To those of you following me on Twitter, I apologize for the flood of activity as I set up shop in the Apple Store (Montgomery Mall, MD) to follow Engadget’s, Gizmodo’s, and Macworld’s live WWDC coverage with my credit card in hand.
Bottom line: iPhone 2.0 software and 3G + GPS hardware coming July 11th. Software is a free update (unless you own a Touch), and the new hardware runs $199 (8GB) and $299 (16GB, black or white). .Mac takes their syncing (and AJAX) to the next level and is rebranded as MobileMe.
- @Gizmodo Whoa, Apple store down already? Maybe I need to park myself at the mall in case they have any stock of whatever is coming.
- @mattbuchanan Agree, probably pre-order only. BUT what kind of half-assed blogger would I be, if I didn’t at least stake-out the store.
- @applestore and parked at 17″ MBP W/ Eng, Giz, & Macworld up.
- Jobs: “the first part is Mac, second part is our music business, iPod and iTunes, and the third part is the iPhone.” No Apple TV?
- Apple Store employees claim ignorance of any unopened boxes in the back, but they’re whispering a lot.
- Angry mom in here demanding an new iPhone with her son. Says they’re supposed to be released today. She’s getting loud.
- Another mom with teenage son - he’s demanding a second gen iPhone too. Store employees still claim ignorance. Nothing yet on it from WWDC
- @palmsolo $10 seems pretty low - either it was an easy port and/or they’re counting on huge sales.
- MLB.com video on iPhone. Perhaps that’s why Sling wasn’t admitted to developer beta program? (as reported by Engadget)
- Finally - contact search! Office support is nice too, but not a deal breaker. How about cut & paste, now?
- Another basic feature added: save received email photos
- 2.0 software in July? Lame!
- New enterprise distro app. Wonder how that would have played out during my DOJ days. Probably better than air-gapped Microsoft WSUS.
- me.com will sync all sorts of stuff, AJAX-based, and photos included. Will it sync with Windows Live Gallery? Hmm… (I predicted…)
- Will it make SugarSync and Windows Live Mesh irrelevant?
- New webmail app looks sharp. Maybe I have a reason to dump Yahoo Mail that doesn’t provide IMAP even to paid subscribers. Hm.
- MobileMe is kinda weak branding. Would have preferred Mac 3.0 or just Me.com. Storage is 20GB for $99/yr. Still can’t contain all my photos.
- 3G iPhone? Shocker! Question is when and how much? (subsidized?) And what does it look like.
- Alrighty… new iPhone announced today, but will these women in turquoise t-shirts sell me one now?
- A dude who seems to know and is willing to chat, says no boxes of nada in the back.
- Built-in GPS! Still no cut & paste?
- Damn, my first gen iPhone just lost a lot of value. New model is $200. But when, Steve, when!? (White? ick)
- July 11th. Bummer. Guess I can go home. Unless there’s ONE MORE THING.
