The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference keynote is underway. For some crazy reason Apple doesn't broadcast the keynote in live video, but there's an army of bloggers reporting live from the event. Here at RWW we'd like to think that we're patient enough to wait until all the news comes out before we pay too much attention. That's not entirely true, though. This blogger is very happy to hear that there will in fact be a 3G iPhone available on July 11th for only $199. Live audio surreptitiously streamed can be heard below the fold. Now that the presentation is over, we've got a recorded video of the iPhone highlights below.
So far it's been relatively uninteresting showcase partner app demonstrations. Some of the medical applications are interesting. Apple is really trying to sell the iPhone as a serious device. Check out the audio below, provided by iPhone Alley.
We're waiting to hear about faster service by 3G, some carrier unfreezing and/or a rumored $200 subsidy by ATT. What are you hoping to hear?
Update: The presentation is over! Below you'll find some recorded video, via TechCrunch. Highlights included 3G service, availability in 71 countries and a shockingly low price point starting at $199. Yay!
Push notification for all app developers is very cool, allowing notifications to be sent to app users even when they aren't using the app.
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Is something broken in the post? No media!!
Posted by: Gopinath M | June 9, 2008 12:37 PM
July 4th?
Here it is said to be July 11th:
http://pixible.com/2008/06/possilbe-iphone-designs/
Posted by: Beck | June 9, 2008 1:14 PM
Beck, that's right. I misheard the audio stream but have since corrected that date.
Posted by: Marshall Kirkpatrick
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June 9, 2008 1:17 PM
Does anybody know if the camera will finally be able to record video without any 3rd party apps?
Nokia N95 has all the same feature for ages, of course it's more expensive, but then you can get it for 0$ in Europe on a contract.
Posted by: Dmitry | June 9, 2008 2:29 PM
The new iphone is great, 3G and GPS built in, wow.
George - http://worldonblog.com/
Posted by: George | June 9, 2008 2:38 PM
Even though this blog has been particularily quiet around Apple's WWDC08 and the new iPhone announcement, I'd like to voice an opinion that is likely to make me look like I'm an old dinosaur that is just bitterly jealous over Apple's success.
Well in fact, I'm not. But I am still looking for words to describe how pathetic Bubbleland looks like from a higher perspective, buzzing crazily around Apple, their conference, and the new iPhone.
Just look at that : an army of bloggers "liveblogging" what ? An event primarily addressed to people who write programs working on products of a (still) relatively small company that until now addresses only the 10% of the richer people in the world with their fancy gadgets.
And writing about what ? A BIG event : the second release of a phone that until now lacked what 80% of the phones sold in Europe and Japan have had for the last 2-3 years - 3G connectivity. And guess what : it also does portable music playing and GPS. Woaaah ! Excellent ! Nobody else does that on the market, do they ?
Now, don't tell me guys that the iPhone was a revolutionnary phone : it wasn't, except maybe for its stylish look. And this release is anything but exceptionnal. It basically is a "survival release". Adjust the competition or die. And also adjust the competition's pricing or die.
People are talking about this as the latest genius move from Apple's Steve Jobs. It's not a genius move. It's the only strategy to avoid the short-term failure of the product. Except to Apple groupies (which are numerous in Bubbleland's crowd), this phone had been bought until now for its stylish look. And that wouldn't have gone much further than it was.
Posted by: Raph T. | June 9, 2008 2:51 PM
Raph, you're my hero
Posted by: Vyrotek | June 9, 2008 5:54 PM
Raph, you're my anti-hero ;)
Multitouch, and a UI based on an animation engine is not
something seen in Europe or Asia prior to the iPhone's
introduction.
And as someone who has developed phone apps, the ability
to sell my own app without working out some means of a subscription model with a US carrier is totally new
Posted by: anonymous coward | June 9, 2008 8:03 PM
Obviously Ralph cares more about quantity than quality. He just treats functionality as laundry items from a checklist as if the mere presence of those items is enough. It's more important to look at the substance of each functionality. What mobile browser compete with Safari? Play music? hold on let me pop in this SD card first. Nice! What cell phone has capacitor-sensor that automatically shuts its screen off to conserve power when the user holds it near his ear then turn right back on if it's far away? There are tiny little details that adds up to the whole simple and elegant user experience.
Yea, I used to own cell phones that make and receive phone calls too. But they also beeps like crazy at 3am in the morning because someone just sent me a text message or when it's about to run out of power.
May be it's not so wise to just look at the army of bloggers flocking to cover the release of the iPhone. What about the hundreds of thousands of developers, or the eBay price that people in Europe and Asia are willing to pay for the iPhone, or the knockoff release of countless handset makers following the first iPhone.
It's good to deflate all the hype surrounding the iPhone, but it's jealous, arrogant, and ignorant to call this phone a "survival release".
Posted by: Ken | June 9, 2008 8:20 PM
Raph. You can't fault Apple for the attention it receives from the internet media.
Apple devoted over 75% of the keynote today to developers - as it should have, afterall, this is it's developers conference. The iPhone 3G release was delivered in less than 30 minutes. It was the the rest of the world (you included), not Apple, who turned the iPhone 3G into the focus of today's keynote.
Posted by: Steelopus | June 9, 2008 9:00 PM
Nice cut Raph, you have pointed out a serious question about todays level of quality of posts we see on blogosphere....
Spot on !!!
Posted by: FM | June 10, 2008 3:04 AM
Ralph,
Get your facts straight. Apple is not a "relatively small company." It is the 16th largest company in the United States as measured by market capitalization. (SOURCE: Financial Times Global 500 based list as of March 31, 2008). Apple is larger than ConocoPhillips, Intel, Citigroup, Hewlwtt Packard, Pepsico, and Oracle. Apple is almost 3 times as large as Dell!
Steve
Posted by: Steve | June 10, 2008 9:38 PM