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Today Apple introduced iLife '08. The suite will ship on all new Macs starting today. Alternatively, the suite will be available to prior Mac users for $79.
iPhoto
-Events is a new way to automatically organize ever-expanding iPhoto libraries into events.
-Automatically hide/show photos based on star rating
-New Books and Calendars
-.Mac Web Gallery: Enhanced, web 2.0 photo galleries compatible with any browser. "Contribute from anywhere"... Allows you (or anyone) to add to web gallery from the internet or from the iPhone.
iMovie
-Completely new, designed to create a movie in 30 minutes or less.
-Video Library manages video source material
-Takes video from "any source" (HDV, still cameras that do video, AVCHD, etc...)
-Share menu includes support for exporting for iPod, iPhone, Apple TV. "Large resolution is better than DVD"
-.Mac Web Gallery and YouTube integration
iDVD
-"Professional Encoding"
-New themes
Magic Garageband
-Multi-take recording
-A way to experiment via auditioning multiple genres
Apple has announced new iMacs at its press event today. The iMacs start at $1199 and come in 20 and 24" form factors, as rumored, and will feature a more professional look.
Features:
-Up to 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo Extreme Processor
-Up to 4 GB Memory
-ATI Radeon HD Graphics
-Up to 1 TB Hard Disk
-Wireless 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0
Also, Apple indicated that the keyboard that was previously leaked is indeed the new keyboard for the iMac.
[2:21 PM] There is no Excel Macro support in Numbers.
[2:21 PM] Steve was asked Apple isn't supporting true HD for video uploads to .Mac Web Gallery (i.e. Steve said "higher than DVD," but didn't say HD). Steve replied that HD camcorders aren't true HD, so Apple elected to go with whatever specific resolution is "higher than DVD" being used.
[2:21 PM] Tim Cook said Apple is seeing some traction in the business space with Macs. Didn't offer any details.
[2:16 PM] Steve said Apple is happy with where the iPhone is going, and effectively that his company isn't concerned about those who aren't.
[2:16 PM] Steve said that some folks want mobility, some want desktop computers, and some want both. The unsaid answer was that Apple was content to offer the best of each, and let consumers decide.
Someone else asked about the Mac mini. Tim Cook said it was being updated.
Someone else asked about Google, and whether Apple was working more closely with them. Steve basically gave a long-winded "Yes."
[2:13 PM] CNet asked about mobility. How will iMac evolve in the face of mobility.
[2:12 PM] Tim Cook and Phil Schiller are being invited on stage for an unprecedented Q&A.
[2:11 PM] Priced at $79, didn't catch the ship date.
Man, my iPhone is HOT. Physically hot. I am definitely putting it through a workout.
[2:10 PM] Numbers definitely seems easy to use, and a lot of folks are going to like it. "This completes our productivity suite," said Steve.
[2:07 PM] Jupiter Research is asking how Apple is going to market Apple's seamless integration to the public. Steve said that we, the media, were going to help, but added that customer evangelism is the way Apple gets new customers.
Another chap asked why Apple doesn't do Intel Inside. Steve: "Uhhhh...What can I say. [pause] We like our own stickers better."
Phil Schiller added that when you buy other PCs, you get a confused branding message with lots of logos and offers, and (my wording) crap.
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As rumored,Apple released iWork '08. In addition to updated Keynote and Pages,Apple introduced a new application to the suite for spreadsheets calledNumbers. iWork '08 is available today for $79.
Keynote -New text effects, transitions, themes
-Instant Alpha: take out the background of a photo
-Smart Builds: create your own animations
Pages -Modes for word processing and page layout
-Contextual format bar
-Change tracking (compatible with MS Word)
-140 Apple designed templates
Numbers -"Spreadsheets for the rest of us"
-Intelligent tables, readable formulas
-Can make gorgeous looking spreadsheets quickly
-Templates
-Import/Export Excel documents
Apple is known for premium priced products, and has a notion of beingfor the elite. Is it your goal to overtake the PC in marketshare? A:I'll tell you what our goal is. Our goal is to make the best personalcomputer in the world and to make products we are proud to sell andrecommend to our family and friends. There are some stuff in theindustry that we wouldn't be proud to ship and recommend. THere arethresholds we can't cross because of who we are, so there is a verysignificant slice of the industry that wants that too. Our products areusually not premium priced, you add the features you have to add tomake them useful, and in some cases they are more expensive than ourproducts. THe difference is we don't offer stripped down, lousyproducts. If you move those aside and compare us to our competitors, wecompare favorably.
... and that was the last question!
I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Thanks all folks - we have a new iMac, iWeb, iLife… a whole refresh of their consumer computing products. We’re being sheparded out now.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Steve was asked if Apple plans on overtaking the PC in market share. Steve answered that Apple wants to make the best computer possible, and they want to do so as cheaply as possible. He said that there are things in the PC world that Apple wouldn’t be proud to ship, and that Apple simply can’t ship those kinds of products being who they are (i.e. Steve being who he is).
7:27
Jason Chen: Q: Will there be multi-touch technology in the Mac? A: It makes a lot of sense in the iPhone, but we’re not sure it makes sense in the Mac. We’ll categorize it as a research project for now.
7:26
Jason Chen: Q: There are three video editing solutions, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, and iMovie. How are you going to distinguish this? A: Some people are going to prefer one or the other. We don’t limit iMovie to not compete with the higher applications.
7:27
Jason Chen: Q: Will there be multi-touch technology in the Mac? A: It makes a lot of sense in the iPhone, but we’re not sure it makes sense in the Mac. We’ll categorize it as a research project for now.
7:26
Jason Chen: Q: There are three video editing solutions, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, and iMovie. How are you going to distinguish this? A: Some people are going to prefer one or the other. We don’t limit iMovie to not compete with the higher applications.
7:26
Jason Chen: Q: There are three video editing solutions, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, and iMovie. How are you going to distinguish this? A: Some people are going to prefer one or the other. We don’t limit iMovie to not compete with the higher applications.
7:24
Jason Chen: Q: Why not support HD uploads to .Mac? A: The camcorders right now don’t capture in HD, just slightly less than HD. That’s the resolution we support.
7:23
Jason Chen: Q: Will the iPhone use both EDGE and Wi-Fi to upload pictuers? A: Yes, both.
7:22
Jason Chen: Q: How do you see the iMac doing in business? A: We’re doing well in business. The consumer and education side is much larger, but we’re seeing very much some traction in business as well.
7:21
Jason Chen: Q: Quick question on the iPhone. There’s so much volitility in the company’s stock, watching the iPhone and seeing how it’s doing. A: We think the iPhone is a pretty strong success, and most of the world sees it that way too. We’re really happy with how it’s doing, and most of the mainstream think the same way too.
7:19
Jason Chen: Q: What’s the relationship between Apple and Google/YouTube (judging from the YouTube integration in iLife). A: We like their products. It’s a good relationship. We like working with them.
7:24
Jason Chen: Q: Why not support HD uploads to .Mac? A: The camcorders right now don’t capture in HD, just slightly less than HD. That’s the resolution we support.
7:23
Jason Chen: Q: Will the iPhone use both EDGE and Wi-Fi to upload pictuers? A: Yes, both.
7:22
Jason Chen: Q: How do you see the iMac doing in business? A: We’re doing well in business. The consumer and education side is much larger, but we’re seeing very much some traction in business as well.
7:21
Jason Chen: Q: Quick question on the iPhone. There’s so much volitility in the company’s stock, watching the iPhone and seeing how it’s doing. A: We think the iPhone is a pretty strong success, and most of the world sees it that way too. We’re really happy with how it’s doing, and most of the mainstream think the same way too.
7:19
Jason Chen: Q: What’s the relationship between Apple and Google/YouTube (judging from the YouTube integration in iLife). A: We like their products. It’s a good relationship. We like working with them.
7:19
Jason Chen: Q: How is the Mac Mini doing? And are you updating it? A: We are refreshing the Mac Mini and making it even faster. It’s already in the online store.
7:18
Jason Chen: Q: With most of your line moving to mobile (laptops), where do you see the iMac in the future? A: Desktops are still an important part, because desktops don’t require miniaturization, battery optimization, we can offer bigger and brighter screens and bigger keyboards for sometimes less money than a notebook. Some customers will choose that, some customers will choose both.
7:17
Jason Chen: Q: How thin are the iMacs? A: They’re really thin. You can measure it in the next room in just a few minutes. But they’re appreciably thinner.
7:16
Jason Chen: Q: Why aren’t you putting the Intel Inside stickers on your Macs that have Intel processors? A: We like our own stickers better. We don’t want to make you tear off stickers and junk when we get a computer. Steve: What do we want on our products when we take it out of the box? The answer is nothing.
My favourite answer so far: “why don’t you participate in the Intel Inside programme” Steve: “We like our own stickers better.”
[2:21 PM] There is no Excel Macro support in Numbers.
[2:21 PM] Steve was asked Apple isn’t supporting true HD for video uploads to .Mac Web Gallery (i.e. Steve said “higher than DVD,” but didn’t say HD). Steve replied that HD camcorders aren’t true HD, so Apple elected to go with whatever specific resolution is “higher than DVD” being used.
Steve was asked Apple isn’t supporting true HD for video uploads to .Mac Web Gallery (i.e. Steve said “higher than DVD,” but didn’t say HD). Steve replied that HD camcorders aren’t true HD, so Apple elected to go with whatever specific resolution is “higher than DVD” being used.
[2:16 PM] Steve said Apple is happy with where the iPhone is going, and effectively that his company isn’t concerned about those who aren’t.
[2:16 PM] Steve said that some folks want mobility, some want desktop computers, and some want both. The unsaid answer was that Apple was content to offer the best of each, and let consumers decide.
Someone else asked about the Mac mini. Tim Cook said it was being updated.
Someone else asked about Google, and whether Apple was working more closely with them. Steve basically gave a long-winded “Yes.”
[2:13 PM] CNet asked about mobility. How will iMac evolve in the face of mobility.
[2:12 PM] Tim Cook and Phil Schiller are being invited on stage for an unprecedented Q&A.
[2:11 PM] Priced at $79, didn’t catch the ship date.
Man, my iPhone is HOT. Physically hot. I am definitely putting it through a workout.
[2:10 PM] Numbers definitely seems easy to use, and a lot of folks are going to like it. “This completes our productivity suite,” said Steve.
[2:07 PM] Jupiter Research is asking how Apple is going to market Apple’s seamless integration to the public. Steve said that we, the media, were going to help, but added that customer evangelism is the way Apple gets new customers.
Another chap asked why Apple doesn’t do Intel Inside. Steve: “Uhhhh…What can I say. [pause] We like our own stickers better.”
Phil Schiller added that when you buy other PCs, you get a confused branding message with lots of logos and offers, and (my wording) crap iLife 08
Today Apple introduced iLife ‘08. The suite will ship on all new Macs starting today. Alternatively, the suite will be available to prior Mac users for $79.
iPhoto -Events is a new way to automatically organize ever-expanding iPhoto libraries into events. -Automatically hide/show photos based on star rating -New Books and Calendars -.Mac Web Gallery: Enhanced, web 2.0 photo galleries compatible with any browser. “Contribute from anywhere”… Allows you (or anyone) to add to web gallery from the internet or from the iPhone.
iMovie -Completely new, designed to create a movie in 30 minutes or less. -Video Library manages video source material -Takes video from “any source” (HDV, still cameras that do video, AVCHD, etc…) -Share menu includes support for exporting for iPod, iPhone, Apple TV. “Large resolution is better than DVD” -.Mac Web Gallery and YouTube integration
iDVD -”Professional Encoding” -New themes
Magic Garageband -Multi-take recording -A way to experiment via auditioning multiple genres
In addition to Web Gallery, which was introduced as an integrated part of iLife ‘08, Apple is bumping up the standard storage size from 1 GB to 10 GB. The price remains $99 for a one year personal subscription. Family packs are available.
http://www.apple.com/dotmac/
Apple admitting PCs are better??
Q&A
Get contextual format bar. Text, photo, table. Built-in change tracking, compatible with Word document. And 140 Apple designed templates, have cool templates built-in.
looks sexy
drag pages
print easily -
interactive
similar to office 2007
new spreadsheets
spreadsheet app
new keynote effects
drag photos in
new transitions
new text effects
drymatically enhached
iwork
.mac is $99
$79 for ilife
magic garageband is about diff genre’s
playing with new instruments
magic garage band
multi layer recordings
garage band
high prod quality
iDVD - steve jokes “still people want to make dvds”
new themes
custom domains
true html snippets - youtube vids, etc
web snippets
google adsense - we’re talking about iweb
live web widgets - google maps -
He’s putting together some snowboarding clips. “And of course, don’t have to settle for two second clips, can make these clips longer. ” Steve is making a video on the fly. Adding a soundtrack, Red Hot Chili Peppers song. Now we’re watching the movie full-screen.
you can make a movie in less than 20mins
showing some video
demonstrating imovie
drag mouse over 100s of videos and they show instantaneously
two seperate people can email photos to web gallery - like parents taking pics of their kids at a footy match on their phone
nicer looking than say flickr
download print quality images
works windows/mac - usal browsers
different effects
“rich web2.0 experience”
works with iphoto
.mac web gallery
1.7 million .mac subs
,mac coming next
yep still going on about iphoto.
50,000 photos and groups them into events. Maybe gets down to 400 events. Much easier to look at. Then, each event has a preview picture. Now, drag your mouse over that preview and it shows you all the photos.
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