Monday, June 8, 2009

WWDC Day One

While I can't disclose all that I learned from the WWDC, due to the NDA, I will say that it has been amazing.  Apple has not only put on a well oiled conference, but the new product lines as well as tools and resources available have just been amazing.

In case you didn't catch today's keynote here are some highlights:

  • Macbook Pros now come in 13in, 15in, 17in models
  • Macbook Pros can have up to 8gb of RAM
  • Macbook Pros have SD Slot
  • Snow Leopard has an almost seamless connection to Exchange
  • Snow Leopard and iPhone SDK use 90% of the same framework/APIs
  • Prices have dropped tremendously
  • iPhone 3g are now only $99
  • iPhone 3gp[s] are coming in 16gig/32gig
  • iPhone 3.0 now supports voice dialing, improved camera (with autofocus and highlighting), video camera with in-context editing and digital compass.
Obviously there was much more discussed so to get all the juicy details check out the keynote video.  

Friday, June 5, 2009

WWDC Next Week in San Francisco

The party will begin in roughly three days. I am one of the lucky individuals who is attending the 2009 WWDC in San Fransisco. With all the rumors flying around the web right now it is definitely hard to discern fact from fiction, but I have been working diligently on my first iPhone application using the 3.0Beta_3 SDK and while I can't speak specifically about a lot of the new features, because of the NDA, I can say that Apple once again has kept the users in mind with the new features. All will be pleased.

Everyone from developers to the casual user.

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