Well the WWDC 09 keynote ended a few hours ago, and I've got to say, not too shabby! Phill Schiller seemed a bit more comfortable on stage than at his Macworld 09 keynote.
We’re not looking at anything all that surprising this year: the new 15'' MacBook Pro has the same improved battery as the 17'' announced at MacWorld, as well as faster speeds than the previous 15'' MacBook Pro.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Not a lot we didn't already know, and the presentation seemed to focus on the sheer performance factor of running in 64-bit. This is very important to developers, of course, and hey this is a developer conference after all. Multi-threading got its own slide in the presentation, and sky's the limit with available RAM (or maybe hardware's the limit? Either way Snow Leopard can handle it).
So what of the iPhone? Unfortunately Apple ignored our requests: it seems there was no laser beam or tea-brewing upgrade to the new 3.0 OS. Serves us right for only submitting them this weekend, but I’m sure they’re working on them now. Just you wait for WWDC 2010... Back to this year’s keynote, it seems iPhone 3.0 OS will offer expanded horizons on the implementation of landscape view. We will see cut, copy and paste capabilities (woo!), as well as additional language support, the ability to track and remotely wipe your iPhone's data for security purposes, and tethering which will allow you to share your iPhone's Internet connection with your computer (Mac or PC).
The biggest news of the event was the announcement of the iPhone 3GS. Basically just like the iPhone 3G but with a few upgrades you've probably heard about by now. An improved camera, video (with tap-to-focus ability on the screen), video editing, voice control, improved speed and a digital compass. It will be $199 for the smallun' (16Gb) and $299 for the biggun' (32Gb). Will I be getting one? Ahm.... *grin* probably.... (so shiny).
I must point out the distinct lack of time manipulation support going on here. Don't worry, it will be announced next year for sure... I've seen it already. Phil Schiller comes out in an Elvis jumpsuit.
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