Steve Jobs didn’t announce any iPorn while he was on stage this morning in his standard black turtle neck and jeans but I figured some of you might be interested in the things he did announce. I sacrificed my first of hour work to watching the Gizmodo live feed from the keynote so that I could summarize all the details here for you. You’re welcome.
Time Capsule - An external hard drive that works with Time Machine to allow you to wireless backup all of the Macs in your house to the Time Capsule. It will be available in both 500GB and 1TB flavors.
iPhone Updates - SMS to multiple people (welcome to 2002), webclips, multiple customized home screens and Maps based on cellular or Wi-Fi triangulation. All new iPhone features will be available on the iPod Touch as well.
iTunes Movie Rentals - Every major studio is on board to begin offering movie rentals via iTunes. There will be 1K films available by Feburary with standard titles going for $2.99 and new releases going for $3.99. Movies will be available 30 days after DVD release and will be availabe for viewing for 24 hours after download. The movies can be transferred between devices during that 24 hours. So you could start a movie on your PC and then finish it on your iPod during your flight.
Apple TV Take 2 - With the new Apple TV connected to your flat screen you can rent iTunes movies, rent HD movies with 5.1 surround sound, watch YouTube videos, view photos via .mac or flickr, watch video podcasts and buy iTunes music. No computer is required to run AppleTV Take 2, just the unit and an TV. The Apple TV Take 2 will also drop in price to $229.
The MacBook Air - The world’s smallest notebook weighing in at 3.0 lbs and measuring 0.76 inches at it’s thickest point to 0.16 inches at it’s thinnest point. It comes with 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo an 80GB hard drive, 2GB RAM, WiFi, bluetooth, a 13.3″ LED backlit display, a full size LED backlit keyboard and 5 hours of battery life with WiFi turned on. It will retail for $1799 and be available in two weeks.
That’s the run down. All in all some pretty cool upgrades to existing products and a confirmation that the MacBook Air does exist. Head to the Apple Store now and start blowing that tax return you are going to get next month.
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so my macbook pro becomes old fashioned just like that. god damn apple…the macbook air is the new hotness, I will save up and buy one…in 2 years