Macworld 2008

Today we see how accurate all the rumors have been about what Steve will announce at the Macworld 08 keynote Address. – Engadget for live play-by-play coverage of Steve Jobs Keynote Address

So far here is what Steve has Announced for the iPhone

  1. First 90 days, 4m iPhones to date
  2. SDK releasing in late Feb
  3. GoogleMaps with location
  4. Webclips, right on the home screen
  5. Up to nine screens of icons
  6. SMS multiple people at once
  7. Chapters, subs, langs in videos, lyrics in iPod
  8. iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 and iTunes 7.6 Live from today
  9. iPod Touch to get software upgrade, early adopters to pay $20 USD for Maps, Mail, Stocks, Weather and Notes and the ability to customize the springboard – ewwwww..
  10. New iTunes update to be released today, will include movie rentals HD and DVD quality, iPhone & Apple TV compatible. Use with AppleTV and wirelessly download/rent/watch HD movies/TV shows on your widescreen TV. – SWEET

That seems to be it for the iPhone, but the best part of this address so far is the announcement of the MacBook Air, a Wifi 13′ laptop that weighs 3 pounds and is less than 0.8′ thick, multi touch track pad and more, this will be my new laptop, hopefully it will be available on the AppleStore online today :) and he also introduced the Time Capsule, wfi network drive that allows you to back up everything over a network and access it via Time Machine on your Mac.

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