Did you see? Steve Jobs has The Joy of Tech bookmarked on his iPhone!
You can barely confirm this by watching the Quicktime video of the Keynote posted on Apple.com, but this shot from Engadget’s Keynote coverage makes it clear: the Keynote’s demo iPhone has our friends at The Joy of Tech bookmarked on it.
I wonder if their recent Macworld Expo Celebrity Checklist had anything to do with it.
Congratulations Nitrozac & Snaggy–now you’re Macworld Expo Celebrities!!
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Our 2008 ”Mercworld” coverage transcript
In case you missed it, I have posted (after the jump) our coverage as it appeared on our site during Steve Jobs’ 2008 Macworld keynote address.
Official details on all the announced hardware, software and services will be posted to the site later today.
Thank you to all the people who participated in our IRC chat and to the moderators who kept things hopping.
10:43 AM – It ain’t over until the fat man sings…oh, wait–he did!!
10:41 AM – You know there’s another store you should check out…
10:37 AM – Scratch that. Store back up. GO SHOP!!
10:36 AM – Store still down
10:36 AM – MacBook Air now on the front page of Apple.com
10:34 AM – Newman sings a song apologizing for the US’s awful leaders and proceeds to compare them to worse leaders in history…oh boy
10:31 AM – Oh crap! It’s Randy Freakin’ Newman!!
10:31 AM – Steve Jobs = Willy Wonka
10:30 AM – One more thing?
10:30 AM – That’s 4 things…
10:28 AM – Any bets on how soon Staples and Office Depot will be selling individual manilla envelopes in the computer section as “MacBook Air Cases”?
10:26 AM – Steve shows MacBook Air marketing
10:25 AM – USD$1799. Ships in 2 weeks. Preorders today.
10:25 AM – 2 GB of RAM, BTW
10:25 AM – Now how much would you pay?
10:24 AM – 5 hours of battery for wireless internet use. YMMV
10:24 AM – Cheeky
10:24 AM – Remote Disc feature allows MacBook Air users to hijack and use any optical drive of any machine in the area with Apple’s Remote Disc software installed.
10:22 AM – USB SuperDrive (not included USD$99)
10:22 AM – no optical drive, so…
10:22 AM – MacBook Air has a 45 Watt MagSafe, 1 USB 2.0 port, Micro-DVI, Audio Out, 802.11n, plus Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
10:21 AM – Steve kicks the Intel guy off the stage
10:20 AM – CPU is thick as a nickle, as wide as a dime…wasn’t that the incantation from “The Craft”?
10:19 AM – Paul Otellini from Intel here to talk about how thin the CPU is
10:18 AM – Yeah, Steve, but how much $$$?
10:18 AM – Core 2 Duo. 1.6GHz standard, or optional 1.8GHz.
10:17 AM – How much is this gonna cost?
10:17 AM – 80 GB hard drive. 64 GB SSD option.
10:16 AM – 1.8″ hard drive
10:16 AM – “How does it all fit?” Steve asks.
10:15 AM – iSight. Backlit keyboard. Big trackpad with multi-touch support.
10:14 AM – 13.3″ screen. Magnetic latch.
10:13 AM – Thinner at its thickest point than the comparable Sony TZ is at its thinnest point. Make sense? It’s frikkin’ thin!
10:12 AM – Weighs about 3 lb
10:12 AM – MacBook Air is 0.76″ thick and tapers to 0.16″ at one end.
10:11 AM – Poo-pooing other thin format notebooks. Too heavy. Not all that thin. Crappy keyboards. Now let’s look at the MacBook Air…
10:10 AM – The rumors were actually true?
10:09 AM – 4) something in the Air…MacBook Air–The world’s thinnest notebook.
10:09 AM – Steve’s back
10:08 AM – Family Guy Blue Harvest DVD (Star Wars Special) has a digital iPod-friendly copy included on the DVD.
10:07 AM – Homer iPod poster displayed
10:06 AM – “This will be a transformative version of the rental model.” That sounds like
10:05 AM – Gianopulos is talking up making great movies and making them available to the people. MPAA snipers in position and ready to strike in command.
10:03 AM – Jim Gianopulos, CEO/Chairman of Fox takes the stage…please don’t let him be reading off of index cards
10:02 AM – New features will be available in 2 weeks.
10:02 AM – Apple TV price drop. Entry price drops from $299 to $229. Hmm…
10:01 AM – Next?
10:01 AM – Apple TV: Free software upgrade for the new stuff.
09:59 AM – I blame Gizmodo
09:59 AM – Can “theoretically” stream pics from Flickr, but when Steve tries, the screen goes black.
09:58 AM – Apple TV can grab photos from .Mac to use as a screensaver
09:55 AM – My buddy from Microsoft says, “somebody wake me when his majesty announces something worthwhile…
09:51 AM – Movie store is very much like what we’ve come to expect from iTunes: previews, recommendations, top rentals.
09:50 AM – Keynote is not even 1 hour in yet
09:48 AM – Demoing the new Apple TV
09:48 AM – 100 titles available today.
09:48 AM – HD movie rentals USD$4.99
09:47 AM – Apple TV Take 2 = no computer required. Podcasts, Flickr, .Mac galleries, iTunes.
09:47 AM – Apple TV Take 2
09:45 AM – How to get movies on Flat Screen TV?
09:44 AM – International movie stores to open later this year
09:44 AM – Movie rentals in the US start today
09:43 AM – old movies: USD$2.99, new releases: USD$3.99
09:42 AM – How much?
09:42 AM – You’ll have 30 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish.
09:42 AM – Watch “instantly” 30 seconds with broadband connection.
09:41 AM – Made available 30 days after the DVD launch.
09:41 AM – Over 1000 movies.
09:40 AM – Every major studio is on board. First run films now out on DVD will be available.
09:39 AM – iTunes Movie Rentals
09:38 AM – 125 million TV shows sold. 7 million movies sold.
09:38 AM – 20 million songs sold XMas Day
09:37 AM – 4 billion songs sold
09:37 AM – 3) iTunes
09:37 AM – Ah, but not a free upgrade…USD$20 for existing iPod Touch owners
09:36 AM – Finally!! Mail, Stocks, Notes, Weather and Maps
09:36 AM – iPod Touch: New Software
09:35 AM – iPhone software update is available today as a free upgrade.
09:34 AM – Just a reminder, our Worst. Keynote. Ever. Shirts are still available in the MacMerc Store.
09:33 AM – Keep any 4 icons you wish in the dock
09:32 AM – You can now rearrange icons on the main screen by holding down on them until the jiggle and let you drag them.
09:32 AM – Jiggling icons!
09:31 AM – Demoing Web Clips…make, bookmark, add to main page
09:28 AM – Demoing Maps with Location…getting directions
09:27 AM – Custom Home Screen, Lyrics
09:27 AM – Maps with Location, Web Clip and Multiple SMS
09:25 AM – iPhone SDK coming in Feb
09:24 AM – iPhone horn tooting
09:23 AM – …about 20,000 per day
09:23 AM – 200 days after iPhone launch, 4 million sold
09:22 AM – 2) iPhone
09:21 AM – Time Machine “Get A Mac” Ad
09:21 AM – 500 GB = USD$299, 1 TB = USD$499
09:20 AM – Time Capsule = Airport Extreme + Hard Drive
09:19 AM – Time Capsule: Time Machine for notebooks.
09:19 AM – Leopard horn tooting.
09:18 AM – 1) Leopard. 5 million sold in first 3 months. Most successful Mac OS X yet.
09:17 AM – Steve’s got 4 things to talk about today
09:16 AM – Going over the highlights of 2007…iPhone…Leopard…etc.
09:15 AM – Steve
09:15 AM – Mac ad: Happy New Year
09:14 AM – Lights…
09:08 AM – Apple Store is down. Natch.
09:07 AM – Music still playing…waiting for the show to start
09:00 AM – Keynote time!
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RadTech returns to MWSF’08 with its notebook restoration clinic
RadTech, makers of all kinds of cool Mac accessories have announced the continuation of their annual notebook restoration clinic at the 2008 Macworld Conference and Expo.
Expo attendees will have the opportunity to bring their display and chassis damaged notebooks to RadTech’s booth for demonstrations of the company’s products and solutions for display and chassis preventive maintenance and restoration.
New RadTech product lines being released at the 2008 Macworld Conference and Expo include:
SLAM clip case with video stand for iPhone.
- Gelz silicone cases for iPhone and iPod classic, touch and nano.
- Armor Series waterproof cases for iPhone and iPod classic, touch and nano.
- Defender Series rugged cases for iPhone and iPod classic, touch and nano.
- ClearCal protective films for iPhone and iPod classic, touch and nano.
- DockExtender cables for iPhone and iPod.
- ProCable audio extension and adapter cables for iPhone.
- ProCable Gold Series cabling for analog, digital and optical audio, and Std / HD video.
- eSATA ExpressCard 34 adapter for Apple MacBook Pro notebook computers.
- BongoTies reusable cable management solutions.
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Purchase Macworld Conference presentations online and on DVD-ROM
Soma Media and IDG World Expo today announced the release of MacworldEncore, the first suite of products enabling people to purchase Macworld Conference & Expo presentations online and on DVD-ROM.
The first MacworldEncore DVD-ROM set features more than 80 presentations from January’s Conference and Expo in San Francisco. Each presentation includes full-screen PowerPoint slides, live demos and synchronized audio, searchable speaker bios and abstracts, and iPod and iPod video compatibility. The MacworldEncore Online product features the same content and functionality, but further enables people to download presentations individually and immediately from the Web.
Both the DVD-ROM and the web versions are now available for purchase. For a limited time, MacworldEncore is offering a $5 coupon that can be used to download presentations online (Google Checkout coupon code: macworldencore$5off).
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Macworld Keynote coverage play-by-play
We had a great time in the MacMerc IRC Chat today talking up the announcements made at today’s Macworld Expo keynote address. Some really revolutionary products were announced and demonstrated with hints at things to come. If you missed our play-by-play, here it is (times are that of our server shown with the most recent posts at the top).
02:03 PM – Folks in the MacMerc chat start chanting “ONE MORE THING! ONE MORE THING! ONE MORE THING!”
02:03 PM – John Mayer performs.
02:01 PM – Steve thanks staff and families. Everyone stands an applauds. Smiley faces everywhere.
02:01 PM – Steve quotes Wayne Gretzky “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it’s been.” So, what? No more computers? 
01:59 PM – Apple Computer OUT. Apple Inc. IN
01:55 PM – And then, thankfully, Steve comes back.
01:55 PM – Cingular CEO speaks…
01:47 PM – iPhone: USD$499 for 4GB, USD$599 for 8GB with 2 year contracts. Ships in June. Sold in Cingular and Apple Stores in the US.
01:44 PM – iPhone accessories: microphone, bluetooth headset. Battery Life: 5 hours of talk, 16 hours of audio
01:39 PM – Steve listens to music, Schiller calls …music fades…Steve adds him to the address book…grabs a photo of Phil from his photos library…searches the internet for a movie to see that night…I guess Steve and Phil are going out on the town. Operability of the iPhone shames the competition.
01:32 PM – Google Search built in. Dr, Eric Schmidt CEO of Google walk on stage….jokes about Apple/Google merger. Google and Yahoo both major players in iPhone.
01:31 PM – Internet in your pocket with breakthru internet communicator built right in
01:29 PM – Demoing GoogleMaps: We see London, we see France.
01:29 PM – Widget helps you track down a Starbucks in your area.
01:28 PM – Steve prank calls Starbucks. Orders 4000 lattes.
01:28 PM – Steve demoing Safari with “pinch” zoom and 160ppi screen showing awesome detail of scaled down pages. Stock and Weather Widgets, etc.
Steve demoing Safari with “pinch” zoom and 160ppi screen showing awesome detail of scaled down pages. Stock and Weather Widgets, etc. 01:10 PM – There is no explaining this thing. Just run over to Apple’s website once it’s back up to gawk. It’s sick. Photos of the device up at MacRumors and Flickr
12:58 PM – You can hear Motorola and Nokia breaking out their drawing boards all the way from here. The software on this thing is crazy. The iPod interface has been updated to work with a touch sensitive display. Can’t wait to use this thing!
12:54 PM – Hardware of the iPhone.3.5″ screen with 160ppi (clear!); 2 megapixel camera; 11.6mm thick; GSM; standard iPod connector. Coming to Cingular wireless. No surprise there, that’s what the WSJ said yesterday.
12:52 PM – The power of a laptop in the package of a phone is what this thing is.
12:49 PM – Design wise: huge screen (wide!), silver and black and of course a revolutionary new software UI. It runs OS X. Dear god. Mobile apps? I don’t need no stinking mobile apps. This thing will run “desktop class” apps. Built in networking, syncing and all that good stuff.
12:47 PM – Steve says one of the problems with phones is that they have too many buttons. The iPhone uses fingers not a stylus.
12:46 PM – Steve is dissing current smart phones.
12:43 PM – They did it, Apple is announcing a mobile phone. And a widescreen iPod. We’re kids in a tech candy store today. The third revolutionary product is an internet communicator. That sounds dangerously close to a tablet. The rumor gods were kind to us. Postscript. It’s all one device. Makes more sense.
12:42 PM – The dramatic pauses are causing serious stress with the audience. We’re such fan boys.
12:41 PM – “Revolutionary product”
12:41 PM – Onto new stuff.
12:39 PM – The Apple TV demo is taking forever. Maybe it’s just because we’ve already seen Front Row before.
12:37 PM – Apple TV looks like the next generation of Front Row. Music, Videos, Photos are all covered (no DVD because hey there is no DVD drive in the box). It adds cool stuff like summary text and the typical visual magic that makes Apple Apple. Though I would still like the iTunes Visualizer effects… Maybe the new features will be integrated into Leopard?
12:26 PM – Apple TV is the name for what we’ve been calling iTV. You know what it is already, a bunch of AV connectors and a beautiful Front Row styled interface to zip through your networked media on a TV. New specs: 40GB hard drive, 802.11.b/g/n networking, Intel CPU. Content can be synced from 1 computer or steamed from up to 5.
12:24 PM – Steve is mocking the Zune. It’s not hard to do. We’re previewing a new iPod add that’s hopelessly hip. Postscript, the ad features today’s 5G iPod and not some new crazy full screen video iPod. Sigh.
12:22 PM – TV show sales on iTMS have been really successful, over 50m unit sales. Movies have hit 1.3 million with just Disney as a partner. Today Paramount joins in on the fun. 250 titles now available from the store.
12:19 PM – Onto the iPod. Despite the analysts reporting, the iTMS has sold 2 billion songs. 5 million more songs are being sold daily. That’s enough to make Apple the fourth largest music reseller in the US (they just surpassed Amazon.com). Target is next in line.
12:18 PM – Over half of new Macs are now sold to switchers. That’s counting all sales channels, not just retail. Ed: Maybe the iPod really is having a spill over effect?
12:17 PM – Talking about the Intel transition.
12:15 PM – We’re there folks. Steve Jobs just took the stage to kick off MacWorld 2007. Among notable VIPs in the audience is Jobs’ family. That’s a bit unusual.
12:00 PM – You probably already knew this, but the online Apple store has been taken down for updates.
11:59 AM – We’re still a few minutes away from show time. People are filtering into the room. Safe to say that it’s a sellout.
11:50 AM – In case you need to read a few more rumors before the real info starts flowing, check out the keynote predictions from ThinkSecret and Daring Fireball. It looks like an Apple cell phone will actually happen, the Wall Street Journal confirmed it last night.
08:00 AM – MacMerc keynote coverage is in full swing. This really basic page is meant to help our servers stay alive. Tons of speculation has preceded this speech, including rumors of an Apple mobile phone. Today’s coverage is by Jon Gales of MobileTracker, so expect some serious mobile phone analysis if the rumors do indeed pan out.
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MWSF 2007
We will soon downshift into “MacMerc Lite” to bring you coverage of the announcements being made at the Macworld Keynote address. Be sure to join us in our IRC channel to discuss the goings on.
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O’Reilly Happening with Andy Hertzfeld on building the Mac
What really happened in Cupertino during the early 1980s as the Mac was born? Andy Hertzfeld knows. A core member of the team that built the Mac, he wrote a bestselling book about his experiences, Revolution in The Valley
And at Macworld 2007, Andy, also the founder of folklore.org, shares insider stories about the creation of the revolutionary Mac. Andy’s scheduled to talk and sign books at 12 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 9 at the O’Reilly Macworld booth #2112 in the South Hall.
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Jobs confirmed for “Stevenote” at Macworld San Francisco 2007
IDG World Expo today announced that Steve Jobs will, indeed, deliver the opening keynote address for Macworld Conference & Expo. Macworld will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center January 8-12, 2006, and the keynote address will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. at Moscone West.
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Macworld Conference & Expo expands
IDG World Expo today announced the addition of “The Macworld Digital Lifestyle Experience” to Macworld Conference & Expo 2007 at the Moscone Center, January 8 – 12, 2007. Each featured technology in the new Macworld Digital Lifestyle Experience will provide top-level education and hands-on demonstrations of how Mac OS X tools and related technologies can be used.
The attractions are part of an aggressive expansion to be showcased in Moscone’s North Hall along with new exhibits and educational features. Each of the featured experience areas will give attendees the opportunity to engage with cutting-edge products from the featured industries, and will provide information to help them enhance their skills and enjoyment of the latest technologies.
Members of Macworld’s world-renowned faculty will be on-hand to answer questions and provide expert demonstrations, tips and techniques in each of the showcased areas.
Macworld Digital Lifestyle Experiences planned for Macworld in the January 2007 event include the following:
- The Macworld Digital Photography Experience
- The Macworld Digital Video Experience
- The Macworld Digital Music & Sound Experience
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Live keynote coverage
In case you haven’t stopped by already, we’re providing semi live keynote coverage for MacWorld 2006. Check it out on our main page (the site is currently in a low-fi static state to keep the servers up).
UPDATE: The show’s over. Our full coverage is in the extended entry. New iMacs, laptops and tons of software. Woo.
01:40 PM – Shows over folks. Now get out your wallets.
01:39 PM – MacBook Pro orders being taken today, ships in Feb. $1999-2499.
01:33 PM – Specs: 15.4 inch LCD, iSight, thinner than current 17″, remote control for Front Row?. Steve says it’s the fastest laptop ever.
01:31 PM – New laptop! MacBook Pro, no more Powerbook. Intel duo Core! 2 CPUs in every Macbook pro (since it’s a dual core chip, not actually two physical cpus). 4-5x faster tha existing PBs.
01:30 PM – PowerBook G4 on screen… Talking about trying to get a G5 inside. WE’ve consulted everyone (photo of pope on screen, ha!).
01:29 PM – Showing a commercial for the intel macs now.
01:26 PM – One more thing.
01:21 PM – Other developers are talking about universal binaries. Quark, Microsoft, etc. Rosetta is the emulator that runs normal PPC apps, seems to handle Office just fine.
01:19 PM – Pro apps will be Intel ready in March. You will be able to trade-in your discs for the universal ones for $49.
01:17 PM – The new iMac smokes, glad I didn’t buy one recently… 10.4.4 (and bundled apps) is native for the Intel CPU. iLife and iWork ’06 are universal binaries.
01:12 PM – First Mac with Intel CPU today! (obviously excluding the developer units) It’s the iMac, built in iSight. Still has Front Row. The design is the same, so is the price. Intel Core Duo is 2-3x faster. Each core is faster than a G5.
01:11 PM – AAPL spiking even more, up 7%. Really should have bought shares. Live quote is at $81.50.
01:10 PM – SJ promised shipping on Intel by June. But there is a bunny suit on stage… Steve I am your father.
01:09 PM – Moving onto hardware (about time!)
01:08 PM – iWork ’06. Available today for $79. No demo, go check it out.
01:06 PM – That finishes out iLife. Available today, $79.
01:05 PM – Excuse us if we’re not elated about iWeb–web publishing has been in .Mac for years.
01:02 PM – Come on SJ, give us some new hardware. Too many software demos.
01:00 PM – Back to iWeb. Demoing now. The slideshow feature uses AJAX (so you don’t need to reload the page to view new photos). We’ll see about browser compatibility.
12:56 PM – Financial update: AAPL is spiking. Should have bought shares this morning.
12:54 PM – That was pretty cool stuff, but we’re now onto sharing. A new app for iLife ’06–iWeb. It shares your media (photos/music/movies) and blogs. Makes it easy to post your stuff online, even creates an RSS feed. It works through .Mac though, so yet another thing you’ll need to be a subscriber for.
12:50 PM – Almost an hour in now and SJ hasn’t yet mentioned Intel. He sure knows how to hold an audience…
12:49 PM – Garageband now has podcast studio (surprise!). 200 more effects. Ties in with iChat to do interviews. Will be great for podcasting!
12:45 PM – Off of iMovie, now to iDVD. Widescreen savvy. Even more themes, so the install is probably going to take up any remaining space on your HD not already taken up by iDVD. 3rd party DVD burners are now supported.
12:41 PM – Finally onto another demo, iMovie. Last year it was iMovie HD (but did HD really take off–the cameras still cost a fortune). Demoing now, there are real time effects, improved audio tools and themes.
Easily export out to iPod to create video podcasts.
You can also have more than one project open at once, finally!
12:36 PM – Still on iPhoto. Steve’s fired up about the photocasting stuff, but Flickr users aren’t too excited–an RSS feed of your photos. Slightly easier because you don’t need to send them to another service (iPhoto does it for you) but you do need to be a .Mac member to post your photos like this–though not to subcribe to someone’s photos.
12:27 PM – iLife ’06: iPhoto is faster (thank God!). Podcasting for photos feature dubbed Photocasting (to easily share your photos online, kind of like FlickR).You need to be a .Mac member to be able to use this feature.
12:27 PM – OS X 10.4.4 is available today
12:26 PM – Talking about widgets: new ones from Google, ESPN, Address Book, Calendar…
12:20 PM – SJ is talking about Aperture now. Adobe announced a competing product this week called Lightroom. Reviews of AP haven’t been great, but that won’t stop Jobs. The rest of the keynote will be about the Mac, woot.
12:17 PM – New iPod Accessory, remote control FM tuner. $49. On sale today per the usual style.Photo from Engadget
12:16 PM – If you haven’t already, join our IRC chat (room/server names are up top). We have about 180 peeps hanging out and it’s a nice fun time for all.
12:15 PM – Steve showing off the bowl games in iTunes. Now other video content. Nothing crazy, SNL is going to be part of the store now.
12:13 PM – Onto iTunes, 850 million iTMS songs sold. That comes to 3M per day. 83% of digital music download market. 8 million videos sold.
12:11 PM – Moving onto the iPod. 4.5 million sold in holiday 2004, 14 million for holida 2005. 100 sold every minute through the entire quarter. 42 million sold since day 1.
12:09 PM – Retail update now. 135 stores, 26 million visitors. $5.7 billion in revenue (company wide). That’s the holiday season for you.
12:07 – Online Apple Store is flashing a “We’ll be back” message. You know what that means–new hardware! UPDATE: So is .Mac
11:51 AM – Show starts in 10. Sit back and relax. This could be the last keynote we’re writing on a PPC.
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