MacDailyNews’ live coverage of Apple’s ‘It’s Only Rock and Roll’ event, which kicked off at 10am PDT/1pm EDT today (Wednesday, 9/9/09) at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts:
• 2:20pm EDT: AAPL down $2.40 to $170.53.
• End of special event.
• Jobs thanks everyone for coming.
• Norah Jones off stage. Jobs back on applauding.
• 02:10pm EDT: AAPL down a bit (-$0.96) to $172.03.
• Norah’s playing guitar not piano while singing…
• Jobs introduces Norah Jones to play live…
• All iPods feature Arsenic-free glass, BFR-free, Mercury-free, PVC-free, Highly recyclable
• New nano ad shows off video recording and colors: nano shoots video (quick, somebody bolt the windows on the Fiip Video executives’ offices).
• iPod nano: $149 for 8GB model, $179 for 16GB. Available today
• iPod nano gets beautiful colors in polished anodized aluminum
• iPod nano gets built-in pedometer, can sync to Nike+
• iPod nano gets Genius Mixes, too
• Pigs do fly: iPod nano gets built-in FM tuner
• Apple’s has sold over 100 million iPod nanos
• Shoot it and watch it on your nano, sync with your computer and send it on-click to YouTube
• iPod nano gets built-in speaker, too for playback
• Camera built into the back of every iPod nano
• One more thing: Video camera
• Jobs back on stage
• iPod shuffle new lower price: $59 for 2GB model, $79 for 4GB
• iPod shuffle now in colors: black, silver, pink, green, and blue
• iPod shuffle: new headl=phones coming that will all have controls in cords for shuffle
• iPod classic: 160GB (up from 120GB) for same price: US$249 (it’s still alive!)
• New iPod touch ad shows off multiplayer gamin: “The funnest iPod ever”
• Now iPod touch is faster too; capable of OpenGL|ES
• 8GB iPod touch now just US$199; 32GB for $299; 64GB for $399
• iPod touch – most affordable gateway to App Store: $229 with no subscription
• Phil Schiller retakes stage
• EA shows Madden NFL for iPhone/iPod touch; avail. today
• AAPL share price is flat ($172.78) currently
• EA’s Travis Boatman takes stage
• Multiplayer game via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth can listen to your iPod’s music while playing
• Gameloft shows of new FPS: “Nova” Visually impressive
• Gameloft: 35 titles with 20 + million downloads so far
• Tapulous’ new game: Riddim Ribbon: Race down track choosing different mixes of song you’re playing
• Tapulous’ Bart Decrem on Tap Tap Revenge: We had crazy goal of 1 million users; got them in 3 weeks!
• Game dev demos… Ubisoft’s Ben Mattes (Assassin’s Creed II)
• Game and entertainment titles: Sony PSP 607, Nintendo DS 3,680, iPhone OS 21,178. Any questions?
• They don’t have Multi-Touch™ and their games are many times more expensive
• Phil comparing iPod touch to Sony PSP, Nintendo DS (they don’t stack up to iPod touch in games)
• Phil: “Not everybody’s compter fits in your back pocket” while showing guy trying to shove Dell craptop into his back pocket, ripping it
• Phil looks thinner and good, too, BTW
• Genius mixes work on iPhone and iPod touch, too
• Over 20 million iPod touch untis sold (+30 million iPhones = 50m OS X touch devices)
• iPod market share 73.8% (Other 17.9%, Sandisk 7.2%, Microsoft 1.1% ROTFLOFAO)
• Phill Schiller takes the stage.
• Over 220 million iPods sold to date.
• iTunes 9 will be available later today
• Steve Jobs takes the stage again
• iTunes Extras: Wall•E demoed – chapters, features, extras (like a DVD)
• iTunes LP has all kinds of ancillary content
• You can also now gift music, TV shows, movies, etc.
• iTunes Store has improved “cleaner” look (like a fresh airy breeze straight from Canada)
• Home sharing also works for apps. Buy it once, put it on up to 5 authorized devices.
• iPhone/iPod touch app management in iTunes: Drag and drop apps, arange on page(s), and sync to device
• Jeff Robbin, Apple VP for consumer apps and iTunes lead software designer, onstage for iTunes 9 demo…
• Bundle time: “iTunes LP” – music, art, liner notes, credits, etc. – no pricing info given
• Drag and drop songs form othe rlibraries to copy
• iTunes’ new home sharing feature now allows you copy songs, movies, and TV shows among 5 authorized computers/devices
• App management in iTunes: Organize your iPhone apps order and page locations in iTunes
• Improved, mroe granular syncing abilities
• Genius Mixes is like a Genius DJ playing songs that go well together
• iTunes 9 introduced today
• Over 100 million credit card accounts now on iTunes Store.
• Over 8.5 billion tracks sold
• iTunes Store is #1 music retailer in the world; in 23 countries
• iTunes Store: Over 30,000 ringtones at US$1.29 each
• iPhone 3.1 avaialbel to toady – free download via iTunes
• Apple has sold 30 million iPhones so far
• App Store: 75,000 apps, 1.8 billion downloads (not including updates)
• Phil Schiller will also talk today, along with Jeff Robbin.
• Jobs: “So, I’m vertical, I’m back, and getting to work.”
• Jobs thanks Apple team who did so well while he was away: Cook, Schiller (applause)
• Jobs thanks the 20-year-old who donated his liver (unfortunately died in car accident) for his generous gift.
• Jobs looks thin, but good and smiling.
• Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes stage to standing ovation.
• Lights dim…
Apple Positioning For Best Consumer (Pricing and Accessiblity) Gaming Device just in time for Xmas 2009 !!!$$$
AT LAST… the 160GB classic returns.
WTF, the iPhone touch at $199 is still 8gb? With the old processor?
And no cameras. AppleInsider was right about the delay.
PATIENCE!!!
Apple is openly targeting it’s teeth on the Flip vid cam.
The iPod nano has vid
APPLE WILL OWN CHRISTMAS 2009 !!!
wow FM in an iPod. Chilly weather in hades.
WTF, the nano has an FM radio?
Clearly Steve is no longer in charge. These decisions reek of Tim Cook’s doing. Steve has become a figurehead.
No F*ing camera for the iPod TOUCH! That REALLY blows.
The new nano with video looks really good. I have a Flip camera, it’s the MinoHD. I love the HD recording it does.
Was there any mention of what quality the video camera in the nano will be? Certainly not HD. Or maybe…?
Recap:
Nano: Built in video camera, speaker, 1/5 as thin as a Flip, 1/10th of the volume. New nanos get Genius Mixes as well. Nano gets a pedometer app, voice records, nike+ syncing, and more. 8GB is $149 and 16GB is $169
160GB iPod Classic is now $249
iTouches — 8gb ($199), 32GB ($299), 64GB ($399).
New iPod Shuffles are 1GB ($59), 2GB ($79), 4GB ($99) and comes in New colors, five colors, silver, pink, green, blue and “stainless steel”
iPhone OS 3.1 is released today: New Genius technology automatically makes plalylists from songs in your library that go great together, applies to apps too (app reccomendations).
iTunes 9 was announced: Genius Mixes (using iMixes to teach the Genius feature), improved syncing options:genre, artist options, albums, faces/photos, events, arrange your iPhone apps in iTunes, iTunes LP which bundles loads of exclusive Artist content with album purchases (lyrics, liner knows, videos, and more)
It would appear that the new iPod Touch DOES NOT have a camera
So, Apple really screwed the pooch on the TOUCH? WTH?
Interesting announcements today.
Predictably…
* larger capacities
* iTunes 9
Surprisingly…
* pedometer in nano
* FM radio in nano
Weird…
* no camera in iPod touch … I would have absolutely expected a camera to hit the iPod touch at the same time as the iPod nano … wonder why this didn’t happen?
Still waiting…
* Apple TV update.
No 32gb nano?
My God, I thought this would be lackluster but I didn’t think they’d screw up this bad. Leaving the old processor in the $199 iPod touch and not doubling the memory? Now you have to pay at least $299 to get a decent touch. That leaves a huge hole for the 16gb Zune HD to fill.
ok, how is it the nano has video and not the touch. WTH? my kids are going to be pissed they have been saving to each buy a touch with a camera….
What no Camera in iPod touch, Very disappointed!!!!
I was wrong about the shuffles, its $59 for 2GB, $79 for 4GB and $99 for a special 4GB (stainless steel) version.
so the touch is the same memory, same cpu, and no camera. does this mean they have a new cpu and camera touch waiting to come out in Nov or so and piss off all the touch buyers? that would be my kids btw, so i am curious….
Video/camera on nano:
H.264 VGA video, 640 by 480 pixels, up to 30 frames per second with AAC audio
15 real-time special effects: Sepia, Black and White, X-Ray, Film Grain, Thermal, Security Cam, Cyborg, Bulge, Kaleido, Motion Blur, Mirror, Light Tunnel, Dent, Stretch, and Twirl
Disappointing!
wow. nice specs for a camera in a tiny thing like the nano. i wonder how good the lens is….
Where’s the Apple TV update? Is it still a “hobby”?
That has to be the worst Apple event, ever! What was the point? They could’ve just updated their website to reflect these mediocre changes.
iPod Touch Camera in next updating cycle maybe. “Reduced Pricing more Features” was today’s catch. At these prices, if you want a camera : Buy a Nano or an iPhone.
APPLE WILL OWN CHRISTMAS 2009 !!!
Store updated kinda http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_touch