WWDC always delivers us Apple fans lots of goodies. Below are a few mentionable items from todays Keynote address:
Hardware Updates
- Fastest Laptops Ever.
- New 15-inch MacBook Pro.
OS Updates – “Snow Leopard”
- Leopard -refined over 90% of core OS pieces in Snow Leopard.
- Snow Leopard will be available in September.
- $29 upgrade for existing Leopard users.
iPhone Software 3.0
- iPhone 3.0 w/ over 100 new features.
- No tethering for ATT – WFT???
- Cut, Copy Paste and Push Notifications (AWESOME).
- Lost or Stolen – Remote Wipe.
- TomTom turn-by-turn directions app (and cradle).
- iPhone OS 3.0 will be available for free to all iPhone users (3G and original).
- 3.0 Available worldwide on June 17th.
iPhone Hardware 3.0 S (S=Speed)
- iPhone 3GS. S stands for speed.
- New camera – 3MP auto-focus (It’s About Time).
- Video Capture (Thank You).
- 30FPS, VGA with audio, auto-focus, auto-white balance, auto-exposure.
- Voice Control
- Data Encryption
- Lost or Stolen – Remote Wipe.
- Improved battery life.
- $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB.
- Available on June 19th
Fun Facts
- iPhone makes up of 65% of all mobile web usage.
- 50,000 apps on iPhone, 4,900 for Android, 1,088 for Nokia (total), Blackberry (1,030), Palm (18).
AWESOME – I Love you Apple…