PM: Hardware encryption is also built in for the iPhone 3GS. When you say "wipe it" it is instantaneous. Improved battery live, too.
1:56 PM: Can invert colors can pipe in mono audio, it will support Nike Plus.
1:55 PM: The new compass will show long/lat, go directly to a map, and orient the map to the direction you're heading.
1:55 PM: It will integrate with the iTunes Genius playlist. Also a built-in digital compass.
1:54 PM: Can play songs by artist, can play a play list can make calls, can ask the iPhone what's playing now. etc.
1:54 PM: iPhone 3GS gets voice control. Brand new UI for controlling and commands so that you interact with the phone's features.
1:53 PM: APple predicts it will be a very popular device for capturing video.
1:52 PM: Videos can be shared via email, MMS, etc. Works very similar to photos.
1:52 PM: Videos will be stored in the photo library. Photos can be edited on board, trimmed directly on the phone, share directly via email
1:51 PM: 30fps, VGA with audio, auto focus, auto white balance auto exposure.
1:51 PM: iPhone 3GS now captures VIDEO!!!!! New switch to take still or movies.
1:50 PM: Includes an auto-macro mode. Can get 10cm close-ups. There is an API for developers to take advantage of the camera. No flash?
1:50 PM: Tap to focus feature. Tap a place on the screen, and the iPhone will focus there to take the picture. Better low-light sensitivty
1:49 PM: Brand new camera. 3 megapixel camera with autofocus. Takes pictures faster and new software. Auto white balance, auto exposure.
1:48 PM: iPhone 3GS will support 7.2Mbps HSDPA.
1:48 PM: Phil is talking about how fast the iPhone 3GS will be. Says it will perform an average of 2x faster.
1:47 PM: Same design. All new guts.
1:46 PM: The iPhone 3GS!
1:44 PM: Phil is back on stage! 15 minutes left! New iPhone time?
1:43 PM: To clarify - iPhone OS 3.0 will be free to all iPhones starting June 17 (next week!)
1:42 PM: Looks like the demos are coming to an end. It will be free for all iPhone customers. $10 for iPod touch. Available June 17.
1:37 PM: The ZipCar app will let renters find the car by making the horn beep from the iPhone, and can even unlock it using the iPhone. Nice.
1:27 PM: Cool that the Tom Tom application has turn-by-turn directions and is so compatible with hands-free, car-related tech such as Bluetooth. Good stuff.
1:24 PM: Tom Tom is on stage now. Showing off their mapping application, which factors in the time of day when planning routes (accounts for rush hour traffic, etc.).
1:21 PM: Will be able to buy magazines, books and newspapers directly from the iPhone. with a new app called IceBerg.
1:19 PM: Wow. They just showed off an app so that a doctor can monitor patients from afar. Just like having a patient wave monitor in their hand. Can scroll back over time and see the entire waves. Really amazing technology.
1:16 PM: Gameloft is showing off a new racing application. The 3D looks incredible. The background rendering was impressive.
1:14 PM: Time for developer exposes. Gameloft gets a shout-out first. No word yet on when/if OS 3.0 will be available for the masses.
1:13 PM: Push notifications are coming. Text alerts, numerical badges, and custom alert sounds. All possible with iPhone OS 3.0 SDK.
1:11 PM: Built a cocoa-touch control that will allow developers to embed Google Maps into their apps.
1:11 PM: Opening up hardware accessory capabilities for developers. This means that companies can build hardware AND software that works together on the iPhone.
1:09 PM: Hmmm, he is talking about new stuff supported within the SDK, and not new iPhone features.
1:08 PM: An alert sound will play even if the phone is in silent mode to alert people nearby that the phone is there. You can send it a remote wipe command to kill all the on-board data. That will make business users happy.
1:07 PM: Find My iPhone will let MobileME users log in and find where their phone is ON A MAP!
1:06 PM: "Find My iPhone". New feature! SHowing a video of 30 Rock. It will let people find their lost iPhones.
1:05 PM: Apple iPhone OS 3.0 now supports 30 languages, with both portrait and landscape keyboard.
1:03 PM: Supports Auto-fill to automatically fill in web forms. Nice touch.
1:03 PM: SUpport for HTTP streaming audio and video. It picks the right bit right and data quality for the existing connection, even if EDGE.
1:02 PM: Tethering also requires carrier support, also AT&T NOT listed!!!!
1:01 PM: Tethering allows you to share your iPhone connection with your computer. This works with Macs and PCs. WOrks via USB, or over Bluetooth.
1:00 PM: Parental controls will allow parents more and better control over how their kids use their iPhones. Next up, tethering.
1:00 PM: Can purchase TV shows, movies, videos, and music all directly from the phone.
12:59 PM: iPhone OS 3.0 will get Spotlight search. Next iTunes, new enhancements. Rent and purchase movies right form the phone.
12:57 PM: MMS. Built into SMS app, send text and multimedia pictures and video. Requires carrier support. 29 carriers have agreed to support MMS. AT&T is ready to support MMS later this summer.
12:57 PM: Cut copy and paste, works across apps, undo support. Also landscape support for the keyboard. Added to all key apps, mail, notes and messages.
12:55 PM: Video is over. Talking now about iPhone OS 3.0. A major update to the iPhone OS. More than 100 new features.
12:50 PM: Apple is rolling a video of developer stories. They are thanking all the developers who have created all the 50,000 apps and the 1 billion downloads so far.
12:49 PM: Apple has sold 40 million iPhones plus iPod Touches.
12:48 PM: The free SDK has been downloaded 1 million times. There are now 50,000 applications in the apps store. That's crazy.
12:48 PM: Scott Forstall takes the page time for iPhone!!!
12:47 PM: Developers are getting a dev preview version of Snow Leopard. They are turning to iPHONE!
12:43 PM: Apple is talking about much better and robust integration with its own Mail product and Microsoft Exchange. Could be good news for businesses that want to use Exchange email, but APple OS.
12:39 PM: Apple is going on about a lot of under-the-hood changes to the programming in Snow Leopard. Neat stuff for the developers, but not earth shattering to end users', IMHO. Where's the iPhone news?!?
12:32 PM: Wow. Safari 4 looks stunning in Snow Leopard. Can search your history in the same that that coverflow works in iTunes. Very nice!
12:29 PM: Snow Leopard will ship as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users in September 2009 for $29. Very nice for Leopard users!
12:26 PM: All new version of QuickTimne 10. It has HTTP streaming, ColorSync, works with any web server.
12:26 PM: A few extra features in Safari 4 for Snow Leopard. The first is crash resistance. Browser plugins are the biggest reason for Safari crashed. From now on, just the window that crashes will crash. No other open windows will crash. Snow Leopard will also be optimized for speed with respect to Safari.
12:24 PM: Apple has been working on Safari 4, Top Sites, in beta for several months, it is now shipping for Leopard, Tiger and Windows. Apple claims it is much faster.
12:20 PM: Apple is talking about Snow Leopard. The biggest things it is going to offer is refinements. Refined 90% of OSX projects.
12:17 PM: Now they are bringing out Bertand Solet to talk about Mac OSX.
12:16 PM: Apple is also offering a new MacBook Air, as well. Faster processors, better memory, lower prices. That's all good news during these challenging economic times. Still waiting for news on a new iPhone!
12:14 PM: Apple is updating the 13-inch MacBooks, too. It will have the SD card slot as well. Also supports 8GB of memory. Up to 500GB of storage. Has built-in LED backlit keyboard. Also has FireWire 800. Lots of cheering for that. 13-inch is now called the MacBook Pro. $1199!!!!
12:09 PM: They've added a SD card slot into the side of the new MacBookPro. COol stuff, even if it is not phone related.
12:06: They announced a new MacBook Pro that has 7 hours of battery life, but has an enclosed battery.
12:04 PM: Tripled the installed base of Apple OSX. But that includes iPhone users.
12:02 PM: Crowd is laughing at the Hodgman skits. Really funny stuff.
12:01 PM: John Hodgman! Wishing us week with not too much innovation! Funny.
12:01 PM: Lights are dimming. Looks like they are getting ready to kick things off! Small cheer from the crowd.
11:59 AM: They are cranking up the music now, one of the songs from iPhone commercials.
11:57 AM: First announcement, they are asking us to silence everything and that the conference will begin in a few moments.
Live Photos
Our live, unfiltered stream of photos from the Apple keynote event (as overloaded wireless connections allow):
About the author, Eric M. Zeman:Eric has been covering the mobile telecommunications industry for 17 years at various print and online publications. He studied at Rutgers Newark and University of Kentucky, and has a degree in writing. He likes playing guitar, attending concerts, listening to music, and driving sports cars.
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Comments
Enough of AT&T...
Is anyone else had enough of AT&T's monopoly on the iPhone? It's great that the iPhone is now at a price point that the average joe can afford, but paying an additional $30 a month is just AT&T's way of sticking it to their loyal customers. I don't think that millions of their customers are going to to turn over to the iphone. If apple really wants to bust into the cellular phone market they need to create a CDMA version and have some REAL compition between carriers. If they continue their exclusivity with AT&T for another year or two, then I'm afraid we will be seeing a slow death of Apples beloved cash cow.
dude, there is not a single carrier (other than t-mobile) who offers a lower data rate. period.
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If the phone did not require a data plan, most of the features on it would need to be crippled, and the price point would be A LOT higher (think $500). The reason they can have the phone for so low is because the cost is subsidized by the data plan. ...
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modem
Hello,
Will someone please clarify if you can use the new or old iphone as a modem for your laptop? I have searched the forum and I am confused about the responses. Right now I use my AT&T 8925 as a modem. I hook the usb cable to the computer, go to internet sharing and I am able to get online. Thank you for your help.
Will someone please clarify if you can use the new or old iphone as a modem for your laptop? I have searched the forum and I am confused about the responses. Right now I use my AT&T 8925 as a modem. I hook the usb cable to the computer, go to internet sharing and I am able to get online. Thank you for your help.
when i was ordering my 3gs 2 days ago the guy selling it to me said that tethering will not be available in the US..only in other countries...however there are always ways around it....also i couild be wrong but thats what the AT&T worker said
Anyone notice the applications graph???
I didn't see windows mobile being compared. Way to skew the numbers Apple.
The windows mobile store is not yet up and running.
A perfect phone??
What do you think the iPhone still needs?
Obviously a better camera, flash and an SD card slot, removeable battery... are those necessary though?
Apple really seems to be stepping it up, honestly, is this not as close to a perfect phone as were going to get?
Still hoping for a new model today!
Obviously a better camera, flash and an SD card slot, removeable battery... are those necessary though?
Apple really seems to be stepping it up, honestly, is this not as close to a perfect phone as were going to get?
Still hoping for a new model today!
It needs a carrier here in the states..
we got the camera, no flash, HUGE memory, tons of other stuff too... what does it still need??
I'm sure they can come up with a way to put a physical keyboard on the thing. If not, the bluetooth keyboard that looks like a calculator is pretty hot.
Other things I would like to see:
TETHERING (3Gs will have it, but not in US)
FM Transmitter...
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Other things I would like to see:
TETHERING (3Gs will have it, but not in US)
FM Transmitter...
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The Best Part is...
...new price point, very nice. $99 for the 8gb is going to put heavy pressure on mid-priced phones.
the rest was a mix of 'about time', 'interesting but ok', and 'that's apps but what about the phone'. hmmm, i guess i'll wait to see the in depth coverage before i pass judgement.
no AT&T listed (as mentioned in the tethering section)??? elaborate please.
but dang... that price is pretty sweet, but was hoping for more mind blowing feature set info.
the rest was a mix of 'about time', 'interesting but ok', and 'that's apps but what about the phone'. hmmm, i guess i'll wait to see the in depth coverage before i pass judgement.
no AT&T listed (as mentioned in the tethering section)??? elaborate please.
but dang... that price is pretty sweet, but was hoping for more mind blowing feature set info.
***Crosses fingers***
Hoping to see a beautiful new iPhone today... maybe a netbook/pad??
Anyone here hoping for something to be thrown T-mobile USA's way???
Anyone here hoping for something to be thrown T-mobile USA's way???
Im hoping that tmobile usa will finally get something!
