Steve Jobs Keynote Live From Macworld
Duncan Riley
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Below is the transcript, in reverse chronological order, from the Steve Jobs keynote at the Macworld Expo. Thanks for tuning in!
10:44am: Newman stopped talking, Steve thanked everyone for coming, lots of applause, it’s over.
10:40am: lots of political references and he compares Bush to Ceasar and the Spanish Armada. Very political and Republicans wouldn’t be happy
10:38am: 3 minutes later and the Newman is still rambling about god knows what. Some movie references are funny, but I’m waiting for the hook to come on stage to get him off
10:35am: Newman finishes signing and is now talking about SJ being a hard act to follow, then cracks some jokes.
10:34am: wow, the song is heavily political, Republicans wont be happy. Jokes about the high court, referring to the US Gov as an Empire with comparisons to the Spanish Armada. I’m just waiting to SJ to endorse a candidate
10:33am: Newman signing song in defense of America, starts by saying the leaders in the US aren’t good, but not has bad a Caesar….seriously.
10:30am: Randy Newman to sing on stage to finish off proceedings. SJ notes his achievements in movie scores etc…
10:28am: the 4 major things SJ wanted to talk about have finished. Now reviewing the announcements
10:27am: Macbook Air: it’s “green”. Mercury and Arsenic free LCD and glass, Aluminum frame can be recycled. PVC free on circutry, and packing is less
10:26am: First Air video demoed. The brown envelope is the key to the campaign to emphasize the size
10:24am: price: $1799.
10:23am: 5 hours battery life for Macbook Air, compared with competitors at 1 1/2 hours
10:21am: new feature: “remote disk” that will allow you to install software from another computer
10:20am: no optical drive, but you can buy a special external for $99
10:19am: comes with 802.11n and latest Bluetooth
10:18am: SJ says this is “awesome technology”
10:17am: new Intel chip that is 60% smaller than usual core duos. Intel’s Paul Otellini takes the stage
10:16am: 1.6ghz or 1.8ghz Intel Core Duo.
(10:16am: Apple sock down 4.5%)
10:16am: ships with 80gb flash HD or 64gb solid state
10:14am: expanded gestures support (including Microsoft surface style functionality, rotating photos from the track pad etc, zoom in via pinching)
10:13am: comes with built-in iSight and full size keyboard that’s back-lit as well
10:12am: 13.4″ display
10:11am: SJ pulls it out of a standard inter-office/manila envelope (that small). It’s incredibly thin.
10:11am: 0.76″ at its tallest end to an amazing 0.16″ at shorter end. SJ notes that at its thickest end, its still thinner than the thinnest offering from Sony. Crowd Laughs
10:10am: SJ is going through failings of competitors, saying that there is too much compromising from competitors
10:09am: SJ says its the “world’s thinest notebook,” comparing it to a Sony before the introduction
10:08am: Macbook Air!
10:07am: SJ back, and it’s the last of the 4 announcements: “There’s something in the air”. SJ says that Apple makes the best notebooks in the business
10:05am: Gianopulos explaining the Apple/Fox deal with a Homer Simpson iPod graphic.
10:02am: SJ introduces CEO of 20th Century Fox Jim Gianopulos
10:01am: New price of Apple TV is $229 down from $299 to make it “more accessible”
10:00am: New features are a free upgrade to the existing Apple TV. Crowd cheers
9:58am: Ooh, Flickr didn’t want to work with a blank screen. First hiccup of the speech
9:57am: Apple TV now comes built in with Flickr support, including friends browsing.
9:56am: another demo…..this time fish, at least they looked Australian
9:55am: more demos of content, this time photos with music, SJ calls it “incredible,” maybe I need some hype pills because all I’m seeing is photos….with music
9:53am: More demos of content on the new Apple TV. Music videos, music, video, podcasts and more, including HD podcasts
9:48am: One button interface for iTunes rentals on Apple TV. Remarkably simple to use, at least in the demo
9:46am: SJ demonstrates the new movie rental interface
(9:45am side note: Twitter is down, there’s a surprise)
9:44am: HD for Apple TV with Dolby 5.1 all from the unit without a PC. Also built in support for video and audio podcasts all without the need for another computer
9:43am: Moving on to TV. Everyone has failed, TiVo, Microsoft, and Apple. Apple TV “Take 2″ with no computer required, built in rental support
9:42am: Clarification: US only today, International later this year
9:41am: Rentals can be easily moved between devices and are available from today as an iTunes update
9:40am: $2.99 for library titles, $3.99 for a new releases
9:39am: 1,000 films by the end of February, will have films 30 days after DVD release, will be viewable on PCs, Macs, iPhones. Will be available instantly, 30 seconds on fast broadband. Rules: you have to start watching it, 24 hours to finish
9:38am: Lots of library titles such as Hunt For Red October, Matrix. Strong emphasis on a depth of offering
9:37am: MGM , Lionsgate, Miramax , 20th Century FOX, WB, Disney, Universal, Sony, Paramount…. I’m not sure if there’s any missing. SJ says “iTunes Movie Rentals has EVERY MAJOR STUDIO”
9:37am: movie content sales not working as great as expected, so today launching “iTunes Movie Rentals”
9:36am: 20 million songs sold on Christmas Day
9:35am: Now onto iTunes. 4 billionth song sold last week
9:34am: iPod Touch doesn’t miss out, getting 5 new apps: mail, stocks, weather, maps + chapter/ lyric support. Will come built into each new iPod Touch, or $20 upgrade for existing users
9:33am: Steve Jobs still demoing iPhone features, including the partnership with Google for maps location. New version of iPhone OS available for download NOW.
(9:29am: Apple Store has been taken down from site)
9:28am: Steve Job is demoing the new iPhone functions. The location finder in Maps is good, but not unique. Multi-sms good as well. Web clips impressive, however its what’s been previously covered when 1.1.3 was leaked a couple of weeks back
9:23am: New features on the iPhone: Maps with location, web clips, customize front page, multi-user SMS (text messaging), chapters for video and lyrics support
9:21am: Steve moves to iPhone. Apple has sold 4 million iPhones to date. Marketshare in the US is an amazing 19.5% of the smartphone market
9:19am: Time Capsule comes in 500gb for $299, 1TB for $499.
9:18am: first major announcement: a wireless backup appliance, essentially a HD that looks like a Mac Mini — called “Time Capsule”
9:16am: 20% of the Mac install base has upgraded to Leopard, unprecedented in the industry. First Drink: SJ quotes Goatberg saying Leopard is better than Vista
9:16am: SJ says there’s four things to talk about today. First Leopard with 5 million sold
9:15am: Steve Jobs comes on stage and says there’s something in the air today. Goes on to recap 2007
9:14am: new Mac vs PC ad, crowd roars
9:13am: lights are dimming. Get ready everyone.
7am: early risers were queued four deep for a block around the Moscone Center West waiting for entry into the keynote.
I predict:
$3500 - macbook air, 40gig solid state hdd, 12/13 inch screen, multitouch trackpad.
watching eagerly from Kathmandu, Nepal !!!
Ujw
I’m still eager to hear more from the AppleTV, which I predict will be mentioned.
I got up early just to watch this coverage. can’t wait to see the third party app stuff for the iphone. how’s bandwidth Duncan?
As Ogre would say… N.E.R.D.S!!!
I bet 3G iphone with them bending over and paying MSFT for Active Sync capability.
Oh and iTunes doing movie streams as well to dick with NetFlix.
If the iPhone goes 3G and pumps up the storage i will go out and get one asap!
Guess GPS capabilities, hands on LBS, time for a new revolution….
If they’ll have 3G iphone I will be so pissed!
Will try to sell mine right away!
I don’t care what gets annouced (ok I do care) but I won’t be able to afford anything. I just know that I’ll be lusting for everything.
Daniel - pissed? me too. And then I’ll go buy one.
Oh and ill also put up a bet that they have a new Mac commercial at some point…
Would there be anything about the Mac Pro?
Watching from Paris, France
Is anyone going to be streaming this live - Video or even just Audio?
I predict the iGoldigger. That device that comes with a large pricetag to cover overhead costs and is twice as expensive as the competitors. Oh no, forgot, thats every apple product.
Randy, Crunchgear is streaming audio live. we’ll be putting a link into the post asap.
mmm.. I predict new MacBooks, starting a 2 or 3 trillion dollars…
Get a life people.
Friends and acquaintances of the late George Moscone would be grateful if you could spell his name correctly.
Watching from Paris, France as well ;), even though I usually don’t care about apple much…
But… there’s something in the air.
A 3G iPhone would definitely be a nice surprise. We’ve already seen the new Mac Pros, but I’d like to see a subcompact / tablet type laptop to round things out.
Whatever it is (hoping for updated Macbook Pros), they’re updating their online store (http://store.apple.com).
LOL - MAScone??? You mean Moscone, right? Damn New Yorkers.
Why so much noise for a fruit?
Someone is really missing a trick not having a small auto-refreshing AJAXy page built especially for iPhone and iPod Touch browsers to follow the keynote in a Twitter-stylee.
Don’t bother with CrunchGear (http://www.crunchgear.com/crunchgear-live-the-macworld-2008-steve-jobs-keynote/) realtime coverage. The engine powering it, CoverItLive, is Sh1ttingTheBed live.
Anyone have the link for the live webcast or is it going to be delayed and only at Apple.Com?
MA, finally seated with 4 bars from 5. All good.
I disagree with the prediction of the $3500 price tag for whatever portable is announced today. The price point is going to be more around 2k, right in between the MacBook and MacBook Pro lines. It can’t function as the digital hub, so for any personal setup, it is an add on to a computing lifestyle, not the base. The MacBook/iMac combination has been a great way to get decent value computing power and portability from Apple for a long time. I think the vision is that people will start to have a standard two computer digital lifestyle, with a desktop at home for stuff that requires it, and a laptop functioning more or less as a wireless client that gets most of it’s functionality from the cloud. Now, some people saying that the iPhone is that client. I still see a space for something in between my iPhone and my laptop to serve my portable computing needs, but I don’t think that device is going to justify an 8X price hike above the iPhone. I think Apple will find the sweet spot with a 2-2.5k price tag… but we’ll find out soon.
Agreed about the CrunchGear page being useless. I loaded the page and it told me I need to upgrade my browser to the latest IE, Firefox, or Safari, etc. I’m using Firefox 2.0.0.11 on WinXP. So I’ll be relying on the text and photos at Mac Rumors Live I guess.
http://www.macrumorslive.com/.
Not live audio or video, but I guess this is the best we can expect in 2008. I guess I know what kind of web 2.0 service to build this year.
Engadget is already doing a better job..on their live coverage page, Duncan. Step it up!
I want to read more about the classics in the movie… Gladiator for example!!
Hopefully their announce some game development for the iPhone. I’ve been wanting to port some of our games over to work with their SDK. Wouldn’t this game be perfect on the iPhone? (Imagine you are playing with a touch screen instead of your mouse and you’ll see what I mean)
Phit
http://armorgames.com/play/21/phit
I really want a small portable device. Nice wimax alternative to the Macbook pro would be nice.
Well Crunchgear just crashed and obviously duncan can’t update his post. Just Great.
All I want (can afford right now) is the 1.1.3 update for my iPhone. That’s it. Although it would be cool if they introduced a Touch Tablet, basically a 10″ iphone with wireless connection for data as opposed to phone. Just as thin and uber cool. With Bluetooth you can add a keyboard and mouse, if you wanted to.
That… I would buy in a minute.
engadget’s is updating well:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/0.....s-keynote/
tuning into gizmodo and engadget
The gun goes off and the TechCrunch team stumbles out of the blocks. Lame.
Sit tight everyone, the keynote hasn’t started yet.
But at least engadget can give an update in their post and say “we’re being seated” instead of me wondering if i’m wasting my time/bandwidth refreshing this “live blog”
Does anyone else have iTunes open, waiting to hit the “Check for Update” button in the iPhone menu?
I think Apple has crashed the social networking internets. Ustream down, Twitter down. Can’t get anything. Help Me GOD!!!!
The live Crunchgear page just took down the audio stream in order to keep their page from crashing.
TUAW is doing a good job as well.
http://www.macrumorslive.com/
This guy is on point. So far giving a quick and steady play by play.
Mike, Duncan, Mark,
Would this be an inappropriate time to ask for a job?
Good job so far, Duncan!
Twitter down
Maybe its part of the SDK announcement though.