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…
Yes, iPad/iTab appears to be pushed to next year. But we know that an iPod refresh will not carry this event on its own. So, here’s what I expect/want…
* Apple TV – refresh would be cool. I’ve been waiting to get one… it’s been stale for a long time. Add capacity and I’m in, but I’d like web browsing (with Flash!).
* iTunes 9 – absolutely. Even it’s really iTunes 8.3, they’re not going to miss the 9/9/09 opportunity. And there are obvious features that will be added – organize apps on iPhone iPod touch screens, social networking, interactive albums.
* Music – already mentioned interactive albums with iTunes 9. Beatles? Well, they’re coming to iTunes one way or another, now or later. Steve is such a music fan, if he had the opportunity to make a Beatles announcement, he’d do it… forget everything else. Yes, he’s a business person… but there are a few celebrities he’d throw logic out the window for and Paul & Ringo would definitely do it. And by the way, it wouldn’t be illogical since every media outlet would cover it and they’d sell a bunch of stuff (there are a lot of people beyond the “who are The Beatles?” tech blog readers).
Why would they announce the Beatles using a Rolling Stones lyric? Maybe sponsorship of the next Stones tour as they are big users of Apple equipment.
Steve Jobs is there!
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aw1wM1m64Z2M
Steve Jobs is on stage!
Should I turn off my iPod Touch too?
{POPCORN}
…and SJ leads the faithful in the Pledge to the Fruit, followed by a chorus of Apple,The Beautiful…
Nice to see you back, Chrissy.
Go Steve, go!
I recommend ars technica right now to check out the show.. they’re going through Steve’s speech word by word it seems.. it’s great!
Awaiting Psystar news…
Checking for new software…
Can’t wait to play w/ iTunes 9
Your software is up to date. =(
not yet.
App order management in iTunes — awesome!
Any one have any speculation on when they will actually release 3.1 and 9??? I checked for any updates on my phone and in software update but no luck 🙁
Haha I hope Apple actually said ROTFLOFAO!
I think it’s worth reflecting here that Apple have now officially sold over 50 million pocket touchscreen computers.
They stated that iTunes 9 will be available today
Read my whole comment Wha… I know its available, i mean what time today…
Psystar information should be coming soon!
“later”
“later” hahaha well i want it now :'(
lol.. i did read your whole comment..
Update the store site already apple!
Nintendo DS has over 3,000 games.. iPhone has over 21,000 ! ! !