Steve Jobs' other major Friday launch
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Blog: Everyone is focusing on the iPhone, but Jobs' other company, Pixar, also has a huge product launching Friday.
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With the focus of this year's Worldwide Developers Conference on Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X Leopard and the iPhone, could CEO Steve Jobs have something else up his sleeve?
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The announcements coming out of Macworld Expo from Steve Jobs range from âgotta have itâ to âweâll see.â
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Ron Johnson, Apple senior VP of Retail, and John O&#146;Grady, general manager of the Apple Store, Regent Street, cut the ribbon to signal the opening of the world&#146;s largest and most-anticipated Apple retail store.  See photos from the grand opening. [Nov 22]
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The line at Apple's Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan began to form on Monday night for people wanting to be the first to buy an iPhone Friday evening.
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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates had a non-virtual date this week. What's behind the new romance?
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InfoWorld - When Steve Jobs hits the keynote stage at the 2008 Macworld Conference and Expo on January 15, he will face a ballroom full of bloodshot eyes, a sea of journalists, analysts, and bloggers knocked loopy by the culture shock of going to sleep in Vegas (where the Consumer Electronics Show was just held) and waking up in San Francisco. Talk about your tough crowd.
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Following are some of the notable technology-related events scheduled for the week of Aug. 15. Apple Computer fans are dishing the scuttlebutt this week.
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In this two-minute video, Wired brings you the highlights from the first day of Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs' keynote, the new MacBook Air, upgrades to the iPhone and AppleTV, and more. Plus: Veronica Belmont gets denied!
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(InfoWorld) - Steve Jobs opened Tuesday's "It's Showtime!" special event in San Francisco, noting that Apple shipped more than 60 million iPods in total by the end of the last quarter, and joking showed an iPod toilet paper holder to demonstrate the widespread adoption of iPod accessories. Jobs praised advances like iPod connectivity options in automobiles -- 70 percent of 2007 model year cars sold in the United States will have some kind of connectivity, he said. And Apple and Nike have sold 450,000 Nike+iPod Sport Kits in less than 90 days since their introduction. The kits provide connectivity between the iPod nano and Nike running shoes. Later Jobs remarked that iTunes has a market share of 88 percent of legal US downloads. The next big thing: iTV But the big news of the day came at the end. "But there is one last thing," said Jobs, stunning long-time Apple event attendees. "This next thing's a little unusual for us. It's a sneak peek for a product that will be introduced in Q1 2007." "We usually keep things corralled until we ship them, but we thing this completes the story, so we decided to go ahead and show it to you today," Jobs said. Jobs previewed iTV, which he described as "a product code name. We've got to come up with a final name when we introduce it." "You can take a movie, download it to a computer, put it on your iPod. But what about that big flat screen TV you just bought?" asked Jobs. "You need a box to drive that big screen TV. How's the box going to talk to the computer? Do I want to string cables throughout my house? So I'm going to talk to it using wireless network, to get the content from the computer to the box, from the box to the TV." The iTV resembles a short Mac mini. The power supply is built right in to the unit,a nd it features integrated wireless networking, a power plug, USB 2.0, Ethernet, High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) plug, component video, analgo audio and optical audio interfaces. The box is driven by software that carries a distant resembance to Front Row, the multimedia control application Apple bundles with newer Macs. The software features 3D animated graphics with a menu on the right and graphics on the left. Jobs demonstrated it, going into the Movies menu and scrolling through floating artwork on the left-hand side. "Pretty cool, huh? These are the same files, same exact files, paying on my iPod, my computer and my flat screen TV," said Jobs. The iPod video And also top of the product hopper from Apple is its new and improved video-capable iPod, with a screen that's 60 percent brighter. Battery life has been increased from 2 hours while playing video to 3.5 hours, Jobs says. A new earphone design that took Apple 18 months to develop was also announced. Superficially, they look similar to the old design -- they're still white. The new iPod provides gapless playback, according to Jobs, which works with MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless and uncompressed music files. New software features have been added such as instant searching that uses the wheel to input letters and does a live search of iPod content. As rumors has speculated in recent months, Apple's been hard at work on new games for the iPod -- while it still may not be a substitute for a Nintendo DS or Sony PSP, the new iPod can play versions of popular casual games including Bejeweled, Mahjong, mini-golf, Pac-Man, Tetris, Cubis, Texas Hold 'Em, Vortex and Zuma -- all designed to work with the click wheel interface which has been retained. These games aren't included with the new iPod -- they're for sale, for $4.99 each, from the iTunes Music Store. Apple is offering two iPod video models: a 30GB and 80GB version, both in white and black. The 30GB model is available for $249, the 80GB model for $349 -- less expensive that previous versions. iPodnano, take 2 Jobs also unveiled the second generation of the slim iPod nano, Apple's color screen-equipped flash-based iPod that made its debut a year ago. "The iPod nano is the most popular MP3 player in the world," Jobs said. Critics of the first iPod nano complained that the glossy front of the unit could be scratched too easily -- Apple has addressed that problem by making it out of aluminum, much as it does its MacBook Pro laptops. "And we're bringing back colors," said Jobs -- harkening back to the iPod nano's predecessor, the venerable iPod mini. The iPod nano will be available in anodized blue, pink, green, silver and black. The second-generation iPod nano also features a battery with better charge capacity than the first -- up to 24 hours of play, versus 14 for the first-generation nano. The iPod nano debuts in three different models -- 2GB, 4GB and 8GB versions, priced at $149, $199 and $249. What's more, the iPod nano ships in a smaller box than before -- it's barely bigger than the nano itself. Apple has similarly shrunk accessories like the battery charger. And accessories will be available including an armband and lanyard headphones with the new earbud design. And it works with the much vaunted Nike+iPod Sport Kit. iPodshuffle Rev 2 Also on stage today is the new iPod shuffle, a diminuitve flash-based digital music player that's even smaller than before. While the first-generation shuffle resembled a pack of stick gum, the new iPod shuffle takes it styling cues from the Apple Remote. "Wearability" was of key importance to first-generation iPod shuffle owners, said Jobs. So Apple designed the new iPod shuffle in an aluminum case with a built-in clip. The headphone jack is also where the device charges and connects to the computer. Apple bills the new shuffle as the world's smalled MP3 player. Available for pre-order and shipping in October, the 1GB iPod shuffle will cost $79. iTunes7 Apple on Tuesday released iTunes 7, a new version of its popular music jukebox and online music download store. The new software has been organized into sections -- separate libraries for music, movies, TV shows, podcast and radio. A three-position switch alternates between different views, and a new view has been added called Album View, which puts album art and all tracks from the album so you can scroll by album now, if you wish. What's more, iTunes will now populate your music collection with album cover art if the cover art is missing, and if you have an iTunes Store account. "We may not have everything, but we have 3.5 million songs of album artwork," Jobs remarked. "If you've got an iTunes account, iTunes will automatically download it for free." A third view is called Cover Flow View. It enables you to find songs more quickly by album cover -- it's a window that shows a 3D representation of album covers above your music list. Improvements to video "We announced TV shows less than a year ago," Jobs said. "Since then over 45 million TV shows have been downloaded." The redubbed iTunes Store (Apple has dropped "Music" from the title to signify the service's growing library of video content and games) has expanded from five shows to more than 220 and from one network to more than 40, including ever major network, said Jobs. Shows downloaded from the iTunes Store are encoded at 320 x 240 pixel resolution. "Today we are taking [resolution] up a notch," said Jobs. "We are going to increase that resolution four times, and all video will be at 640 x 480." iTunes 7 features gapless playback, of course, and also lets users manage the iPod from right inside of iTunes -- no more having to fiddle with iTunes' preferences to get your iPod configured. iTunes can search for music library for albums that are meant to be played in gapless fashion, and sets them to work that way. A frequent complaint of iPod users is that the iPod only synchronizes content on one computer at a time, even if both computers are authorized with the iTunes Store. Now you can take your iPod, sync it with a computer, move it to a different authoried computer, and content will "flow back" to the new computer, so you can transfer purchased music between authorized computers using an iPod. iTunes 7 also shows the games you've downloaded from the iTunes Store in your library, so you can see instructions and other information. iTunes 7 is available today One more thing ... movies "But there is one more thing," said Jobs. "And that is movies. Today I want to talk about adding movies to the iTunes Store and the whole iTunes-iPod experience. Today we're starting out with films from Disney, Pixar, Touchstone and Miramax -- four studios owned by Walt Disney Co." The service launches with more than 75 films online, starting today. Apple is adding more, including Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and Cars. New releases are priced at $12.99 for pre-orders and during their first week of release, the same time they're available for purchase on DVD. After that they increase to $14.99, though older "library titles" will be priced at $9.99 every day. Movies available for download from the iTunes Store are shown at 640 x 480 resolution in "near-DVD quality," according to Jobs. Jobs said that if you have 5 Megabit per second broadband service -- not uncommon for cable modem users -- you can expect to download a full-length movie in roughly a half an hour. What's more, you can start watching the movie in as little as a minute, while it's still downloading. To ease that process, iTunes now has a Download Manager that lets you watch items you're downloading from the store, and you can switch priorities if you're downloading multiple files. Jobs described the audio quality as "Dolby Surround." Usage rights for movies purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store are the same as the TV shows -- so you can't burn them to disc, though you can share them among multiple authorized computers and video iPods. And parental controls have been updated with MPAA ratings. Of course, there's more to Disney than just kids' movies. The back catalog of movie titles the iTunes Store will sell include Shakespeare In Love, Good Will Hunting, The English Patient, Enemy of the State, The insider, National Treasure and O Brother Where Art Thou. "We hope to take this international in 2007," added Jobs. Jobs then introduced Disney President and CEO Bob Iger. He called Disney and Apple's first partnership to bring TV shows to the iTunes Store last year "a breakthrough," and added that "the marriage of great content and great technology -- and of great user interface -- is truly a killer application." "We knew we were in business with a great partner, and we know the consumer has spoken because the success of TV shows has been enormous on this platform," Iger continued. "We're confident that movies are going to work as well. We're very thankful to work with Apple and Steve, and we congratulate you on this next step."
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Steve Jobs rolls out new lineup of digital media players.
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Thousands of Mac enthusiasts gathered Tuesday to see what Apple Computer Inc.'s Steve Jobs will unveil next to keep his company on its recent roll.
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Steve Jobs will deliver his annual State of the Mac address tomorrow at the Moscone Center, starting at 9am PT, and we'll be there to bring you the news.
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The 2008 Macworld Stevenote is less than 24-hours away. We'll be live-blogging every word that escapes from Steve Jobs' mouth, so bookmark this page now. Festivities begin at 9 a.m. Pacific on Tuesday.
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Core 2 Duo iMacs too, reports claim Tuesday, 12 September is the big coming out day for Core 2 Duo-based iMacs, new generations of iPod and iPod Nano, and Apple's iTunes Movie store, it has been claimed after Apple began mailing out invites to the media to come along to Cupertino or attend a London-hosted simulcast of the proceedings.â¦
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Time for the MacBook Air reveal--it's a signature Steve Jobs moment.
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The update to&#160;Apple&#39;s Mac OS X operating system, called Leopard, went on sale at the Apple Store in Tokyo on Friday evening, part of a global launch that will unfold around the world over the next 24 hours.Apple is putting the software on sale at 6 p.m. local time at stores worldwide. That means customers in Australia and New Zealand got a head start on the rest of the world, although Tokyo marks the first launch of the OS, also called Mac OS X 10.5, at an official Apple Store.About 200 people queued in light rain in Tokyo&#39;s Ginza district for the start of sales, looking on as Apple staff prepared themselves for the event with cheers, countdowns and high-fives. The Apple store had been closed since 4 p.m. to allow for the launch preparations.At 6 p.m. the first customers entered the store, already clutching T-shirts and a copy of the OS that Apple staff were handing out as they entered. Then it was off to the counter to pay.Leopard is the fifth major upgrade that Apple has made to its OS, and its first in two and a half years. The software will be installed on all new Apple computers, or priced in the U.S. at $129 for an upgrade. Apple has said the vast majority of Macs sold over the past four years will be able to run Leopard, as well as some older machines depending on their configuration.The major advances include Time Machine, which automatically creates snapshots of the OS from an earlier point in time, allowing users to retrieve files and applications that have been deleted, or even earlier versions of documents that have been updated.A feature called Spaces allows users to flick between a series of &quot;virtual monitors.&quot; This allows busy desktops to be broken into several parts, and could make using a Mac easier for people who have a clutch of applications open at once.Another new and likely welcome feature is Quick View, which allows users to preview documents without opening the relevant application. Word processor files, pictures, presentations and even movies can all be previewed right away.There are also some cosmetic upgrades, such as a mirrored base on which the dock icons now sit. Other changes aim to better organize files: Downloads now all flow into a single folder, for example.Apple is also releasing a server version of Leopard on Friday. Updates include an improved set-up process, a new version of the iChat Server software, and tools for hosting podcasts and wikis.Leopard&#39;s launch continues Friday around the world. A French Apple dealer has promised a live leopard in a cage at one of its stores outside Paris.(James Niccolai in Paris contributed to this report.)