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Jason Chen : Gizmodo Live at Macworld 2008 Keynote . The tonic starts Tuesday , January 15 @ 9:00 AM PST ( 12:00 PM EST ) , but we ’re go to start liveblogging hours before that , giving you color commentary on the area , the attendees , and any arcanum we can harvest from uncovered banner .
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Jason Chen :
We ’re here ! It ’s dreary as hell on earth ( even for San Francisco standard ) , but we ’re here , in line , waiting for the keynote to get down . There ’s definitely something in the air , but to us it smells like the biting desperation of various medium types who were forced to wake up at way too early .
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Jason Chen : Crazy . Instead of a Pikmin - comparable blob of people mass outside the giant aluminum shutters , we ’ve in reality got an orderly pedigree .
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And here ’s it is . $ 5 if you’re able to spot Mossy / Waldo .
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And since there ’s no comment field here in the liveblog right , find free to discuss the forthcoming proceedings over on the otherliveblog place .
https://gizmodo.com/macworld-2008-keynote-live-344646
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Jason Chen : We see all our normal booster here : Wired , Ars … I venture that ’s all the people I know . OH , Macrumors . Ca n’t forget them .
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Someone ’s excited about what Steve ’s going to announce today .
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There ’s Something in the Air Update 1 : The neat line has dissolved into a setting outside Britney ’s first car - cooter - photograph : everyone ’s in a mob , fight each other around with cameras , randomly frivol away a shot off desire to get something deserving publishing . What ’s in the line ? Sweat . And avarice . And more than a little despair .
8:46 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Lightning Review . The Gadget : The food .
The Verdict : The orange juice dispensed from a piddle cooler is swish , but the blueberry scones put it over the top . unquestionably deserving the money ( $ 0 ) we paid .
8:59 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Update 2 : Mark here , we are trading off the tariff of “ laptop cunt , ” make one another hold the computer so we do n’t need to lay on the line life , limb and foul - smelling crotch on the floor to bring you these update .
9:03 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : We ’re in ! We ’ve done this many times now , so we can safely say that Coldplay is the dance orchestra Apple designate as the official soundtrack to the “ running of the media ” every exclusive metre .
B. Lam :
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Jason Chen : It ’s 9:02 , people are still file away in , so it ’s lead to be a minute or two before the keynote gets commence . Can you taste it ? CAN YOU SMELL IT ! ?
9:08 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Steve ’s added a new song to his playlist this year . Kanye . No one can say Steve Jobs does n’t care about disgraceful iPods .
9:13 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Here ’s a question for you : do you like the Macworld keynote during CES like last class , or after CES like this year ?
Jason Chen : Still no Steve , but Feist ’s 1 2 3 4 is on . And the Christ Within are dimming ! Exciting !
9:14 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Steve ’s most belike waiting for Feist to terminate . Nobody cuts off Feist … cunt .
9:15 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : It ’s starting ! A raw Mac vs. microcomputer commercial : Happy New Year 2008 . And Steve Jobs takes the phase .
Jason Chen : “ Welcome to Macworld 2008 . We ’ve got some slap-up hooey for you . There ’s clearly some great stuff in the air today . ”
9:16 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Steve ’s taking us on a retrospective of 2007 . iPhone , iPod , etc . He ’s thank everyone for an extraordinary 2007 .
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Jason Chen : He has four things he wants to talk to us about today . The first is Leopard . Over 5 million copies deal , and about 20 % of Mac OS X ’s install base has promote to Leopard . Now Steve ’s quote Mossberg , Pogue , Ed Baig and PC Magazine for quotes on Leopard . Two thumbs up , as it were .
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Jason Chen : Time Machine : Leopard works swell with a desktop machine , but it does n’t knead well with laptop computer because you have to keep plugging and unplugging a USB drive . Now he ’s inclose a fresh backup station with 802.11n and waiter - grade backup station . It ’s an AirPort Extreme station with port in the back , allowing you to back up your macs wirelessly to Time Capsule .
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Jason Chen : Time Capsule will be sold in a 500 GB version and a 1 TB version for $ 299 and $ 499 . It ships February . It also calculate on the nose like an Airport Extreme , except with unlike ports on the back .
Jason Chen : And that ’s the first thing ! The 2d thing : The iPhone . Today is exactly the 200th solar day that the iPhone has been on sales agreement . Apple has sell 4 million iPhones to date , which have in mind 20,000 iPhones sell per twenty-four hours on average . What does this intend compared to the overall smartphone market ?
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Jobs : Joo ! ( Boom substitute ) ,
Jason Chen : And today , he ’s acquaint new iPhone features :
Maps with locating , webclips , customizable home screens , SMS multiple people at once , chapters , caption , and speech support in video , and lyrics abide in audio .
9:30 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Here are the numbers for the iPhone ’s first full stern of transportation ( Q3 2007 ) . RIM has 39 % , Apple has 19.5 % , Palm has 9.8 % , Motorola has 7.4 % . In just one quarter , they wangle to grab second place .
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Jason Chen : Webclips : On the iPhone ’s Safari web browser , just pick out a site , bump off the “ + ” button , and strike “ Add to home screen ” , and it ’ll be added as an picture on your home screen . rack up the button from the home screen and it ’ll fire up Safari and take you there . you may even customize the shortcut to a specific part of the World Wide Web page .
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Jason Chen : Rearranging icons : Hold down an ikon and all the icons on the screen jitter ( the leakage was correct ! ) , allowing you to drag stuff around to rearrange . you may now have 9 unlike screen to hold all your apps or webclips ( cyberspace shortcuts ) .
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Jason Chen : All these updates are uncommitted today , for free , for all iPhone drug user .
Jason Chen : So how do you get locations without GPS ? Apple ’s partnering with Google and Skyhook . Google serve you triangulate cell towers , and Skyhook helps you triangulate Wi - Fi data . When you go past a Wi - fi hotspot or a jail cell pillar , the phone recall the datum and uses it to count where you are .
9:36 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : How about the iPod tactile sensation ? They ’re bring Mail , Maps , caudex , Notes and Weather . For exist iPod touch users , it will cost $ 20 . If you buy a new iPod touch , it ’ll be devoid and built - in .
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Jason Chen : Multiple receiver SMS : Just as you ’d expect . Pick different recipients at the top , type stuff , strike send . It ’s also custom-make for the iPhone ’s “ conversations ” because it remembers all the recipients under that one “ conversation ” , so you’re able to send multiple messages to the same mass easily .
9:38 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : The third thing Steve ’s sing about today : iTunes . They ’ve sold 4 billion songs , 125 million television receiver shows and 7 million picture . TV appearance and movies have sell more than “ everyone else put together ” , but “ did not meet our anticipation ” . “ There ’s a expert way to deliver picture over the internet . ” What is it ? iTunes Movie Rentals .
Jason Chen : Here are the studios need : Touchstone , Miramax , MGM , New Line , Lion ’s gate , Fox , WB , Disney , Paramount , Universal and Sony . What ’s missing ?
9:39 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Steve says “ We have every major studio ” , and that they ’ll have all the great first - run films .
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Jason Chen : 1000 moving picture by February , and film will be available 30 days after the DVD departure . you may watch them anywhere : Macs , PCs , iPods and iPhone . you could look on straight off , meaning cyclosis . You ’ll have 30 days to “ commence ” watching it , and then 24 hour to “ fetch up ” watching it once you ’ve started to watch it . you could watch the first half on your computing machine , change the movie to your iPod , then watch the rest of the picture on the airplane . Here ’s the cost .
9:43 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : honest-to-goodness release : $ 2.99 . New button : $ 3.99 .
Jason Chen : iTunes film rentals launches today , and it ’s a complimentary computer software update for iTunes . Free update for iPods and iPhones so as to support this . Support for the US comes today , but international support comes later this class .
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Jason Chen : But how about the AppleTV ? It was designed to be an accessory for iTunes , but people wanted it to be “ motion picture , moving picture , flick ” . Here ’s AppleTV , take 2 . It still sync with your electronic computer , but no estimator is required for AppleTV . you could engage flick directly onto your AppleTV and see them on your high-definition television . you may rip in either SD timber or HD Quality with 5.1 surroundings phone .
Jason Chen : you’re able to also view sound recording and video podcasts on the AppleTV , photos from Flickr or .Mac , YouTube videos ( > 50 Million ) , Buy TV appearance and euphony ( which will be streamed back to your computer ) , or play iTunes content & photo streamed from your computer .
Jason Chen : HD rental pricing : $ 3.99 for old titles and $ 4.99 for Modern titles . $ 1 more than SD .
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Jason Chen : There ’s a new interface for AppleTV ( picture show come in a sec ) . The UI is concentrate on around the movie lease experience .
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Jason Chen : Steve ’s demo - ing a sample movie , Blades of resplendence . Once you ’ve queued up enough of the movie , AppleTV will pop up a message pronounce that it ’s ready to spiel . He enjoin it usually takes about 30 seconds before something ’s quick to play .
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Jason Chen : He ’s now picture a scene from Die Hard , featuring Justin Long ( the Mac guy ) .
Jason Chen : Damn , they contract it off right before Justin Long came in !
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Jason Chen : Now Steve is demoing podcasts and music video downloading . Podcasts queue up up and stream just like you ’d expect , and music videos bring the same way they do on iTunes on your PC .
Jason Chen : faux Steve is also liveblogging this AS veridical STEVE , which may or may not fellate your creative thinker . insure it out .
9:56 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Slideshows rain cats and dogs straight off off the .Mac servers , which imply you may be able to view your protagonist ’ video directly on your TV .
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Jason Chen : Flickr : you could view a friend ’s pictures , or even their friends ’ photos . Of naturally , this is all set to music from your own iTunes library . Uh oh , tech demonstration trouble alert ! No photos , just music . The screen is white ( because of flickr ) . WE verify IT ’S NOT US .
Boom reckoning : 1
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Jason Chen : Apple TV : The new software will be useable via loose software upgrade , which mean you do n’t need to buy a new boxwood . Nice !
10:03 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : New pricing as well . It ’s $ 299 now , but they ’re kicking it down to $ 229 starting today . They ’re shipping the complimentary package update to exist possessor and new units in just 2 week . ( Polite applause follows . )
10:06 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : “ The first studio that signed up with us for iTunes flick rentals was 20th Century Fox ” . Now , he ’s stick in Jim Gianopulos , the Chairman & CEO of Fox . Jim ’s admit the stage and talking about movies and business .
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Jason Chen : Non - Steve Jobs intermission , essentially . Jim , the Fox CEO is talking about formats , and job good example , and give multitude choices . “ The next data formatting will be Blu - ray of light , apparently . ”
10:08 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : We were right ! Jim says his movies will have a free iTunes variation of the movie domiciliate on the DVD that you could transfer onto your portable devices by copying it over . The first moving-picture show that has this : Family Guy ’s Blue Harvest , their Star Wars takeoff episode .
Jason Chen : And now the fourth matter they want to talk about today . “ There ’s something in the air . What is it ? ” MacBooks , seemingly !
10:09 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Today they ’re introducing a third sort of notebook , MacBook Air . “ It ’s the human beings ’s thin notebook computer . ”
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Jason Chen : What does this mean ? The Sony TZ series are slight . “ We looked at all of them out there . They generally press about 3 pounds . ” In Sony ’s case , it weigh 3 pounds , 0.8 - 1.2 inches thick , and a 11 - 12 inch display . They also have miniature keyboard , and they do n’t “ race them as fast as they could . ”
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Jason Chen : Thinness : MacBook air depart from 0.76 in down to 0.16 inches at the slender final stage . The chummy part is thinner than the Sony TZ Series . 0.76 vs. 0.8 . It ’s so thin , it even fits inside a vanilla gasbag . Steve whips out a manila envelope .
10:14 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Out add up the MacBook Air . It ’s flatware ( Al ? ) , has sinister keys , is super super fragile , and Steve can confine it well with his fingertip . “ It ’s the world ’s flimsy notebook computer , ” he repeat . It has a 13.3 - inch widescreen exhibit . “ And the display is gorgeous . ” It ’s an LED backlit display that ’s crying - on . It also has a build - in iSight camera , and a full - sized keyboard . Backlit too , with a trackpad and multi - touch motion support on the trackpad .
10:15 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : you may move around on different types of gesture in the configurations , like moving around a window with your digit , pan out around a photo with two fingers , revolve a photo by twisting a finger , swipe between photos with three figners , and zoom in and out with pinching .
10:16 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : “ How did we fit a Mac in here ? ”
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Jason Chen : Here ’s what ’s inside . 1.8 - inch grueling movement , like in the iPods . There ’s also an optional 64 GB solid state platter . What else is in there ? A complete Mac table , which is a slight wider than the distance of a pencil .
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Jason Chen : Here ’s the CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo at bottom , 1.6 gigacycle standard , with a 1.8GHz upgrade available . Apple need Intel to shrink their Core 2 twosome processors down to a package 60 % smaller in society to fit it inside the MacBook Air . And here ’s Intel ’s CEO Paul Otellini to babble about it .
10:21 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Paul say : The processor is the width of a dime bag , the thickness of a nickel , and we did n’t think we could do it .
Jason Chen : The other feature film : interchange - down door that has USB 2 , microDVI port , and a earpiece jack . The other side is a MagSafe connector . As for wireless , it ’s got 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR . It does n’t have an optical driving internal , but you’re able to buy a freestanding USB - powered SuperDrive that ’s especially made for the MacBook Air . $ 99 .
10:22 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : What do you do with an optical private road ? act movies , install software system , make backups , sunburn cd . What ’s Apple ’s alternative ? iTunes moving-picture show rentals , Time Capsule for backups , iPods for heed to stuff in your car , and a new feature called “ Remote Disc ” for instal stuff and nonsense via standard candle and DVDs .
10:23 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Remote Disc : Special software program loaded on other machines with optical drives that provide MacBook Air to take up their campaign to put in things from CDs / videodisk . you could even borrow drives from personal computer .
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Jason Chen : electric battery life : With Wi - Fi on , surf the WWW , you get 5 hours of battery animation .
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Jason Chen : MacBook Air Price : $ 1799 . Ships in two weeks . you could pre - order online now .
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Jason Chen : So to recap , here are the features . 3.0 pounds , 0.16 -0.76 inches , 13.inch display , full - sized keyboard , multi - touch gestures , iSight , 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo measure , 2 GB memory measure , 80 GB backbreaking drive standard ( 64 GB SSD optional ) , 802.11n Wi - Fi standard , Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR standard , and MagSafe .
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Jason Chen : And here are the details on the MacBook Air that eco - fanatics care about . It ’s got an Aluminum case , and a mercury - free and arsenic - devoid glass display . The electrical circuit boards are BFR innocent and polyvinyl chloride complimentary . The promotional material has 56 % less volume than the steady MacBook . ARE YOU HAPPY NOW ? !
Jason Chen : To recapitulate on what he ’s verbalize about today . 1 ) Time Capsule , the wireless accompaniment utility program . 2 ) iPhone update and iPod Touch update . 3 ) AppleTV + iTunes movie rental . 4 ) MacBook Air .
“ All this stuff in the first two calendar week , and we ’ve get 50 more weeks in the twelvemonth to go . ”
10:32 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : And for the entertainment at Today ’s tonic , Randy Newman .
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Jason Chen : Randy ’s sing a song about America , the president , and comparing them to Hitler and Stalin . USA ! USA ! USA ! ! ! ! !
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Jason Chen : “ It pisses me off a little that the Supreme Court is going to survive me . ” What the crap is he spill the beans about ? We have no idea . We think he ’s gone nuts .
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Jason Chen : The first song ’s over , but now Randy Newman ’s just flick about random stuff . The next vocal is from Toy Story . Randy says he write another song to go with the sexual love vista between Buzz and Woody , but the panorama was cut . This bozo is blow our minds decently now .
10:43 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Aaaand it ’s over . Holy dirt . Who get laid Randy Newman , the guy cable who stimulate the songs your kids bet over and over and over again , would sing such crazy crap about our government ?
11:31 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : And it ’s over ! Thanks to everyone for interpretation , and check Gizmodo ’s independent page for hands - on update VERY before long . See everyone soon . -Jason , Mark , Brian and Adrian
11:32 am ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : We ’ve gothands - on of the MacBook Air here .
https://gizmodo.com/macbook-air-hands-on-345115
Jason Chen : We ’ve gothands - on of Time Capsulehere as well .
https://gizmodo.com/time-capsule-hands-on-345130
1:26 postmortem ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : Here’shands - on of the motion padon the MacBook Air .
https://gizmodo.com/macbook-air-multi-touch-gesture-pad-hands-on-345139
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Jason Chen : And ourAppleTV take two feeling .
https://gizmodo.com/apple-tv-take-2-impressions-345155
Jason Chen : We also discovered theMacBook Air ’s fatal flaw .
https://gizmodo.com/macbook-airs-fatal-flaw-battery-ram-hd-sealed-like-a-345177
1:33 pm ON Jan 15 2008
Jason Chen : And our paw - on video and impressions of theiPhone 1.1.3 firmware .
https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-iphone-firmware-1-1-3-345179
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