Well, I’m typing this as I watch the keynote reporting:
- Time Capsule: back up your Mac via a wireless server-grade hard drive
- iPhone Firmware 1.1.3: new features include GPS-like functionality (locate yourself anywhere), webclips (store a specific web page, with all pan and zoom settings, directly to your homepage), text message multiple people at once, lyrics in the iPod (bout time!), and rearrange icons on your home screen.
- New Apps for iPod Touch: Mail, Map Stocks, Notes, and Weather. $20 for existing users.
- iTunes Movie Rentals: Movie rentals available from Touchstone, Miramax, MGM, Lionsgate, Newline, FOX, WB, Disney, Paramount, Universal, and Sony (all the major studios). Good for 24 hours, but can wait 30 days to start watching. Compatible with iPhone, iPods, $2.99 for library titles, $3.99 for new releases.
- Apple TV Take 2: Yay! HD support, no computer required. Rent movies, subscribe to podcasts, look at flickr photos. HD movie rentals are $3.99 and $4.99. What a great idea! FREE upgrade for existing Apple TV users, $229 (down from $299) to buy a new one.
- MacBook Air: (Wow, I can never, ever type A-I-R without typing A-I-E-R by mistake). Specs: World’s thinnest notebook (.16″ to .76″, fits inside an envelope), 13.3″ widescreen display, built-in iSight, full mac keyboard, backlit LED screen, multi-touch trackpad (whoa! pinch zoom, finger-around-thumb rotation), 1.8″ hard drive (80 GB with option to upgrade to 64 GB solid-state), 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Bluetooth, USB 2.0, mini-DVI, no optical drive. Superdrive accessory is available for $99 and you can “borrow” a nearby PC or Mac’s drive. 5 hours of battery life. 2GB memory is standard (wow, that’s pretty impressive). $1,799.
That’s it for this year’s big Macworld event. I’m most excited about Apple TV Take 2 and the ability to rent HD movies. Additionally, the MacBook Air is pretty exciting, althought it might be a little expensive. Pretty nifty, though.
Oh, and of course I’m excited about iPhone 1.1.3. Now I just have to decide if it is worth losing ScummVM and other cool 3rd party apps to upgrade to 1.1.3–I need that SDK now!