Steve Jobs WWDC Keynote Online Translation

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11:55 Thanks for being with iPhonity.com today. The 2010 WWDC translation is over. Follow us on Twitter!

11:54 He lists team meambers… And it’s over. “Thanks for coming!”.

11:53 Jobs describes integrated work with camera and FaceTime software and iMovie. He’s proud of the teams of camera, FaceTime and iMovie.

11:50 Showing the video about iPhone production. Nice commercial (in a way).

11:47 Picture from engadget:

11:45 iOS 4 upgrade for 3GS, 3G (with no multitasking), iPod touch (except 1st generation). Free on 21st of June.

11:434 countries in June. 18 in July, 24 more in August, 88 total in september. Fastest rollout ever.

11:42 iPhone 3GS 8GB with iOS 4 on sale June 24. $99.

11:41 Black and White. Upgrade eligibility offer from AT&T.

11:41$199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB.

11:40 People speaking sign language on the iPhone.

11:39 Very impressive ad.

11:37Video call is only through WiFi in 2010. Cell operators later. Can use front or rear camera and switch between them. Portrait or landscape. Great audio and video quality.

11:36iPhone 4 can connect to iPhone 4. No setup needed. WiFi required.

11:34 Steve is in a small box, Jon is on the rest of the screen.

11:33 FaceTime – picture-in-picture video call with Jon Ive. Jobs tells him about pocket WiFi’s.

11:32 Showing video call.

11:31 That’s it for the new iOS features. Now – The One More Thing.

11:29 Showed a Nissan ad for an electric car. Video loads with navigation spinner. Nissan Leaf. Blah-blah-blah. Jobs says that iAd attracted some exciting brands committed to over $60 million over the 2nd half of 2010.

11:25 iAd is built into iOS4. 60% of revenue will go to developers, 8 weeks of ads selling. Nissan, Unilever, Citibank, AT&T, Chanel, GE, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, GEICO, Campbell soup, Sears, JC Penny, Best Buy, Target, DirectTV, TBS, Disney


11:22 iAd demo.

11:21 8ths feature. iAd. Jobs tells that iAd is to let developers earn money on free apps.

11:20 Pinch and zoom into PDFs, highlight text in various colors, etc (the same as for iPad iBooks update)

11:18 Wireless to iPhone, iPad and iPod. Download the same book to all our devices for no extra charge.

11:17 Shows Winnie-the-Pooh first page.

11:16 iBooks updates. Now in iPhone.

11:14 100 millonth iOS device was sold this month.

11:14 Google is default search. Yahoo and Bing are available to switch.
11:13 BTW, new iPhone OS is renamed to iOS 4.

11:12 Shows folder. Folder are being automatically named as you drag the apps to them. Drags one sports app, second and the folder get its name ’sports’.

11:10 Shows multitasking. Plays music, checking email. Tries to load a webpage, returns back to mail.

11:09 There are some big features. The first is multitasking.

11:08 Next feature (6th) iPhone OS 4!

11:05 Asks to turn off WiFi devices, too much WiFi devices in the hall.

11:04 iMovie in the AppStore already has 13 ratings (screenshot is shown)

11:04 Showing edited video, shot and edited on iPhone. $4.99 for the app.

11:03 Can export in multiple resolutions.

11:00 Shows the iMovie. Transitions, direct record into the timeline, titles. Camera records geolocation, puts in the clip. Possible to add music from iTunes or add supplied theme music.

10:58 FCP developer showing.

10:57 Tap to focus when recording video. Built-in trim, one click sharing, LED flash for video. iMovie for iPhone!!!

10:56 5MP camera. Backlit sensor, same size pixels, 5x digital zoom, tap to focus, showing great samples. LED flash. Records HD video, 720p@30fps

10:55 New camera system. Talks about megapixels. Mentions small sensors that it’s all about capturing photons and low light.

10:53 New Core Motion API for the gyro.

10:52Gyro allows pitch, roll & yaw.

10:51 Provides 3 axis motion detection. Shows gyro demo.

10:51 Feature #4. Gyroscope.

10:50Impoved battery life up to 7 hours talk, 6 hours 3G browsing, 10 hours wifi, 300 hours standby time. Quad band HSDPA/HSUPA 7.2/5.8 up. 802.11n WiFi

10:49 Shows the iPhone 4 internals.

10:48 Next. A4 chip.

10:47 This will set the standard for displays for the next years. Jobs thinks computers will come close. Best on planet, he says.

10:45 3.5 inch display, 960×640 pixels, 326 per inch, 800:1 contrast ratio, IPS technology for superb color and wide viewing angle.

10:44 Showing photos. WiFi that Jobs uses, failed. Jobs hopes to get it fixed.

10:43 Error baloon over the dock connector )))))

10:42 NYT site on the iPhone 4 is not loading due to some technical problem… Or it’s a part of the show ))))

10:41 They get a special projector to show the differences in the displays. Looks fantastic.

10:40 Comparing iPhone 3GS with 4.

10:38 Human retina can recognize 300ppi. The iPhone’s display has 326 ppi. This is f***ing amazing!!!!

10:36 This is was all about #1. #2 – the display. 4x the pixels.
10:35 Three seams in the device structure. One antenna for BT, WiFi, GPS. The other for UMTS/GSM.

10:34 External features, mute, front camera, LED flash for back camera, second mic for noise cancelation.

10:33 9,3mm thin, 24% thinner then iPhone 3GS. Thinnest smartphone on the planet.

10:33 All new design.

10:32 over 100 new features. Will describe 8.

10:31 2010: iPhone 4!!!!

10:30 iPhone reinvented the phone.


10:29 Talks about statistics, market shate, blah-blah-blah.

10:28 iPhone…..

10:28 Jobs says that AppStore has paid 70% of revenue to the developers. It’s about $1 billion.

10:26Available now for $2.99

10:24Activision SVP shows Guitar Hero.

10:22Farmville – in the App Store in the end of June.

10:21 Shows farm created in Facebook Flash app, playing on the iPhone.

10:20 Mark Pincus, Zynga CEO introduces Farmville for iPhone.

10:19Full Netflix on the iPhone and iPad. Start films from an iPad, resume from other devices. Wow.

10:18 Reed Hastings (Netflix SEO) mentioned the new iPhone. Feature request for the netflix – to be free on the upcoming iPhone.

10:1610 million downloads of Ebay app. $1.5-2 billion this year revenue.

10:14 #1 rejection reason: doesn’t function as advertised. #2 – is the private API usage. #3 – unexpected crashes.

10:13 Second is the AppStore.
225000 apps. Most vibrand app community on the planet. 30 languages. 15000 apps every week (both new and updates), 95% get approve in first 7 days.

10:12 Now regarding the iPhone App Store. Two platforms: first is HTML5.

10:10 New iBook features: PDF support (wow), text highlighting notes, bookmarks for pages, list of bookmarks in table of contents.

10:08 iBooks update announced.

10:07 Shows the top iPad apps.

10:06 iPad success story is being shown on screen.

10:06 He says that he got an email from a guy who attracted a girl by an iPad.

10:05 He says that the iPad has changed how people interact with internet and media.

10:03 He quickly started to introduce new things. Some updates to iPad.

10:03 The screen shows the golden gate bridge.

10:02 He greeted the crowd. Someone yelled that they love Steve. No idea who it was.
10:01 JOBS APPEARED ON STAGE!!!

10:01 The lights are dimming. Applause.

10:00 They’re playing “What a wonderful world”
10:00 Something happens!

09:58They’re asking to switch the cellphones and PDA’s off!

09:55 It’s only 5 minutes! But you have enough time to follow us on twitter! Don’t forget to come back!

09:50 10 minutes to go!

09:40 About 20 minutes to go. The screen shows the white apple.

09:31 Less than half an hour before The Kickoff!

09:16 One more picture related to folders ))

09:14 Just a reminder – refresh the page to see the news. We’ll try to keep posting at least every ten minutes before and one post a minute during the keynote.

09:06 Here’s a picture from engadget

09:01 It’s about one hour till the Keynote begin. It’s a bit crowdy near the entrance. Stay tuned and we’ll show you the whole Stevenote live, on www.iphonity.com

09:12 We suppose that there will be something about folders on an iPhone

iPhone 4G Rumor Roundup.

Are you excited about the fourth revision of the iPhone likely to be announced by Steve Jobs next week at WWDC? We are. The iPhone 4 rumors started with a bathroom iPhone 4g back in April. Who knew that would blow up and become widely known as a real prototype when Gawker Media bought it and disassembled it. Since then the rumors have been relentless. 5MP camera by LG capable of HD video capture? If the first 4th gen iPhone wasn’t convincing enough another one showed up… these prototypes seem to be everywhere! The rumors continued with possible Facebook integration, 10 million CDMA iPhones ordered, and the 4th gen iPhone coming to Sprint. Two 4th gen iPhones showing up in the wild weren’t enough because pictures of a white one evenutally appeared, and appeared again, and then appeared again. And still we have had more rumors! Google Latitude might be working on the 4th gen, the iPhone’s screen will have an awesome amount of pixels, and if people don’t like the 4th gen design there might be an upgraded iPhone 3GS available for purchase. When is the 4th gen going on sale? Probably sometime this month. How much? 32GB for $199 and 64GB model for $299. Don’t forget your overpriced AT&T insurance.

By ModMyI.com

Next generation iPhone (4G/HD) to be available early June

According to a new report, AT&T confirms to employees that next generation iPhone will launch in June. “The phone will be available for purchase in June, not July, and from what we’ve heard, it won’t even be late June,” the report said. This confirms a separate report from late April, saying that iPhone will launch very early June with the possibility of the device being available in stores the same day on the announcement. In addition, AT&T put a block on employees taking vacations in June. The company followed similar policies the last two years for the month the iPhone was launched. Apple is expected to announce the new device during the 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference. The event will be held June 7 through June 11 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. iPhone’s announcement might be more complicated this year due to the misplaced/lost/stolen? next generation iPhone prototype saga.

Apple Lost Another 4th Generation iPhone?

We’re not sure why Apple is having such a hard time holding on to these next generation iPhones, but a Vietnamese forum Taoviet.vn has posted more photos (cached) of the previously leaked 4th generation iPhone. They’ve posted a large gallery of shots making it clear that they have a unit in their possession. There seems to be little new information posted, though the individual who submitted the link to us stated a Vietnamese businessman had bought it in the U.S. together with an iPad.

There are a few interesting aspects to these images that were not seen in the original leak. The case design is identical, but notably, the back shows that this is a 16GB model. The previous leak showed “XXGB” written on the back.

by macrumours.com

iPhone 2010 3GS X-Plus Promo Video Leaked.

Looks like another fake, but who knows?

Amazing: android on the iPhone!

Alright folks, this is the single biggest news in iPhone hacking ever since the jailbreak. iPhone hacker and Dev-Team member Planetbeing apparently just managed to port Google’s Android Mobile OS to the iPhone.

I repeat, he took the Android OS, the system that runs on the Android phones, and installed it on an iPhone. I believe this is the very first time someone managed to install a non-Apple OS on the iPhone and the implications of this are absolutely huge.

It’s still in alpha version for now, but with some improvements, this would allow anybody to use both iPhone and Android OS on their iPhone. Just like you can do Bootcamp on your Mac to access PC apps, you’ll be able to go on Android to try all these apps that don’t exist, or were not allowed on the iPhone. Imagine for a second that Adobe manages to puts flash on there, well, you’ll get to have it too.

via appadvice.com

Two new browsers for iPhone: Opera Mini and Skyfire

There are a lot of programs calling themselves “Web browsers” in the App Store, but almost all of them are lying. Rather than being actual browsers, they’re skins for Apple’s Mobile Safari rendering engine. Opera Mini is different. As a proxy browser, it doesn’t actually load Web pages at all. Rather, it sends a request to Opera’s servers, which loads the page, compresses it by 80-90%, and sends your phone a compressed image of the page.

The result is extremely fast page load times. Opera Mini is faster than Safari even on good 3G; a NYTimes.com page that loaded in 22 seconds on Safari loaded in 10 on Opera, and I saw similar or even better results on other pages.

But on EDGE—or on bad 3G—Opera simply smoked Safari. An Adobe.com page that took a minute and 40 seconds to load with Safari loaded 30 seconds faster with Opera. A NYTimes.com page that took two minutes with Safari took a mere 34 seconds with Opera. Opera made browsing on slow networks possible.

Beyond Speed
The program has some other appealing features beyond speed. Opera Mini starts up to a “speed dial” screen of nine bold, graphical bookmarks. It’s a multi-window browser like Safari, but you don’t have to leave the page you’re browsing to flick through your other windows; they appear in a bar at the bottom of the screen. Settings lets you tinker with your font sizes and synchronize your bookmarks with Opera on the desktop.

But I’m disappointed with the lack of multiple zoom levels and how many of the buttons don’t look like standard iPhone user interface elements. (Copy-and-paste, for instance, works, but the pop-up menu doesn’t look like iPhone copy-and-paste.) Opera Mini has two levels of zoom. Pages start out zoomed way out, to an unreadable level. Tap once to zoom in and center on what you’re tapping on; most text columns are automatically reformatted for the width of the screen.

Opera is for basic Web browsing. It doesn’t support video, audio, or Flash. Fonts seem to be hammered down to a very limited set. Opera can’t handle interactive Web apps like Safari does. Because it’s transferring compressed data, Opera Mini pages are basically static; if you click on a button or pop up a calendar, it often reloads the whole page.

Opera Mini 5 won’t replace Safari. Safari is a more capable browser and is better integrated into the iPhone experience. Rather, Apple approving Opera Mini is a shot at AT&T’s network problems. In a perfect world with perfect networks, iPhones wouldn’t need this browser. But when AT&T fails, Opera Mini will have you surfing while everyone else around you is stuck trying to load pages. That makes it a valuable, if niche, product for the iPhone.

When Opera Software announced late Monday that its Opera Mini browser would hit the iPhone App Store, we guessed it wouldn’t be long before we saw other browser-makers follow suit by producing similar efforts that get around Apple’s restrictions facing iPhone browsers that compete with the native Safari.
Looks like our guess was correct. On Tuesday, Skyfire, another mobile browser maker, blogged a post congratulating Opera for its success and stating Skyfire’s intention to speed up its own development for “iDevices” like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
Of course, as a competitor, it is Skyfire CEO Jeff Glueck’s prerogative to point out that Skyfire supports Flash and plays back video with its mobile proxy browser where Opera Mini for iPhone doesn’t.

by pcmag.com and news.cnet.com

iPhone OS 4.0 announced: Multitasking and more!

The new OS will ship in June (Fall for iPad, and a developer preview is available today) and has the following new or updated features:
• Multitasking
• Fast app switching
• Local notifications
• App folders
• A new Mail app
• iBooks
• Custom backgrounds
• Game Center
• iAd advertising
• 5x digital zoom
• Bluetooth keyboards

When the software ships in the summer, iPhone 3GSes and iPod Touch 3rd-gens devices will get all of the new features. The iPhone 3G and Touch 2G will get “many things,” which doesn’t include multitasking. I repeat: the iPhone 3G won’t get multitasking, ever. iPhone 2Gs will be left on a hillside somewhere to die of exposure, or something.

Apple iPhone 4G in June?

Apple’s next update to the blockbuster iPhone handset is expected by one prominent analyst to have a lower total cost of ownership, and to also include new gesture-based functionality.

Katy Huberty with Morgan Stanley maintains that the biggest barrier to greater iPhone adoption is the cost of the hardware, followed by the service plan. The investment in the device has been its biggest issue in both developed markets like the U.S. and emerging ones like China.

But Huberty expects Apple to address that in June, by introducing a new model that will be economically friendly to even more consumers.

“We expect Apple to launch new iPhones in June that offer both a lower total cost of ownership and new functionality, potentially including gesture-based technology,” she wrote in a new note to investors Friday.

In 2009, when Apple introduced the new iPhone 3GS, the company also dropped the price of the previous year’s iPhone 3G to $99. However, despite the lower price point, the high end iPhone 3GS was still the most popular option for consumers.

In addition to lower cost of ownership for the iPhone, Huberty remains bullish on AAPL stock because of the forthcoming iPad launch in March. Here she is particularly optimistic, projecting shipments of 6 million devices in the 2010 calendar year, versus Wall Street’s average projections of 3 million to 4 million.

“We expect Apple to ship its first iPad and announce additional content deals in late March to better than expected demand,” Huberty wrote. “We see the iPad targeting the sub-$800 consumer notebook market which equates to 30M annual units just in the US (120M globally.”

Morgan Stanley has maintained its “overweight” rating for AAPL stock, with a price target of $250.

In the past, Huberty was notoriously negative on AAPL stock, suggesting the iPhone was too expensive even at a $199 price point. In late 2008, she predicted that iPhone sales would suffer because Apple had priced the product too high.

But last year, Huberty turned positive on Apple, stating that the company had become the “clear leader in the battle over the mobile Internet.”

by appleinsider.com

Apple files alt iPhone input, physical “key” login patents

Two recently published patent applications from Apple caught our attention for their craftiness. One shows how to use the iPhone’s camera as an alternate gesture input method; the other details a system using a uniquely shaped signet to log in to a computer.

The first patent, “Camera as Input Interface,” adds alternate input methods for a touchscreen phone, particularly useful when the touchscreen is pressed against your face during a phone call. The patent describes a method using the built-in camera as a gesture detector, recognizing “swiping” up, down, left, or right using a finger. The gestures could be used to control voicemail, for instance, by swiping “forward” or “back” to skip to the next or previous message. The input could be augmented with accelerometer data to recognize a “tap” as well, according to the patent application.

MacRumors notes that Apple has filed a number of alternate input methods for the iPhone, including a rear surface or an outer bezel that are also touch-sensitive.

The second patent, “Shape Detecting Input Device,” describes a system using a touchscreen to recognize uniquely shaped signets, and to perform actions associated with a specific shape. One application would be to log in a unique user based on the recognized shape. This is similar to the now-defunct practice of stamping a seal from a signet ring into sealing wax to verify a document’s authenticity or source. If such a signet were indeed on a ring, it could also be used to unlock an iPhone.

Apple’s patent suggests that unique signet shapes could be embedded in a ring, a tag, a card, a stamp, or even a key. Other suggested actions initiated by the signet shape recognition include configuring a system to a unique user’s needs, launching certain applications, or encrypting or decrypting messages or other content, making the signet like a modern, high-tech decoder ring.

by arstechnica.com