Touchdown in San Francisco, CA and live from the Moscone Center (barring any technical difficulties). Stay tuned!
[Update]
Well, that’s the show. See you next year at WWDC 2010! For the full live-blog of WWDC 2009, continue reading below.
- 7:32 AM: WillPark IntoMobile is coming to you live from Apple’s WWDC 2009 keynote in the San Francisco Moscone Center. Just a few more hours until the Keynote gets underway!
- 9:31 AM: will WWDC 2009
Waiting for the flood gates to open - 9:33 AM: smikema be careful, don’t get trampled
- 9:50 AM: Thrystan iPhone 3GS here you come!
- 9:50 AM: Pista69 You luck luck man 😉
- 9:57 AM: WillPark
- 9:57 AM: WillPark The masses are waiting for Apple to kick things off!
- 9:57 AM: WillPark “Conference will begin in a few minutes, thank you!”
- 9:59 AM: Fonz woooooooooooo hoooooo
- 9:59 AM: WillPark Apple always plays the best music – “You, Me and the Bourgeoisie” by The Submarines
- 10:01 AM: WillPark Applause! That means something is happening!
- 10:02 AM: WillPark
- 10:02 AM: WillPark We’re starting! “You’ve already sold a billion apps, isn’t that enough?”
- 10:04 AM: WillPark
- 10:04 AM: WillPark “Can’t you feel the love in this room?”
- 10:04 AM: tlangridge Exciting! Hoping for an Apple Tablet
- 10:05 AM: WillPark
- 10:05 AM: WillPark iPhone has helped triple active Mac OS X users
- 10:06 AM: WillPark Starting with Apple’s MacBook lineup. MacBook Air Unibody design was such a success that Apple applied the design to the rest of the MacBook lineup.
- 10:06 AM: WillPark Still waiting for the Apple Tablet
- 10:08 AM: WillPark
- 10:08 AM: WillPark Brand new 15-inch MacBook Pro with up to 7 hours of battery. New lithium polymer batteries last over 3x times longer than traditional batteries.
- 10:08 AM: WillPark But… where’s the iPhone 3GS?
- 10:08 AM: WillPark SD card slot replaces ExpressCard slot!
- 10:09 AM: WillPark
- 10:09 AM: WillPark Wow, up to 8GB of RAM in the new MBP 15
- 10:10 AM: WillPark New MacBook Pro 15″ starts at $1699!
- 10:11 AM: WillPark
- 10:11 AM: WillPark Wait, my new MBP15 is starting to look not-so-cool
- 10:11 AM: WillPark New MBP 15 models shipping today!
- 10:12 AM: WillPark New 13″ MacBook has the same 7-hour battery as the 15″ MBP
- 10:12 AM: WillPark Also sports an SD card slot
- 10:13 AM: WillPark The 13″ MacBook now supports up to 8GB RAM and has a backlit LED keyboard
- 10:14 AM: WillPark
- 10:14 AM: WillPark MacBook Pro 13″ starts as $1199
- 10:14 AM: WillPark Firewire 800 on the new 13″ MacBook Pro
- 10:14 AM: WillPark MacBook 13″ is now the MacBook Pro 13″ !
- 10:14 AM: WillPark Available today
- 10:16 AM: WillPark
- 10:16 AM: WillPark Apple’s dropping prices on MacBooks, looks good for an iPhone 3G price drop
- 10:16 AM: WillPark MacBook Air gets an update too! Starting at $1499
- 10:16 AM: WillPark Every MacBook meets EPEAT Gold and Energy Star v5.0 Eco-standards
- 10:17 AM: WillPark “Good hardware deserves good software”
- 10:18 AM: WillPark
- 10:18 AM: WillPark Talking smack on Windows – registry, disk defragmentation, user account control, etc. etc.
- 10:19 AM: WillPark
- 10:19 AM: WillPark “We love Leopard”
- 10:19 AM: WillPark “Next big cat is Snow Leopard”
- 10:19 AM: WillPark “Challenge was to build a better Leopard” – better platform, powerful new technologies, EXCHANGE support!
- 10:21 AM: WillPark Finder UI unchanged, but code is rewritten with lots of added features
- 10:21 AM: Anonymous i see they may save the iphone for last. haa
- 10:21 AM: WillPark Snow Leopard has Expose built into the dock
- 10:21 AM: WillPark Click and hold an App badge in the dock and Snow Leopard displays all App Windows
- 10:22 AM: WillPark
- 10:22 AM: WillPark Snow Leopard takes 6GB less space too!
- 10:23 AM: WillPark Snow Leopard supports multi-touch character drawing – for Asian language characters
- 10:23 AM: lloyd trying to revise for GCSE’s but to excited
- 10:24 AM: WillPark Today, shipping Safari 4 for Leopard, Tiger and Windows (laughter, of course)
- 10:25 AM: WillPark
- 10:25 AM: WillPark Snow Leopard has “Crash Resistance” – Isolates browser plug-ins to prevent system crashes
- 10:25 AM: WillPark Safari is the “Gold standard” for web compliance
- 10:27 AM: WillPark
- 10:27 AM: WillPark Introducing Quicktime X – modern foundation, hardware acceleration, ColorSync (accurate colors), HTTP streaming
- 10:27 AM: WillPark Craig demos Snow Leopard
- 10:29 AM: WillPark
- 10:29 AM: WillPark Live thumbnails – thumbnails play movies, PDFs, etc.
- 10:30 AM: WillPark Click and hold dock icon to see all application windows
- 10:31 AM: WillPark
- 10:31 AM: WillPark Thunderous applause for a minor usability improvement – gotta love Apple crowds!
- 10:31 AM: WillPark More talk about Safari being the best, baddest, king… it’s faster than any other browser
- 10:33 AM: WillPark
- 10:33 AM: WillPark Visual browser history view. Spotlight also browses through past webpages
- 10:34 AM: WillPark
- 10:34 AM: WillPark Quicktime X “Trim and Share” feature allows you to edit video clips and send to friends – big applause
- 10:36 AM: WillPark Snow Leopard takes advantage of 64-bit processing
- 10:36 AM: WillPark Snow Leopard runs all major system applications in 64-bit mode
- 10:38 AM: WillPark Snow Leopard makes the best use of multi-core processors. Grand Central Dispatch helps use multi-cores
- 10:39 AM: WillPark
- 10:39 AM: WillPark GCD dynamically changes how many threads an application uses
- 10:41 AM: WillPark Snow Leopard supports MS Exchange for iCal, Address Book, and Contacts
- 10:43 AM: WillPark Snow Leopard Mail can preview Microsoft Office documents even if Office isn’t installed
- 10:43 AM: WillPark The only question is – how much longer until we see the Apple Tablet or iPhone 3GS
- 10:43 AM: WillPark Probably another 20 minutes at least….
- 10:45 AM: WillPark Exchange demo is over – iPhone now?
- 10:46 AM: WillPark
- 10:46 AM: WillPark Huge Applause
- 10:46 AM: WillPark Snow Leopard available for Intel Macs – JUST $29 for Leopard users
- 10:48 AM: WillPark
- 10:48 AM: WillPark Mac OS X is a wrap
- 10:48 AM: WillPark iPhone!
- 10:48 AM: WillPark Family Pack of Snow Leopard is only $49!
- 10:48 AM: WillPark Scott Forstall “Let’s talk about the iPhone”
- 10:49 AM: WillPark
- 10:49 AM: WillPark More than 50,000 iPhone apps on the AppStore!
- 10:50 AM: WillPark
- 10:50 AM: WillPark 9 Months = 1 Billion apps downloaded from AppStore
- 10:50 AM: WillPark Over 40 Million iPhones and iPod Touches sold
- 10:51 AM: WillPark
- 10:51 AM: WillPark Playing video of iPhone developer stories
- 10:51 AM: keez iphone is the best
- 10:53 AM: WillPark
- 10:55 AM: WillPark What’s next for iPhone?
- 10:55 AM: WillPark iPhone OS 3.0!
- 10:56 AM: WillPark
- 10:56 AM: WillPark Cut, Copy and Paste with Undo support (shake gesture)!
- 10:57 AM: WillPark iPhone OS 3.0 allows landscape keyboard in all native apps
- 10:58 AM: WillPark
- 10:58 AM: WillPark Finally! MMS support built into the iPhone Messaging app. Needs carrier support – supported by AT&T later this summer (laughter)
- 10:59 AM: WillPark Email Search – you can search emails downloaded to your phone as well as the emails on your mail server. Works with iPhone Spotlight
- 11:00 AM: WillPark
- 11:00 AM: WillPark iTunes enhancements – rent, purchase and download movies/tv shows/audio books right on the iPhone with iPhone OS 3.0
- 11:00 AM: WillPark Additions to Parental Controls – Control over movies, TV shows and apps from the AppStore. Limit child to viewing on G and PG movies, or only running apps that are age appropriate
- 11:02 AM: WillPark
- 11:02 AM: WillPark iPhone tethering! Works wired over USB or wirelessly over Bluetooth! A “Seamless experience” – requires carrier support
- 11:02 AM: WillPark iPhone Safari enhancements – JavaScript is almost 3x faster!
- 11:03 AM: WillPark
- 11:03 AM: WillPark HTTP streaming audio and video with the iPhone OS 3.0 Safari browser
- 11:03 AM: WillPark Auto-fill login credentials to your favorite websites . Uses contact information already on your phone to complete web forms.
- 11:05 AM: WillPark More language support for iPhone OS 3.0 – Thai, Greek, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, and more. Over 30 languages supported in iPhone OS 3.0
- 11:05 AM: WillPark All language have landscape keyboard support
- 11:06 AM: WillPark Find my iPhone!
- 11:07 AM: WillPark
- 11:07 AM: WillPark Find my iPhone available to all iPhone users with MobileMe subscriptions. Just log into MobileMe and locate your iPhone on a map
- 11:07 AM: WillPark You can send messages to your phone. And, you can force your iPhone to beep even if it was left in Silent mode
- 11:08 AM: WillPark
- 11:08 AM: WillPark You can send a remote wipe command that will delete all data. Erases all contacts, mail, everything. If you find your iPhone, restore all data from backup
- 11:09 AM: WillPark In-app purchases only apply to paid/premium applications
- 11:09 AM: WillPark iPhone OS 3.0 has support for peer-to-peer connectivity
- 11:11 AM: WillPark
- 11:11 AM: WillPark iPhones find each other seamlessly over Bluetooth.
- 11:13 AM: WillPark Google Maps can be embedded in any iPhone application
- 11:13 AM: WillPark iPhone OS 3.0 allows for iPhone-certified accessories that allow the iPhone to talk to iPhone accessories
- 11:14 AM: WillPark Push Notification is finally here! iPhone OS 3.0 can push text alerts, numerical badges for homescreen icons, and custom alert sounds.
- 11:14 AM: Fonz bout time haa
- 11:16 AM: WillPark Push notifications, cut/paste, turn-by-turn GPS all failing to get a big response from the crowd. Everyone’s waiting for the new iPhone or Apple Tablet!
- 11:18 AM: WillPark Demoing more iPhone apps – Gameloft’s Asphalt Racing, Airstip’s Critical Care
- 11:19 AM: WillPark
- 11:19 AM: WillPark Real-time wave-form data – a virtual look into the patient’s room! Can investigate wave-forms with multi-touch controls
- 11:19 AM: WillPark FDA approval pending soon
- 11:21 AM: WillPark Next up – ScrollMotion. Built on the idea of bringing great content to the user. Bringing 50 major magazines, 150 newspapers and over 1 million books to the AppStore. Content downloads directly to the app
- 11:22 AM: WillPark
- 11:22 AM: WillPark ScrollMotion is bringing textbooks to the AppStore
- 11:22 AM: WillPark Copy and email text from books to yourself
- 11:22 AM: brent what about new iphone? is there one
- 11:22 AM: WillPark Next up – TomTom
- 11:23 AM: WillPark We know what this is – Turn-by-turn GPS!
- 11:23 AM: WillPark Still waiting on new iPhone
- 11:25 AM: WillPark
- 11:25 AM: WillPark TomTom finally bringing turn-by-turn navigation with voice prompts to the iPhone!
- 11:27 AM: WillPark
- 11:27 AM: WillPark TomTom app and car kit available in the AppStore this summer
- 11:27 AM: WillPark Comes with TomTom car kit. The car kit will charge your iPhone, secure your iPhone to windshield, adjusts landscape and portrait orientation, enhances GPS signal, speaker, and microphone
- 11:27 AM: WillPark Still waiting on the new iPhone
- 11:28 AM: Steven K Weren’t we supposed to get Tom TomTom with OS 2.0 last year?
- 11:28 AM: Anonymous any word on the Iphone doing multitasking ?
- 11:28 AM: WillPark ngmoco showing off “Star Defense” for iPhone. “Defend your planet from attack from alien invaders”
- 11:29 AM: WillPark
- 11:29 AM: WillPark Star Defense supports in-app purchases for expansion maps
- 11:29 AM: WillPark Star Defense is launching today! Available right now on the AppStore for $5.99
- 11:35 AM: Apple sucks so, is the iphone ready to destroy the pre?
- 11:35 AM: CougarHunter Show me a the new iPhone! What’s going on?
- 11:36 AM: WillPark ZipCar iPhone app is cool – shows all ZipCar locations nearby in an embedded Google Maps map. Users can see ZipCars in any ZipCar city. Allows users to reserve the car directly from the app.
- 11:37 AM: Louise whats the hold up? ahh!
- 11:37 AM: WillPark Find the car by honking the horn remotely from iPhone, and unlock doors through iPhone.
- 11:38 AM: WillPark
- 11:43 AM: just wow Isn’t it appropriate that it is held in San Fransisco. The smug coming out of that city isn’t anything compared to the tools of apple.
- 11:43 AM: Dan Come on Apple, I’m bored now!
- 11:45 AM: WillPark iPhone OS 3.0 will be free to all iPhone users. $9.99 for iPod Touch users. Available June 17
- 11:45 AM: CookieMon post something Will, I can’t hold my breath any longer!!!
- 11:46 AM: WillPark Hating on the Palm Pre – number of available applications is dismal for WebOS
- 11:47 AM: WillPark iPhone 3GS is real! iPhone 3GS is the new iPhone! Entirely new iPhone
- 11:47 AM: Islara So jealous! I was just in San Francisco yesterday! :'(
- 11:47 AM: WillPark iPhone 3GS! FINALLY!
- 11:47 AM: WillPark
- 11:47 AM: WillPark iPhone 3GS – “S” stands for “speed”
- 11:47 AM: WillPark Applications perform at least 2x times faster on the iPhone 3GS when compared to the iPhone 3G
- 11:47 AM: Hofinteractive Will the Ipod Touch also support the tomtom function?
- 11:48 AM: Simon Pft, Palm Pre just came out, you can’t bash app selection already.
- 11:48 AM: WillPark
- 11:48 AM: WillPark iPhone 3GS blazes through JavaScript!
- 11:48 AM: WillPark iPhone 3GS supports OpenGL ES 2.0
- 11:48 AM: arun will it be available in india? if s then @ wat price?
- 11:48 AM: Apple sucks tech spec
- 11:49 AM: WillPark iPhone 3GS sports a new camera
- 11:50 AM: WillPark
- 11:50 AM: WillPark iPhone 3GS has a 3.0-megapixel auto-focus camera
- 11:50 AM: WillPark Tap-to-focus adjusts auto-focus target
- 11:50 AM: WillPark
- 11:50 AM: WillPark Camera automatically switches to macro mode when needed
- 11:50 AM: WillPark Better light sensitivity
- 11:50 AM: WillPark iPhone 3GS does VIDEO!
- 11:51 AM: GT Would it work on TMobile 3G network?
- 11:52 AM: s beefed up iphone 3g =lame as hell
- 11:52 AM: WillPark
- 11:52 AM: WillPark Video camera does auto-focus and auto white balance – all in 30fps VGA quality
- 11:52 AM: WillPark Video editing through built-in video timeline
- 11:52 AM: Steven K Oh, it does video? I was hoping it captured or recorded video. Too bad…
- 11:53 AM: WillPark
- 11:53 AM: WillPark Tap to share the video clip through MMS, email, MobileMe, YouTube – all with a tap of your finger
- 11:53 AM: WillPark It does record video
- 11:53 AM: WillPark Developers can build-in video recording into iPhone applications
- 11:54 AM: WillPark Hold down iPhone “home” button for Voice Control!
- 11:54 AM: arun price?
- 11:54 AM: laura will the new software have MMS or is this only on the 3GS?
- 11:54 AM: Lover of Blogs Wow Steven…rly?
- 11:54 AM: just wow amazing, OpenGL ES 2.0, can anybody say backwards compatibility issues.
- 11:54 AM: Bob Nice!
- 11:54 AM: WillPark
- 11:55 AM: WillPark iPhone displays voice waveform. Control playlists, make calls, play “more songs like this” with genius playlist
- 11:55 AM: WillPark Built-in digital compass!
- 11:55 AM: Jova Price????/
- 11:55 AM: Apple sucks direct3d is more used in games….
- 11:55 AM: Bob WHens the release date?
- 11:55 AM: Steven K Forgive me if you’re not laughing. I’m not exactly blown away by the updates yet.
- 11:56 AM: WillPark @Laura: MMS is supported in the software, no 3GS required.
- 11:56 AM: WillPark
- 11:56 AM: WillPark New Compass app will orient map to face direction of travel
- 11:56 AM: WillPark Built-in support for Nike+
- 11:56 AM: just wow @ Apple Sucks, I’m a game developer, i work for crunchtime games. Direct3d isn’t used as much for mobile use as OpenGL ES.
- 11:57 AM: WillPark Share workout data with Nike+ website
- 11:57 AM: Jova release date and price?
- 11:57 AM: WillPark iPhone 3GS has improved battery life
- 11:57 AM: WillPark @Jova not announced yet
- 11:57 AM: Apple sucks open gl is basically for professional graphic design….. computer games use direct3d
- 11:58 AM: arun text forward?
- 11:58 AM: arun any change on design?
- 11:59 AM: WillPark
- 11:59 AM: jimmy what about the camera??
- 11:59 AM: Andre Marquet What about Bluetooth stack access? Will the iPhone finally suppport generic bluetooth devices (keyboard, etc..)?
- 11:59 AM: Jova this suggest a reduction in current iphone prices?
- 11:59 AM: Apple sucks any iphone nano? new data plans
- 11:59 AM: Joe Sounds like all the changes are internal…
- 12:00 PM: thefukara Tap to share the video clip through MMS, email, MobileMe, YouTube – all with a tap of your finger
- 12:00 PM: just wow @apple sucks, if you were talking about a computer game or console games, i would agree with you, but the mobile game industry uses OpenGl ES. That is why with the Zune HD you see OpenGL ES support. As well as your SiliconGraphics chips and Nvidia Tegra support it rather than Direct3D.
- 12:00 PM: WillPark
- 12:00 PM: WillPark iPhone 3GS at $299 for 32GB, iPhone 3GS at $199 for 16GB model
- 12:00 PM: WillPark iPhone 3G price drop to $99
- 12:00 PM: WillPark Here it comes!
- 12:01 PM: thefukara can we send files via bluetooth?
- 12:01 PM: Jova cool
- 12:01 PM: Andy THE price is announced at the end? what dont u understand Jova?
- 12:01 PM: arun WAT ABT THE PROCESSOR O IPHONE 3GS
- 12:02 PM: Ali Is a new iphone going to be announced???? otherwise there is nothing really excitng…..am going to get the black N97 anyday
- 12:02 PM: jimmy video recording?
- 12:02 PM: CLiff @Ali: The iPhone 3GS was announced. Please scroll down to get all of the details
- 12:02 PM: Apple sucks the new iphone was just announced..
- 12:03 PM: Islara Fabulous! Let’s see if I can hold out until August to get one 🙂
- 12:03 PM: Steven K No OLED=lame.
- 12:03 PM: Jova release date?
- 12:03 PM: WillPark iPhone 3GS available June 19th!
- 12:04 PM: arun only for some USA or rest of the world? lik india?
- 12:04 PM: bluemartie Come on guys read the other pages before posting silly questions
- 12:04 PM: arun its havin an oled screen
- 12:04 PM: Jova thats next week
- 12:05 PM: Anonymous Anything about a 4GB version of iphone?
- 12:05 PM: emma when in europe?
- 12:06 PM: WillPark that’s a wrap!
- 12:07 PM: bluemartie Cheers Will…
- 12:07 PM: CLiff Great job Will!
- 12:07 PM: Anonymous and will the iphone be available in any mobile network? or only specific ones?
- 12:07 PM: Apple sucks so, basically minor changes?
- 12:07 PM: Jova June 19 for USA or worldwide?
- 12:07 PM: arun Thankz buddy!
- 12:08 PM: Islara Awesome job! So excited!
- 12:08 PM: Joe Thanks for the info Will!
- 12:08 PM: Lover of Blogs Thanks Will!
- 12:08 PM: felipe u can see the new iphone on apple’s website, they already upload the info
- 12:09 PM: emma june 19th for just USA or worldwide??
- 12:09 PM: Anonymous thanks Will .. great job
- 12:16 PM: WillPark Well that’s the WWDC 2009 keynote! The biggest take away: iPhone 3GS bringing twice the speed, twice the storage, and improved battery life to the US and several other countries on June 19th!
- 12:17 PM: WillPark Got questions about the iPhone 3GS? Send a tweet to @IntoMobile for a speedy response!
- 12:20 PM: WillPark
- 12:20 PM: Jova hello?
- 12:20 PM: keez gr8 so will now have to wait for the next gen iphone code named HD which will have 5 mega pixel camera and multi tasking with os 4.0
- 12:20 PM: CookieMon thanks Will, you rock!
- 12:20 PM: WillPark That’s it from SF Moscone Center! See you guys back at WWDC 2010!