WWDC 2011 Keynote - Discussion Thread (starts 6pm Irish time)

Sad Professor

Putting this up now to give everyone the heads up. No word yet on whether there's going to be a stream. But live updates will be available from the usual places.

And just to be clear, the iPhone 5/4S is NOT expected to be announced at today's event. Per Apple's own press release, this keynote will be primarily focused on Mac OS X 10.7, iOS 5 and iCloud. The next-gen iPhone isn't expected until September.

I'm actually really excited by today's announcements. Software is what Apple really excels at.

Any final thoughts before the keynote?

EDIT: full video of the event is now up
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/wwdc-2011/

beardo81

iOS 5 is what I'm really interested from this, expecting a big update from Apple. Hopefully they can optimise it to use the iPad and iPad 2's power, there's so much scope for improvement with the Android tablets gaining ground.
iCloud could go either way, hopefully they add some great features at a low price, otherwise it's just another cloud based system.
Can we expect a surprise maybe too??

banquo

List of liveblogs

MacRumors doesn't have it's usual link to the podcast that comes hours after the event that you can bookmark and watch later without it being spoiled (sorta like the football match you missed because of work and you don't want any spoilers), I'll post it here later if that changes though.

banquo

In other news, the Apple Store is still up. Mac App store to be main venue for Lion (etc) so!

Bonavox

iOS 5: New notifications system and over-the-air updates.

iCloud: Replacing MobileMe, wireless syncing with iPhone/iPad.

One More Thing: MacBook Air refresh.

Sad Professor

There are rumours about a new Time Capsule running iOS as well. That and the Air are the only likely hardware announcements, but they could just as easily give them a quiet update in a few weeks.

Stuxnet

sold my iphone 4 last week, couldnt be bothered waiting for ios5, apple are too slow to roll out major feature updates,

was sick to the teeth of the same boring UI, even after heavily tweaking via cydia. Im still interested to see what ios5 will bring, Id imagine they will go down the android ui approach and hopefully bring widgets, but as i said too little too late, thought id never jump ship, but me and apple are finito !

Jakmeehan

I'm hoping for some interaction between the iPad and iPhone. I'd love to have them connected to each other (Bluetooth) and have things like SMS pushed to iPad, so you can read and reply without touching the iPhone, etc.

I'm sure there are loads of cool things that could be done with the two devices linked that I can't think of right now.

I think some other tablet has this sort of feature already but can't remember which...

Owen

The newer notifications would interest me, as would the rumours of Apple doing a deal with Nuance - the owners of Dragon Dictation. A new lockscreen with widgets'd be nice too, but I won't hold my breath.

banquo

Regarding widgets and notifications, they have to find a way of doing it that doesn't look like Android got there first.

chrislad

iPwnage wrote: »

sold my iphone 4 last week, couldnt be bothered waiting for ios5, apple are too slow to roll out major feature updates,

was sick to the teeth of the same boring UI, even after heavily tweaking via cydia. Im still interested to see what ios5 will bring, Id imagine they will go down the android ui approach and hopefully bring widgets, but as i said too little too late, thought id never jump ship, but me and apple are finito !

Agreed for the most part. I'm waiting to see what iOS 5 will bring for the original iPad. If it's nothing major, I think I'll be hoping on the Android 3.1 express next month with the Tab 10.1

Sad Professor

Starting soon...

Keeping an eye on E3 at the same time.

Bonavox

Sad Professor wrote: »

Starting soon...

Keeping an eye on E3 at the same time.

Same

coolegrain

http://www.picopros.com/content/apple-wwdc-2011-live-news-feed

Sad Professor

coolegrain wrote: »

http://www.picopros.com/content/apple-wwdc-2011-live-news-feed

Not working for me. Just coming up blank.

Sad Professor

Steve looks terrible. He's lost even more weight. Jeans are hanging off him.

NUTZZ

Great stream here with SoldierKnowsBest covering the event; lot's of pictures coming in!

coolegrain

Sad Professor wrote: »

Not working for me. Just coming up blank.

mmm...

http://www.thereaderseye.com/watch-wwdc-2011-keynote-live-online-stream/

thats the same...but i'll keep posting what i find...might hit on something

54kroc

Try this: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/applelivekeynotes

NUTZZ

Bloomberg channel on tv have a video stream on the news now!

Edit; they were showing footage recorded on a mobile device

Sad Professor

Annoying video bloggers. Ugh! I'd rather look at the stills.

coolegrain

...

NUTZZ

Sad Professor wrote: »

Annoying video bloggers. Ugh! I'd rather look at the stills.

He has live video now!

Bonavox

NUTZZ wrote: »

He has live video now!

Bad quality, though.

NUTZZ

Bonavox wrote: »

Bad quality, though.

Well what did you expect when it's not being broadcast live! It's from a mobile device!

Bonavox

NUTZZ wrote: »

Well what did you expect when it's not being broadcast live! It's from a mobile device!

I'm just saying, it's borderline unwatchable. Better off following liveblogs.

Engadget have a good one.

NUTZZ

Bonavox wrote: »

I'm just saying, it's borderline unwatchable. Better off following liveblogs.

Engadget have a good one.

Here's a better quality video stream

EDIT: LOL just went dead!

coolegrain

http://broadcastingfromashed.blogspot.com/2011/06/stream-from-wwdc-apple-worldwide.html

is that the same stream ?

Bonavox

NUTZZ wrote: »

Here's a better quality video stream

Not working for me.

NUTZZ

coolegrain wrote: »

http://broadcastingfromashed.blogspot.com/2011/06/stream-from-wwdc-apple-worldwide.html

is that the same stream ?

Yep the same one, but it just died!

Bonavox

NUTZZ wrote: »

Yep the same one, but it just died!

And that's why you're better off following liveblogs.

NUTZZ

Bonavox wrote: »

And that's why you're better off following liveblogs.

I have a live blog opened too obv! :rolleyes:

But if a picture says a thousand words....

Bonavox

NUTZZ wrote: »

I have a live blog opened too obv! :rolleyes:

But if a picture says a thousand words....

The Engadget one is posting tons of high-quality pictures. Tons of thousands of words, all on a webpage! :eek:

NUTZZ

Bonavox wrote: »

The Engadget one is posting tons of high-quality pictures. Tons of thousands of words, all on a webpage! :eek:

Yeh it's good coverage!

Bonavox

New version of Mail, I'll happily take that. Current one looks a bit stale.

NUTZZ

Really like the new icons

Sad Professor

Not liking the new icon.

Bonavox

Not big on the Mail icon, new search features are pretty good, though.

NUTZZ

Download only in the app store for OSX Lion! :eek:

$30, available in July, 4GB download!

Bonavox

$30? Great price.

Sad Professor

$29.99! Great price.

Not available until July though. I really wanted it today.

Sad Professor

Yeah, I'm not sure how that is going to work. I assume you won't need to burn a disc since he said no reboots. Although how that is supposed to work is another question.

Dman001

iOS Notifications. Great start!

Sad Professor

Looks good.

Now I'm just waiting for the bad news that it won't work on the 3GS.

Bonavox

Notifications looking good. Lockscreen notifications are actually quite cool and useful.

murpho999

Sad Professor wrote: »

Looks good.

Now I'm just waiting for the bad news that it won't work on the 3GS.

Yes, I read that somewhere too....I really don't expect it to work on the 3GS.

Apple want us to upgrade!

Trotter

Forgive me for being a newbie but I bought my first MacBook Pro a month ago.
Im using 10.6.7. Will the new OS be like an update from the App store or will I need to back up everything and start from scratch like a windows reformat?

Looking forward to the iOS info now.. The mail doesn't make much of a difference to me seen as I use gmail online anyway, and don't really need offline access to mail much.

Nonoperational

It will just be an upgrade. You apparently won't even need to reboot. Just install it like your installing an app.

Sad Professor

Trotter wrote: »

Forgive me for being a newbie but I bought my first MacBook Pro a month ago.
Im using 10.6.7. Will the new OS be like an update from the App store or will I need to back up everything and start from scratch like a windows reformat?

You definitely won't have to do a clean install. You'll be able to upgrade without losing your data. How exactly this is going to work with Lion remains to be seen.

Sad Professor

Tabbed browsing, whoohoo! That definitely won't be on the 3GS. Assuming it is on the iPhone and not just the iPad. I'm not sure if that was made clear.

Dman001

Volume controls to take a picture, very surprising but great feature.