Excited about the big event? Of course you are. Well here’s the wrap up on today’s big events. Snarky commentary to follow shortly.
iOS
- 120 Million iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch devices shipped.
- 230,000 iOS activations per day, not including upgrades
- 6.5 billion downloads from app store, 200 apps every second
- iOS 4.1 introduced
- Bugs fixed: Proximity sensor, Bluetooth, and iPhone 3G performance issues
- HDR Photos standard in 4.1 (3 exposures combined to create one image)
- HD video upload via WiFi
- TV Show rentals
- Game Center goes live
- GC is about Multi-Player games, including auto matching
- Epic introduces Project Sword, an unreal looking RPG, powered by Unreal Technology, natch.
- Available Next Week, free download
iOS4.2 Preview
- Everything goes to iPad
- Wireless printing for iPad
- AirPlay introduced
- AirTunes if now AirPlay
- Streaming audio, video & photos over Wi-Fi
- Comes out in November. Free for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
iPods
- 275 million iPods sold
- Every iPod redesigned
- New Shuffle, Nano and iPod Touch available next week. Preorder today
iPod Shuffle
- Smaller than second gen
- Buttons and voiceover playlists, combining second and third gen
- Added Genius mixes
- 15 hours of music
- 5 colors: Blue, pink, silver, green, yellow
- $49 for 2GB
iPod Nano
- Touchscreen
- Multi-Touch features
- Square, just like the case previews
- Clip on the back, just like the Shuffle
- 46% smaller – 42% lighter
- Volume buttons
- Nike+, Pedometer
- VoiceOver
- 24 hours of playback
- Built-in FM radio
- Screen can be rotated for orientation
- Same four colors as shuffle, plus graphite and a Product(RED)
- $149 8GB
- $179 16GB
iPod Touch
- Most popular iPod
- #1 portable game player – outsells Nintendo and Sony combined
- Thinner than previous version – looks nothing like iPhone 4, more like 3GS
- Retina display from iPhone 4
- A4 processor from iPhone 4
- 3 axis Gyro
- iOS 4.1
- FaceTime with front camera, can be between iPhones and iPod Touch
- Rear camera, HD video recording
- 40 hours of music playback
- $229 8GB
- $299 32GB
- $399 64GB
iTunes 10
- 11.7 Billion songs downloaded
- 450 million TV episodes
- 100 million movies
- 35 million books
- 160 million accounts
- New logo – no more CD
- New hybrid view for album titles
- Ping introduced – Social network for music built into iTunes 10
- Follow people and artists
- Custom top 10 for people you follow
- Follow or be followed. Privacy built in
- Circle of friends can be created
- Available Today
AppleTV
- 1/4 of size of original
- Black in color
- Power, HDMI, USB, Ethernet on back
- Wi-Fi built in
- Comes with standard Apple Remote
- All HD when available
- All rentals, no purchases
- No storage problem
- Stream content from computer
- $4.99 first run HD movie rentals, cheaper as time goes on
- $.99 HD TV show rentals, commercial free (ABC and FOX onboard)
- Stream Netflix from AppleTV
- YouTube, Flickr and Mobile Me included
- Rotten Tomatoes meter on UI as well
- $99, released within 4 weeks
Airplay in depth
- Streaming content from any iOS device to another
- AppleTV to iPad used as example
So there you have it, the event in summary. Commentary to follow soon.
