Apple WWDC 2009 Full Round-up: Day 1
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkTuesday, June 9, 2009
Everyone looks forward to the D-day of their choicest preferences. And so does a geek to Apple’s worldwide Conference. This year. Apple WWDC 2009 is being held at San Francisco. And on the first day, as expected and as hyped it is, the announcements on some of the most popular gadgets on the planet earth (in the likes of iPhone, Macbook, iPod etc) drew the whole world to go the Apple’s way. While Taragana was talking about speculations and assumptions (Previously we have covered Apple WWDC, 2009: The obvious and the speculations and Apple WWDC 2009: Can we be surprised again? ) from the very beginning when the world didn’t even smell the smoke, we couldn’t leave this offical proceedings unattended. So here it is. The day’s round up in one glance. If you have ever wanted to know something from this year’s announcement, all the has-beens and will-bes are listed right here.
- Apple WWDC Day 1: All the Announcements
- 10 Things you must know about Apple iPhone 3G S
- All Apple Macbook News, Features and Specification from WWDC 2009
- Safari browser 4: Features List from WWDC
Apple WWDC Day 1: All the Announcements
Apple Inc. slashed the entry price for an iPhone in half and lowered some laptops by $300 Monday, the company’s first dramatic price cuts since the recession began a year and a half ago. With co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs absent until his medical leave is over at the end of June, Apple’s biggest unveiling at its annual conference for software developers was a new model of the iPhone, the 3G S. It looks the same but sports a faster processor, longer battery life, an internal compass, a video camera and a photo camera with better resolution and auto-focus.
- iPhone 3G S
- iPhone Software Upgrade
- Apple Macbook new
- Mac OS: Snow Leopard
- No netbooks?
- Philip Schiller
10 Things you must know about Apple iPhone 3G S
The much awaited next gen iPhone is out and they call it iPhone 3G S. The S stands for speed. The new iPhone has a faster processor which renders the webpages faster and also apt at quickly launching the applications. The camera comes with a good 3 MP resolution with autofocus facilities and video capturing capabilities which was a long awaited feature. The storage capacities are also increased to 16GB and 32 GB maintaining the same price points. It also comes with an interesting feature of digital compass which works with Google maps app to show your orientation with the map. The battery life was also increased to 1.5 times the previous one.
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All Apple Macbook News, Features and Specification from WWDC 2009
At World Wide Developers Conference Apple revealed that it would be adding to its MacBook Pro family with a 13-inch notebook that would be available in different price points. As the 13-inch MacBook Pro joins the Pro line, Apple won’t leave its white polycarbonate MacBook. For the time being, the white MacBook will still be offered by the company, starting at $999.
- The biggest upgrade: 13″ Macbook
- 12″ PowerBook in Disguise
- Reduction of Price
- All specification in tabular form
Safari browser 4 unveiled in WWDC: Features List and First Look
Amid all other big announcement WWDC, Apple launched the public version of Safari 4.With the new improvements Safari is now a serious browser for Windows and its Mac version has also improved. The version 4.0 of Safari made its debut as beta back in February, and has added several enhancements that could lead the browser to a competing position in browser market.The Safari 3 users might find themselves in a different world with the completely new interface of the Safari 4 browser. The new Safari Web browser as a free download for Windows and Macintosh computers. To know more let’s delve into the features of Apple’s latest browser.
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