iMore is LIVE at the WWDC Keynote kicking things off at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST, and bringing you back all the iOS 6, iCloud, and Mac action! Apple WILL NOT be streaming the event, but we'll bring you up-to-the minute photos and play-by-play of all the action, along with commentary and analysis.
12:30 Leanna Lofte: 30 min before Keynote begins! Rene and Seth should be heading in the room soon. I'm holding up the fort at Starbucks :)
12:31 Leanna Lofte: We'll let a few comments through before the it starts, but after 10a, none will. We want it to be easy for people to follow.
12:31 Comment From Diego Ok, thank you very much. I'm following you from Argentina...
12:31 Comment From Ben Can't wait!
12:31 Comment From RamboMan Any idea if they will announce that Siri will actually work on iOS6?
12:31 Leanna Lofte: Works great for me on iOS 5 :P
12:32 Comment From Drie Lim Very Excited here... following from the Philippines
12:32 Comment From Clarkieboy I'm following you from UK
12:32 Comment From Chris watching from Erie, PA. Can't wait!
12:32 Comment From Hype Will there be a video of teh keynote?
12:32 Leanna Lofte: Probably an hour or so after it's over, yes.
12:32 Comment From sspchk watching from Munich, Germany!
12:33 Comment From Nabil I just want to know if I should buy another 4S, or wait! (Smart answer is always wait, but I've got a hankering for new hardware.)
12:33 Leanna Lofte: There won't be a device announcement today
12:33 Comment From Guest When will the event start? Following from saudi arabia
12:33 Leanna Lofte: 10a pacific time
12:33 Comment From Guest Siri works great for me too on iOS5
12:33 Comment From Guest So when do you think they will release iOS6?
12:33 Leanna Lofte: Fall
12:33 Comment From Dominic No video right?
12:33 Leanna Lofte: Nope :(
12:34 Comment From Nick Keeping tabs from KC, MO. Thanks for keeping track of things for us!
12:34 Comment From Wiss From Spain here ;)
12:35 Comment From Bazinga Following from India!
12:35 Comment From Tony Following from Washington state!
12:35 Comment From Brian Here in San Diego CA!
12:35 Comment From Alle Following from NYC
12:35 Comment From Oscar Following from Colombia :D
12:35 Comment From Jan Hjordie From Denmark here ;-) And want a new MacBook Air ;-)
12:36 Comment From Ken Zerba Following from Denver CO
12:36 Leanna Lofte: Woot! I just moved away from Denver!
12:37 Leanna Lofte: DU grad here
12:37 Comment From Shane Sweden present!
12:37 Comment From Vladimir From Ottawa, Canada
12:37 Comment From James From England! Watching game
12:37 Comment From Jason Following from Memphis, TN
12:37 Comment From Michael will this liveblog also have photos?
12:37 Leanna Lofte: YES!
12:37 Comment From rey following from Alexandria, VA
12:37 Comment From Kenny Following from Moonachie, NJ
12:37 Comment From Allen Weird my questions aren't Showing up
12:37 Leanna Lofte: Not letting them all through :P
12:37 Comment From James They need to be approved I think
12:38 Leanna Lofte: Yep. If we let all through, it'd be too hard to follow. Again, after event starts, none will be let through
12:38 Comment From James Leanna, is kickoff at 6? (22 mins)?
12:38 Leanna Lofte: 10am Pacific Time
12:39 Leanna Lofte: I think Rene will be here in a moment. Live inside!
12:40 Seth Clifford: GREETINGS PROGRAMS!
12:41 Leanna Lofte: Woot!
12:41 Seth Clifford: Just sat down, room is filling up
12:41 Leanna Lofte: How close are you guys?
12:42 Seth Clifford: mid-section with a lot of legroom (on purpose)
12:42 Leanna Lofte: Awesome!
12:42 Comment From James Seth, are you able to do photos?
12:42 Leanna Lofte: Yes. He'll be doing photos :)
12:42 Seth Clifford: Rene will be shooting photos while I type
12:42 Ally Kazmucha: Here
12:43 Leanna Lofte: Sweet
12:43 Comment From John b Hello Seth
12:43 Seth Clifford: Hey Ally
12:43 Seth Clifford: Hey John
12:43 Rene Ritchie: Hey everyone! We're in, and we have MUSIC!
12:44 Leanna Lofte: I'm tethering with Verizon iPad LTE iPad. Seems to be holding up great.
12:44 Comment From Hype Hey Seth, Will you guys be doing a podcast? Love the show!
12:44 Leanna Lofte: Yes. We'll be podcasting this week.
12:44 Seth Clifford: We're going to try to do one later yes
12:44 Comment From MIKE K DO YOU THINK WERE GONNA SEE THE NEW I-PHONE 5??????
12:44 Leanna Lofte: No.
12:44 Comment From Bubbles Seth are they serving rum n coke?
12:45 Seth Clifford: Sadly, no.
12:46 Comment From AndyG why is Leanna at Starbucks and not at the keynote??
12:46 Leanna Lofte: I'm too poor to buy a $1500 ticket :P
12:46 Comment From Ryan I thought I saw that Apple wasn't allowing legit live blogging of the event
12:46 Leanna Lofte: The don't allow video
12:49 Comment From Zane How soon after the event will Apple post a video?
12:49 Leanna Lofte: By the end of the day. Probably sooner.
12:49 Ally Kazmucha: and iTunes version will follow for download probably late tonight, early tomorrow.
12:52 Comment From John I feel like a 6 year old at xmas... GL iMore crew... Thanks for the coverage...
12:52 Comment From George Is everything being revealed in the keynote? What happens during the rest of the week?
12:53 Leanna Lofte: Yes. Rest of the week is sessions for developers.
12:55 Comment From Guest Thanks iMore for the coverage
12:55 Comment From Samantha Yes, thank-you so much for the live coverage. It's so appreciated!
12:55 Comment From Hassaan no new iPhone today?
12:55 Leanna Lofte: no.
12:56 Comment From Jeremy Cai do you think we should see IOS 6 being pushed immediately after WWDC?
12:56 Leanna Lofte: Beta. Yes. To the public? Not till Fall.
12:56 Comment From Phil I have a shot glass next to me, so every time I hear the words magical I will take a shot. Any other words I should throw in?
12:56 Leanna Lofte: revolutionary
12:56 Seth Clifford: Am I here?
12:57 Leanna Lofte: yes. Hi Seth!
12:57 Comment From Mike Eh just pay $10 for dev access...i did it for iOS 5 beta
12:57 Seth Clifford: Holy crap! networking nightmare!
12:57 Leanna Lofte: No. Don't' do this. Horrible idea. DON"T DO IT!
12:58 Seth Clifford: Ok, I think we're ready
12:58 Ally Kazmucha: Dev access is $99, not $10
12:58 Leanna Lofte: 1 minute!
12:59 Seth Clifford: If we stop talking for a while, you'll know why... :(
12:59 Rene Ritchie: Back! Wow, literally everything is failing!
12:59 Seth Clifford: All the things!
12:59 Leanna Lofte: :(
1:00 Seth Clifford: Here we go l
1:00 Seth Clifford: lights dimming
1:00 Leanna Lofte: 10a!
1:00 Seth Clifford: screens are lit
1:00 Phil Nickinson: (Excitement!)
1:00 Seth Clifford: Siri welcoming us to WWDC with a warm up
1:00 Rene Ritchie: We're starting!
1:00 Seth Clifford: joke
1:01 Seth Clifford: Siri making VC jokes to all the devs
1:01 Rene Ritchie: Sir is on a roll.
1:01 Seth Clifford: how many devs does it take to change a lightbulb?
1:01 Seth Clifford: "none, that's a hardware problem"
1:01 Rene Ritchie: Any of you guys working with Icecream sandwhich or Jellybean. Who's making up thiese names, Ben and Jerry?
1:01 Seth Clifford: Siri killing it
1:02 Rene Ritchie: I'm looking forward to the next Samsung Not the phone. The refrigerator.
1:02 Seth Clifford: "remember - you guys rock"
1:02 Seth Clifford: tim is out!
1:02 Rene Ritchie: iPad playing piano music. Siri, is emotional. Have a good WWDC.
1:03 Rene Ritchie: Tim Cook on stage
1:03 Rene Ritchie: Wow, iPad really crushed. Straight from CPU - iPad, can you slow it down a bit?
1:03 Seth Clifford: Tim: this is the 23rd WWDC
1:03 Rene Ritchie: http://cdn.tipb.com/images/stories//2012/06/WWDC2012-080.jpg
1:03 Seth Clifford: sold out in 1 hr 43 minutes
1:03 Seth Clifford: Tim talking about sessions, labs, etc.
1:04 Phil Nickinson:
1:04 Seth Clifford: Getting started with the App Store
1:04 Seth Clifford: most vibrant ecosystem on planet, over 400 million accts on the app store
1:05 Seth Clifford: 650,000 apps in the store
1:05 Seth Clifford: 225,000 of these apps are specifically designed for iPad
1:05 Seth Clifford: new milestone of the app store: 30 billion app downloads
1:05 Seth Clifford: Wow!
1:06 Seth Clifford: devs have been paid over 5bil to date
1:06 Seth Clifford: store operates in over 120 countries around the world, 32 more coming soon
1:06 Seth Clifford: "blow away numbers"
1:07 Seth Clifford: nothing makes us happier than to see 100s of 1000s of devs around the world using our hardware and software to share their ideas
1:07 Seth Clifford: video coming up
1:08 Seth Clifford: (video playing)
1:09 Seth Clifford: a blind app user is talking about how GPS apps help him navigate his world
1:10 Seth Clifford: kids in school, learning with apps
1:10 Seth Clifford: 3D medical apps bringing new ways to learn into the classroom
1:10 Seth Clifford: talking about the power of this technology
1:11 Seth Clifford: owners of a treehouse hotel, talking about AirBNB
1:11 Seth Clifford: yes, a treehouse
1:12 Seth Clifford: (you'll see the video later :P)
1:12 Seth Clifford: founder of airbnb talking about sharing stories, through travel
1:13 Seth Clifford: mother of a special needs child talking about how her child embraces the iPad as a communication tool
1:14 Leanna Lofte: emotional I'm assuming
1:14 Seth Clifford: (as an aside, if I drop off posting for a second, I'm just switching devices)
1:14 Seth Clifford: yes, emotional, indeed
1:14 Seth Clifford: individual users, thanking iPad
1:15 Seth Clifford: for all the amazing apps
1:15 Seth Clifford: (and iPhone)
1:15 Seth Clifford: (video over)
1:15 Seth Clifford: (applause)
1:15 Seth Clifford: Tim back out
1:15 Seth Clifford: "a great reminder of what it's all about"
1:15 Seth Clifford: "and why we do what we do"
1:15 Seth Clifford: Thanks to all the developers
1:16 Seth Clifford: announcing exciting new changes in the notebook lineup
1:16 Seth Clifford: and huge advances in iOS and OS X
1:16 Seth Clifford: here we go
1:16 Seth Clifford: Here comes Schiller
1:16 Seth Clifford: Phil is out
1:17 Rene Ritchie: Schiller
1:17 Seth Clifford: talking about MacBook line
1:17 Rene Ritchie: http://cdn.tipb.com/images/stories//2012/06/WWDC2012-080.jpg
1:17 Seth Clifford: MacBook Air up first
1:17 Seth Clifford: thin, light, capable, everyone's trying to copy it
1:18 Seth Clifford: updates - latest processors - new generation Intel Core procs - ivy bridge
1:18 Seth Clifford: up to 2.0 dual core i7
1:18 Rene Ritchie: http://cdn.tipb.com/images/stories//2012/06/WWDC2012-079.jpg
1:18 Seth Clifford: 60% faster graphics
1:18 Seth Clifford: even more flash storage now
1:18 Seth Clifford: up to 512 gb in MBA
1:18 Seth Clifford: huge!
1:19 Seth Clifford: up to 500MBps read speed!
1:19 Seth Clifford: I/O updated - USB3!
1:19 Seth Clifford: up to 10x faster than USB 2
1:19 Seth Clifford: USB 3 and 2 support built into one port
1:20 Seth Clifford: updated FaceTime cam
1:20 Seth Clifford: 720p cam
1:20 Phil Nickinson:
1:20 Seth Clifford: showing configs on screen now
1:20 Seth Clifford: $100 less expensive at 11" and upgraded
1:20 Seth Clifford: $999/1099
1:21 Seth Clifford: starts shipping today
1:21 Seth Clifford: (13" is updated too, missed the prices - sorry!)
1:21 Seth Clifford: MBP updates now
1:21 Seth Clifford: ivy bridge, up to 2.7 ghz, faster memory, faster graphics
1:22 Seth Clifford: new discrete graphics architecture
1:22 Seth Clifford: up to 1gb video memory, up to 60% faster than discrete graphics
1:22 Seth Clifford: all USB 3/2 as well
1:22 Seth Clifford: 13" - $1199/1499, upgrades across the board
1:23 Seth Clifford: 15" - $1799/2199
1:23 Seth Clifford: ships today as well
1:23 Seth Clifford: faster, well, pretty much everything
1:23 Seth Clifford: better, faster, more more more :)
1:23 Seth Clifford: what's next?
1:24 Seth Clifford: a special laptop!
1:24 Seth Clifford: oh man...
1:24 Seth Clifford: with the MBA, engineers did something really special
1:24 Leanna Lofte: http://cdn.tipb.com/images/stories//2012/06/WWDC2012-082.jpg
1:24 Seth Clifford: bold choices make for new bold products - next generation MacBook Pro!
1:25 Phil Nickinson:
1:25 Seth Clifford: key ideas - killer new display!
1:25 Seth Clifford: new tech, tossing legacy tech
1:25 Seth Clifford: revealed... !
1:25 Seth Clifford: super thin!
1:25 Seth Clifford: gorgeous new display!
1:26 Seth Clifford: turning laptop to the side - amazingly thin
1:26 Seth Clifford: (pic incoming)
1:26 Seth Clifford: thinner than Phil's finger
1:26 Phil Nickinson: (Whose finger?)
1:26 Phil Nickinson: (Oh. That Phil. Carry on.)
1:27 Seth Clifford: not you, Phil haha (the other Phil)
1:27 Leanna Lofte: http://cdn.tipb.com/images/stories//2012/06/WWDC2012-0891.jpg
1:27 Seth Clifford: 0.71 inches thin
1:27 Seth Clifford: pretty impressive
1:27 Phil Nickinson:
1:27 Seth Clifford: 1/4 thinner than existing - about as thin as the MBA - about 4.5 pounds
1:27 Seth Clifford: retina display!!!
1:28 Seth Clifford: it's official
1:28 Seth Clifford: 15.4" across, pixel density of 2,800x1,800
1:28 Seth Clifford: 4x the number of pixels - 220ppi
1:28 Seth Clifford: 5,184,000 pixels!
1:29 Seth Clifford: incredible quality, higher contrats ratios, deeper blacks, reduced glare by up to 75%!
1:29 Seth Clifford: wow. that's big.
1:29 Phil Nickinson: (How horrible are normal web pages going to look?)
1:29 Seth Clifford: ships with Lion, which has been optimized for the new display
1:29 Seth Clifford: (absolutely awful, Phil. Just awful)
1:29 Phil Nickinson: (Cause that's a ridiculous -- and ridiculously awesome number of pixels)
1:30 Seth Clifford: included apps, and pro apps are updated too - major Aperture update
1:30 Seth Clifford: final cut pro x updated as well
1:30 Phil Nickinson:
1:30 Seth Clifford: video area on top right is 100% pixel for pixel 1080 video
1:30 Seth Clifford: yikes
1:31 Seth Clifford: apps need to be updated, pixel doubling will work temporarily, have been working with key developers
1:31 Seth Clifford: adobe photoshop
1:31 Leanna Lofte:
1:31 Seth Clifford: autodesk/autoCAD
1:32 Seth Clifford: games updated too - Diablo III
1:32 Seth Clifford: everything inside the new MBP has been reinvented too
1:32 Seth Clifford: "the bottom of our computer is prettier than anyone else's top"
1:32 Seth Clifford: heh
1:32 Seth Clifford: HUUUGE battery inside
1:33 Seth Clifford: to drive retina display
1:33 Seth Clifford: fastest procs available - quad core i7 up to 2.7 ghz, configure with up to 16gb of memory (whoa)
1:33 Seth Clifford: fastest graphics - kepler architecture
1:33 Leanna Lofte:
1:33 Seth Clifford: flash storage inside - configure up to 750gb SSD!
1:34 Seth Clifford: incredible machine. really incredible.
1:34 Seth Clifford: up to 7 hours of battery life
1:34 Seth Clifford: with all that stuff. nice!
1:34 Seth Clifford: HDMI built in now, USB 3/2, SD Card, magsafe 2 - even thnner - two thunderbolt ports
1:35 Seth Clifford: talking about external flash RAID drives getting insane speeds thru thunderbolt
1:35 Leanna Lofte:
1:35 Leanna Lofte:
1:35 Seth Clifford: legacy tech supported over TB too - thunderbolt firewire adapters and gigabit ethernet
1:36 Seth Clifford: bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 n
1:36 Leanna Lofte:
1:36 Leanna Lofte:
1:36 Seth Clifford: facetime HD, dual microphones, best stereo speakers
1:36 Seth Clifford: (video coming up - video playing)
1:36 Seth Clifford: jony ive talking :)
1:36 Leanna Lofte:
1:36 Seth Clifford: about starting again
1:37 Seth Clifford: mansfield talking about opening up new world of hardware design
1:37 Seth Clifford: "the very best computer we've ever built"
1:37 Leanna Lofte:
1:37 Seth Clifford: talking about retina again (3mil more pixels than an HD tv)
1:38 Seth Clifford: all flash architecture key to performance
1:38 Leanna Lofte:
1:38 Seth Clifford: talking about all the nice new guts, all the stuff Phil just went through
1:38 Leanna Lofte:
1:38 Seth Clifford: 0.71 in thin, 4.46 lbs
1:39 Seth Clifford: display layers built into unibody construction, flattening the screen
1:40 Leanna Lofte: I wish Jony Ive would talk on stage and not just to video
1:40 Seth Clifford: quieter fans - asymmetric blades mean less fan noise
1:41 Seth Clifford: federighi talking software now
1:41 Seth Clifford: (still in the video)
1:41 Seth Clifford: talking Aperture, final cut pro x
1:41 Leanna Lofte:
1:42 Seth Clifford: designing the very best computer for today - and the future
1:42 Seth Clifford: (video over - applause)
1:42 Seth Clifford: Phil back - to talk configs
1:42 Seth Clifford: starting at $2199 15" retina display, 8gb ram, 256 ssd
1:42 Seth Clifford: 2.3 quad-core i7
1:43 Seth Clifford: showing environmental checklist
1:43 Leanna Lofte:
1:43 Seth Clifford: hitting all the right notes - fewer toxics, aluminum, energy star, etc.
1:43 Seth Clifford: starts shipping today!
1:43 Seth Clifford: "it is the future."
1:44 Seth Clifford: simply the best computer we've ever made - YET no 17"!
1:44 Seth Clifford: (rene noticed)
1:44 Seth Clifford: federighi is out to talk OS X
1:44 Seth Clifford: 66 million Mac users - triple 5 years ago
1:44 Leanna Lofte: 17" is too big :P
1:45 Leanna Lofte:
1:45 Seth Clifford: 26 million copies of Lion shipped to date - best selling release ever - 40% of all users are running Lion (in 9 months)
1:45 Seth Clifford: one year later - mountain lion
1:45 Seth Clifford: over 200 new features talking about 8
1:46 Seth Clifford: first - iCloud
1:46 Seth Clifford: 125 million registered users
1:46 Seth Clifford: support built into ML
1:46 Seth Clifford: tighter integration across devices now
1:46 Seth Clifford: three new apps optimized for iCloud - Messages, Reminders, Notes
1:46 Seth Clifford: integration for documents - "Documents in the Cloud"
1:47 Seth Clifford: launch Pages, opens document library of all in iCloud
1:47 Seth Clifford: updated across iOS and Macs
1:47 Leanna Lofte: about time
1:48 Seth Clifford: Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Text Edit, Preview + SDK for devs to add this feature
1:48 Seth Clifford: (demo time)
1:48 Seth Clifford: showing new Reminders app
1:48 Seth Clifford: multi-touch gestures, location based reminders just like iOS
1:48 Seth Clifford: showing Notes
1:49 Seth Clifford: same as iOS
1:49 Seth Clifford: now showing Messages
1:49 Seth Clifford: talking about starting conversations on iOS, completing them on Mac
1:50 Seth Clifford: HD video support
1:50 Seth Clifford: on to Documents in the Cloud
1:50 Seth Clifford: launch an individual app, the docs you can access are shown to you in the doc picker
1:50 Seth Clifford: want a new one? drag it in, now it's on all your devices
1:51 Seth Clifford: making changes on Pages in iPhone, Mac updates automatically!
1:51 Seth Clifford: pretty cool
1:51 Seth Clifford: on to notification center
1:52 Seth Clifford: pop ups are now banners and alerts
1:52 Seth Clifford: (someone say Growl is getting sherlocked now)
1:52 Seth Clifford: slides in, slides out
1:53 Seth Clifford: dictation!
1:53 Seth Clifford: talk to your mac, let it do the typing for you - works everywhere
1:53 Seth Clifford: web pages, 3rd party apps - all over
1:53 Seth Clifford: sharing - share button on toolbar, options presented like iOS
1:54 Seth Clifford: sharing built in across system in every app
1:54 Leanna Lofte:
1:54 Seth Clifford: support for services like twitter built right into the OS in sys prefs
1:54 Leanna Lofte:
1:54 Seth Clifford: new safari
1:54 Leanna Lofte:
1:54 Seth Clifford: fastest javascript engine of any browser on the planet
1:55 Leanna Lofte:
1:55 Seth Clifford: address bar now shows search suggestions
1:55 Leanna Lofte:
1:55 Leanna Lofte:
1:55 Leanna Lofte:
1:55 Seth Clifford: new feature - iCloud tabs - click a button on a toolbar, see all the pages opened across all devices
1:55 Seth Clifford: nice
1:55 Leanna Lofte:
1:55 Leanna Lofte:
1:56 Seth Clifford: new tab view - use gestures to navigate tabs (demo)
1:56 Leanna Lofte:
1:56 Leanna Lofte:
1:56 Leanna Lofte:
1:56 Leanna Lofte:
1:57 Leanna Lofte:
1:57 Seth Clifford: showing all the stuff he just went through - search bar, iCloud tabs, etc.
1:57 Seth Clifford: (pics are a little behind, sorry guys!)
1:57 Seth Clifford: new tab view is like giant iOS safari tabs - see all tabs visually, back and forth
1:58 Seth Clifford: showing sharing, and in full-screen apps too
1:58 Leanna Lofte:
1:58 Leanna Lofte:
1:59 Seth Clifford: notification center in full screen works nicely
1:59 Seth Clifford: notifications are supported from web services like twitter too
1:59 Leanna Lofte:
1:59 Seth Clifford: quick tweet and facebook posting from notification center!
2:00 Seth Clifford: (demo over)
2:00 Seth Clifford: new tech: power nap
2:00 Seth Clifford: when your Mac is not being used (asleep), fetches email and calendar, photo stream while you're away
2:01 Seth Clifford: backs itself up to time capsule, downloads app updates and software updates automatically
2:01 Leanna Lofte:
2:01 Seth Clifford: entirely silent, no fans spinning up, compatible with current MBAs and new MBP
2:01 Seth Clifford: next up: airplay mirroring
2:01 Seth Clifford: go to menu bar, find apple tv, select one, mirroring in 1080p res
2:02 Leanna Lofte:
2:02 Seth Clifford: also sends audio to airplay enabled stereos and speakers
2:02 Seth Clifford: last up: game center
2:02 Seth Clifford: coming from iOS to the mac
2:02 Leanna Lofte:
2:02 Seth Clifford: use same game center account, track all your play, achievements, across your devices
2:03 Seth Clifford: supports both turn-based and head to head, mac to mac, and iOS to mac
2:03 Leanna Lofte:
2:03 Seth Clifford: (demo time) airplay, game center
2:03 Leanna Lofte:
2:03 Leanna Lofte:
2:04 Leanna Lofte:
2:04 Seth Clifford: craig's game center account name: "Hair Force One" hahahaha
2:04 Seth Clifford: showing iPad to Mac racing
2:05 Seth Clifford: head to head racing with "Racer OS X"
2:05 Seth Clifford: all over airplay
2:05 Leanna Lofte:
2:05 Seth Clifford: (demo over)
2:06 Seth Clifford: soooo many new things in ML
2:06 Seth Clifford: 200 new features
2:06 Seth Clifford: highlighting features for china
2:07 Seth Clifford: adding new dictionary, new fonts, support for baidu, sharing support for chinese web services
2:07 Seth Clifford: 1700 new APIs for developers
2:07 Seth Clifford: (mountain lion, not just china)
2:07 Seth Clifford: delivering it next month via Mac App Store
2:08 Seth Clifford: Lion was aggressively priced, ML is just 19.99!
2:08 Leanna Lofte:
2:08 Leanna Lofte:
2:08 Seth Clifford: both for lion and snow leopard upgrades - 20 bucks for all personal Macs
2:08 Leanna Lofte:
2:08 Seth Clifford: free for new macs purchased today
2:08 Leanna Lofte:
2:08 Seth Clifford: (the upgrade that is)
2:09 Seth Clifford: next up - Forstall and iOS!!!!
2:09 Seth Clifford: here we go kids!
2:09 Seth Clifford: 365 M iOS devices sold thru end of March
2:09 Seth Clifford: 80%+ are running iOS 5
2:09 Seth Clifford: comparing it to android (haha)
2:10 Seth Clifford: "dairy product 4.0"
2:10 Seth Clifford: about 7% are running the latest version
2:10 Seth Clifford: recapping iOS 5 updates that made it great
2:10 Leanna Lofte: 7%???
2:10 Seth Clifford: sending 7 billion push notifications every day
2:10 Leanna Lofte: oh. on Android.
2:10 Seth Clifford: yes, android, leanna :)
2:11 Leanna Lofte:
2:11 Seth Clifford: 140 M iMessage users, 150 billion messages, 1B+ a day
2:11 Leanna Lofte:
2:11 Leanna Lofte:
2:11 Seth Clifford: twitter - 3x growth increase after iOS 5, 10+B tweets from iOS 5
2:11 Seth Clifford: nearly half of all photos shared from iOS 5
2:12 Seth Clifford: game center - 130 million accounts, tons of use,
2:12 Seth Clifford: 75% of customers self-report "very satisfied"
2:12 Seth Clifford: every year there's a new OS
2:12 Seth Clifford: announcing iOS 6!
2:12 Leanna Lofte:
2:12 Seth Clifford: (surprise)
2:12 Leanna Lofte:
2:12 Seth Clifford: more than 200 new features - starting with Siri
2:12 Leanna Lofte:
2:13 Leanna Lofte:
2:13 Seth Clifford: showing what Siri does now - here comes a demo
2:13 Seth Clifford: (of new stuff)
2:13 Leanna Lofte:
2:13 Seth Clifford: (new maps icon on screen too!)
2:13 Seth Clifford: Siri reports sports scores inline
2:13 Seth Clifford: scoreboard widget
2:14 Leanna Lofte:
2:14 Seth Clifford: you can ask about individual players - what is buster posey's batting average?
2:14 Seth Clifford: little baseball card widgets
2:14 Seth Clifford: what are the national league standings - see all teams
2:14 Leanna Lofte:
2:14 Seth Clifford: also basketball - who is taller - lebron or kobe?
2:15 Seth Clifford: "lebron james appears to be slightly taller"
2:15 Seth Clifford: and football too
2:15 Seth Clifford: "when is 49ers first game of the season"
2:15 Leanna Lofte:
2:15 Leanna Lofte:
2:15 Seth Clifford: Siri delivers lots of sports info
2:15 Seth Clifford: Siri has learned more about restaurants "find a great place for dinner"
2:16 Seth Clifford: way more detailed info about restaurants, menu item prices, really nice map widget, partnership with yelp built in
2:16 Leanna Lofte:
2:16 Leanna Lofte:
2:16 Seth Clifford: also partnered with open table, make reservations from siri
2:16 Leanna Lofte:
2:16 Seth Clifford: siri is a movie buff...
2:17 Seth Clifford: "what movies are playing at the metreon" - shows movies, show times, rotten tomatoes integration
2:17 Leanna Lofte:
2:17 Seth Clifford: you can tap to watch trailer right in siri
2:17 Seth Clifford: (avengers trailer!)
2:17 Seth Clifford: yaaaa
2:17 Leanna Lofte:
2:18 Seth Clifford: ask about directors or actors - "show me movies starring scarlett johansson"
2:18 Leanna Lofte:
2:18 Seth Clifford: siri can launch apps now too!
2:18 Seth Clifford: excuse me:
2:18 Seth Clifford: YAYAYAAAAAYYYY
2:18 Leanna Lofte: hell yeah
2:18 Seth Clifford: "play temple run"
2:18 Seth Clifford: launches app instantly
2:18 Seth Clifford: demo over
2:19 Seth Clifford: so many new things siri can do (gotta see the slide!)
2:19 Seth Clifford: you can tweet right from siri!
2:19 Seth Clifford: new thing: eyes-free
2:19 Seth Clifford: hands on your steering wheel while you use phone - working with car manufacturers to enable steering wheel button to bring up siri
2:19 Seth Clifford: nice
2:20 Leanna Lofte: great. Apple is going to make me want a new car.
2:20 Seth Clifford: big names - auto manufacturers are bringing eyes free in next 12 months
2:20 Seth Clifford: siri is going into more countries too
2:20 Seth Clifford: english-french for canada!
2:20 Seth Clifford: spanish
2:20 Leanna Lofte:
2:20 Seth Clifford: for spain, mexico, and us
2:20 Seth Clifford: italian
2:20 Leanna Lofte:
2:21 Leanna Lofte:
2:21 Seth Clifford: italian, french, german, korean, mandarin, cantonese, wow...
2:21 Seth Clifford: huge stuff.
2:21 Seth Clifford: local search goes world wide
2:21 Leanna Lofte:
2:21 Seth Clifford: siri is coming to the new iPad!!!
2:22 Seth Clifford: facebook integration!
2:22 Seth Clifford: username and pass in settings.app
2:22 Seth Clifford: single sign on
2:22 Seth Clifford: post from photos, safari, maps, app store, iTunes, game center
2:23 Leanna Lofte:
2:23 Seth Clifford: quick tweet and fb post right from notification center
2:23 Leanna Lofte:
2:23 Seth Clifford: (did jailbreak get sherlocked?) lol just kidding, ally
2:23 Seth Clifford: public facebook API
2:23 Seth Clifford: easy for apps to integrate
2:23 Seth Clifford: also integrated with app store and iTunes - see what you like and your friends
2:24 Seth Clifford: share contact and calendar information through facebook as well
2:24 Leanna Lofte: no thanks
2:24 Seth Clifford: facebook events right into calendar - and facebook is on the Mac too
2:24 Seth Clifford: haha leanna
2:24 Seth Clifford: new phone enhancements... hmm
2:25 Leanna Lofte:
2:25 Leanna Lofte: wait. the iphone has a phone? i forgot.
2:25 Leanna Lofte:
2:25 Seth Clifford: can't answer the phone? in iOS 6, camera slide-y thing lets you text them right now or set a reminder to call back later
2:25 Seth Clifford: quick canned message with action sheet
2:25 Seth Clifford: reminders (in an hour, when i leave, when i get home, etc) using geo fences. nice!
2:26 Leanna Lofte:
2:26 Seth Clifford: do not disturb up next
2:26 Seth Clifford: allows you to disable notifications when you switch it on - the messages will still come, but screen won't light up or make noise
2:26 Leanna Lofte:
2:26 Leanna Lofte:
2:27 Seth Clifford: fine grained control over phone calls - none at all, only from favorites, special group - emergency second call abilities
2:27 Seth Clifford: cool stuff
2:27 Seth Clifford: facetime update
2:27 Leanna Lofte: i hope iPhone 5 has hardware button for it
2:27 Seth Clifford: now works over 3/4G!
2:27 Seth Clifford: facetime enabled over cellular connections
2:28 Leanna Lofte:
2:28 Seth Clifford: unifying phone number and apple ID as well (YES)
2:28 Seth Clifford: someone calls your phone number w facetime, answer on iPad or Mac
2:28 Seth Clifford: works with iMessage too
2:28 Seth Clifford: very sweet
2:28 Leanna Lofte: finally.
2:28 Seth Clifford: safari's up - 2/3 of all mobile web traffic from iOS
2:29 Seth Clifford: talking iCloud tabs again
2:29 Seth Clifford: offline reading list
2:29 Leanna Lofte:
2:29 Leanna Lofte:
2:29 Seth Clifford: upload photos right from safari to website (showing shutterfly)
2:29 Leanna Lofte:
2:29 Seth Clifford: adding "smart app banners"
2:30 Seth Clifford: if someone goes to website, you can show that you have a native app in the app store - HUGE for developers
2:30 Seth Clifford: one tap, native app installs
2:30 Seth Clifford: can switch right to native app if it's already installed, web site talks to app, pick up right where you left off
2:30 Leanna Lofte:
2:30 Seth Clifford: full screen support in landscape
2:30 Seth Clifford: next up - photo stream
2:31 Seth Clifford: shared photo streams in iOS 6
2:31 Seth Clifford: choose photos to share, choose friends, that's it - push not. goes to friends, photos appear in album in photos app, can comment right on photos - works on iOS and Mac (iPhoto/Aperture), on windows in web browser, and Apple TV
2:32 Seth Clifford: new mail enhancements
2:32 Seth Clifford: VIP support
2:32 Leanna Lofte:
2:32 Seth Clifford: mark someone as a VIP, get notification of VIP email like a tet message, VIPs are marked as stars, extra new mailbox
2:33 Seth Clifford: insert photos and videos right in compose window!
2:33 Seth Clifford: FINALLY
2:33 Seth Clifford: and open password protected docs
2:33 Seth Clifford: AND
2:33 Seth Clifford: pull-to-refresh!
2:33 Seth Clifford: new app - passbook
2:33 Seth Clifford: "simplest way to get all your passes in one place"
2:33 Leanna Lofte:
2:34 Seth Clifford: airline apps, boarding passes, starbucks app, movie tickets
2:34 Leanna Lofte:
2:34 Seth Clifford: all these things get placed in one single app
2:34 Seth Clifford: integrates into OS
2:34 Seth Clifford: integrates into lock screen - when you get to the movie theater, ticket pops up on lock screen (demo time)
2:35 Leanna Lofte:
2:35 Leanna Lofte:
2:35 Leanna Lofte:
2:35 Seth Clifford: showing different passes (target card, starbucks, baseball tickets, app store gift card, boarding passes)
2:36 Seth Clifford: coupons, express check-in card for hotel
2:36 Leanna Lofte:
2:36 Seth Clifford: when you want to delete, the app shreds the card (very cool)
2:36 Leanna Lofte:
2:36 Seth Clifford: location based - go to starbucks, card comes up, pay for coffee, leave
2:36 Leanna Lofte:
2:36 Leanna Lofte:
2:36 Seth Clifford: gate change at the airport? boarding pass updates automatically
2:37 Leanna Lofte:
2:37 Seth Clifford: next up: guided access
2:37 Seth Clifford: people with special needs (specifically children w autism) flocking to iOS
2:37 Leanna Lofte:
2:38 Seth Clifford: guided access - you can circle parts of the app you don't want someone (child) to touch, hides settings, and enables single app mode - home button disablesd
2:38 Seth Clifford: students in school: teacher can lock students into a test on iPad
2:38 Seth Clifford: museums: iPads, iPod touches for guided tours
2:39 Seth Clifford: maps up now
2:39 Leanna Lofte:
2:39 Seth Clifford: entirely new mapping solution from the ground up
2:39 Seth Clifford: gorgeous maps
2:39 Seth Clifford: local search
2:40 Seth Clifford: 100 million business listings around the world
2:40 Seth Clifford: find business, yelp integration, bring up business card, traffic service
2:40 Seth Clifford: accidents overlaid
2:40 Seth Clifford: anonymous real time crowd sourced data from iOS users to keep traffic data as fresh as possible
2:41 Seth Clifford: and
2:41 Seth Clifford: turn by turn navigation
2:41 Seth Clifford: boom
2:41 Leanna Lofte:
2:41 Leanna Lofte:
2:41 Leanna Lofte:
2:41 Seth Clifford: one tap after finding a destination, monitor traffic, update ETA, reroute available, works from lock screen as well(!)
2:41 Leanna Lofte:
2:41 Seth Clifford: and siri integration!
2:42 Leanna Lofte:
2:42 Seth Clifford: "take me to ___" "where can i get gas?"
2:42 Seth Clifford: "are we there yet?"
2:42 Seth Clifford: flyover - new feature
2:42 Seth Clifford: building a 3D photographic model from helicopters around the world
2:42 Seth Clifford: demo time!
2:43 Leanna Lofte:
2:43 Seth Clifford: vector based - really fast, rotate
2:43 Leanna Lofte:
2:43 Leanna Lofte:
2:43 Seth Clifford: zoom in, buildings appear, info cards, read reviews, view photos, and 3D
2:43 Leanna Lofte:
2:43 Leanna Lofte:
2:43 Leanna Lofte:
2:44 Leanna Lofte:
2:44 Seth Clifford: flyover is AMAZING
2:44 Leanna Lofte:
2:44 Seth Clifford: it's like being in a helicopter tour - on your iPad/iPhone
2:44 Seth Clifford: not a movie
2:44 Seth Clifford: rendered in real time
2:44 Seth Clifford: you control the flyover
2:45 Seth Clifford: uh, wow.
2:45 Seth Clifford: showing turn by turn directions
2:45 Leanna Lofte:
2:45 Leanna Lofte:
2:45 Leanna Lofte:
2:45 Leanna Lofte:
2:46 Seth Clifford: absolutely awesome rendering, siri assistance
2:46 Seth Clifford: zoom in, zoom out at any point, see eta
2:47 Seth Clifford: 3d renders make it unmistakably easy to navigate
2:47 Leanna Lofte: wonder how AT&T will handle it :P
2:47 Seth Clifford: new iPad clock app!
2:47 Leanna Lofte:
2:48 Seth Clifford: slide coming (with all features)
2:48 Seth Clifford: someone tell georgia there's gonna be a clock on the iPad
2:48 Leanna Lofte: finally
2:48 Seth Clifford: all chinese features added to iOS 6 as well
2:49 Leanna Lofte:
2:49 Seth Clifford: transit apps from 3rd party devs featured and promoted in maps on iOS 6
2:50 Seth Clifford: beta hits TODAY
2:50 Seth Clifford: coming this fall
2:50 Seth Clifford: supports 3GS and later, iPad 2/3, 4th gen iPod touch
2:50 Seth Clifford: back to tim!
2:50 Seth Clifford: wow. really impressive stuff today.
2:51 Seth Clifford: 1. new macbook pro - super thin and light, incredible performance
2:51 Leanna Lofte:
2:51 Seth Clifford: 2. os x mountain lion - tons of new features, integrations, best os x yet
2:51 Leanna Lofte:
2:51 Leanna Lofte:
2:51 Seth Clifford: 3. iOS 6 - new maps app, FB integration, shared photo streams
2:52 Seth Clifford: only apple could make such amazing hardware, software and services - Tim
2:52 Leanna Lofte:
2:52 Seth Clifford: talking about making differences in people's real lives
2:52 Leanna Lofte:
2:53 Leanna Lofte:
2:53 Leanna Lofte:
2:53 Seth Clifford: that's it! BOOM BOOM BOOM and BOOM
2:53 Seth Clifford: no Apple TV SDK and iMore totally nailed the Siri navigation!
2:54 Seth Clifford: (from Rene)
2:54 Seth Clifford: ok guys! we're outta here! talk to you later!
