Jason Chen : You guys all see thelast min rumors ? 7:05 am ON Sep 9 2008
B. Lam : practiced morning . Chen and I had a sleep over . We ’re eating handshake and Hong Kong milk tea . Just thought I ’d tell you that . look , is this my Twitter window ? 7:13 am ON Sep 9 2008
B. Lam : testes testes 1,2,3
Jason Chen : The line is surprisingly short for deoxythymidine monophosphate - minus 2 60 minutes or so to an Apple event . Smaller sphere = little interview = not as many mass . Still see the same honest-to-goodness faces though .
B. Lam : Testing examination la la la . 8:20 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : It ’s cold and dismal , even for SF standard . It ’s as if Zeus already knows that the announcements are go to be disappointing . Suck it Zeus . 8:35 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen :
Jason Chen : We are such dorks . 8:42 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : We ’re inside the cordoned - off field , where we ’re again draw up to go inside . 70 minutes forget . I ’m thirsty . 8:49 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : Oh yeah and thanks to Brian for letting me sleep and drool on his sofa last night . Much well than trying to drive in here from Fremont at 6 AM .
9:04 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : Is it me , or are the citizenry in dividing line slenderly well look than common ? Here ’s to you , guy cable who looks like that guy on Season 4 of Buffy , who Buffy dated and then killed ( ? ) or was cut from the show . 9:09 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : take note to Jesus : stop sending me stories of your European conquests when I am trying to type here .
Jason Chen : in earnest though , where is John Mayer ? Is John Mayer here ? I really want to see John Mayer here . I ’m going to be unconsolable if he does n’t show . 9:17 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : I inquire how Steve Jobs prepares for these things . Rehearsing ? defecate an foot soldier rehearse for him ? Staying up all nighttime watching random collegehumor videos ? Ironing his jean ? Ironing his underwear ? iron out his skin ? eat three bags of Doritos ? Trying on pants suits ? dark fisticuffs ? Re - installing Office 2008 ? Renewing his subscription to Field & Stream ? Baking a cake ? Baking an erotic patty ? Shooting silver nano - particles into his bloodstream ? Yelling at his neighbor ? repel to 7 - 11 in a razz lawnmower ? Punching a dog in the face ? punch a baby in the face ? Punching a baby firedog in the face ? 9:26 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : From rightfulness to leave , guys who are decreasingly happy that their icon is being taken by a niggling Formosan guy . 9:31 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : Has anybody else noticed that Fake Steve Jobs looks JUST LIKE Adam Frucci + 30 years ? 9:32 am ON Sep 9 2008
Guy in foreground : Mark McClusky from Wired . guy rope in background : unidentified hombre practice his O - face for the consequence .
Right : Adrian Covert concentrating intently on something or other . Left : Me , lose my hairsbreadth in real fourth dimension .
Jason Chen : I think it ’s prison term . Back in a bit .
Jason Chen : imitation alarm . Everyone is just clump at the entrance . Some jerks next to me are making fun of Palm OS . 9:38 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : We ’re inner . Prime location . Right in the middle .
B. Lam :
Jason Chen : The music is definitely more “ rock’n’roll ” than last time . No one ’s throwing up the horns yet , as far as I know . 9:49 am ON Sep 9 2008
B. Lam : Nikon rig is a GO . trilled stone are playing , Hendrix was playing – start up music ’s a passel more … rock’n’roll - y.
B. Lam : Without fail , every Malus pumila liveblog triggers a urinary response of great urgency to those who attend . So I take heed .
Jason Chen : If someone reach me a plastic guitar , I could totally four - and - a - one-half star this song in Rock Band . 9:54 am ON Sep 9 2008
Liveblog nerds at the quick .
Jason Chen : If Jesus Diaz Blanco were here , all the females in attendance would n’t just be straight off saturate , they would be immediately in their 2nd trimester . That ’s how fecund this military personnel is . I , on the other handwriting , have just made all of them uninventive . Sorry gentlewoman .
Jason Chen : Two pitch-dark iMacs are on level , as they often are . Looks like there ’s go to be a software portion of this show . Some madam is filming me with a huge rear end camera . Hey madam , I see you .
Jason Chen : Lights are blur ! SAX SOLO ALMOST DONE !
Jason Chen : Steve Jobs is strolling out on microscope stage ; cheeseparing , but up-and-coming . 10:00 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : Music is go to be the main matter today . First up is iTunes .
Jason Chen : The store has 8.5 million songs , 125k podcasts , 30k episodes of TV show , 2.6k Hollywood movies and 3k practical app for iPhone and iPod touch . The crowd clap , inexplicably . Do these people have stock ?
Jason Chen : iTunes is now the # 1 medicine distributor in any data format , ahead of Wal - Mart and Best Buy .
Jason Chen : Today they ’re adding HD TV show . $ 2.99 for HD shows , $ 1.99 for regular Coyote State show . you may watch them on Apple boob tube and your computer .
Jason Chen : NBC is coming back to iTunes ! Monk , The Office , Battlestar Galactica , 30 Rock , Heroes and some more .
Jason Chen : All these shows will be in high def as well as standard def .
Jason Chen : Also coming today : iTunes 8 !
Jason Chen : What ’s new ? Accessibility ( voice over ) , New Browsing , Genius ( like the rumour said ) . 10:05 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : in iTunes 8 , you may now browse albums by albums cover , and toggle Albums , Artists , Genres and Composers in the tabs at the top . Ex : for any creative person , you may read through all their record album if you scrub up over their icon , just like in iPhoto .
Jason Chen : Genius : “ Automatically make playlists from songs in your library that go heavy together – with just one detent . ” Essentially the rumor that we had before , with iTunes automatically making a play list found on what medicine you already mind to .
Jason Chen : The Genius sidebar also make recommendations from the iTunes store , which shows you songs from the shop ( some from other artist ) that “ go great ” with your current song .
Jason Chen : adept information gets send up to the cloud , to iTunes , to feed them your melodic tastes . It ’s sent anonymously , plus it ’s opt - in . Nobody will yoke you with your lousy taste in music .
Jason Chen : The combined information of you and other iTunes substance abuser will coalesce and be analyzed by Apple , and generate results to tailor-make your music library every week .
Jason Chen : Now a demo of browsing . Jobs is choosing an Aretha song — Respect , natch — and then going over to browsing albums by Genres and Composer . This also work for movies and telly shows . 10:10 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : JOHN MAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 `
Jason Chen : OMFG JOHN MAYER ! ! ! ! ! ! HE IS PLAYING JOHN MAYER GRAVITY OMG ALJA;SLDKFJALS;DJFKLAS;JDFKL;ASDFJKL;SADFJ
Journalists moan at the mention of JM .
Jason Chen : drab . Ahem . Jobs was demonstrating the Genius characteristic . nibble a song , make a Genius playlist out of it , then depend at all the songs that are just like it in that play list . It ’s Pandora , essentially .
Jason Chen : I imagine Jobs play that John Mayer just for us .
Jason Chen : iTunes 8 is usable today at Apple.com .
Jason Chen : Now we ’re moving on to the iPod . In July , the iPod has a 73.4 % marketshare in the US .
Jason Chen : Sandisk has 8.6 % , Microsoft has 2.6 % , and “ Other ” is 15.4 % . Not too sorry , Microsoft .
Jason Chen : Steve Jobs speak about third - company manufacturer “ announcing product before we even need them to . ” “ It ’s not suspect . ” 10:15 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : iPod Classic : currently , it ’s being offered in lean and thick : 80 GB and 160 Gbit . The 80 GB is being upgrade to 120 gibibyte , and the 160 GB is being stop . Same as the Zune .
Jason Chen : The 120 GB can fit 30,000 songs . go on !
Jason Chen : The iPod nano is next . They ’re perish through the generations of iPod nano , tell that the 2nd gen ( marvelous and silver ) was much beloved . But the third had video .
Jason Chen : The new nano : it ’s exactly what we ’ve seen . cheeseparing , rounded , and a mickle like the 2nd gen Nanos . Portrait prospect ratio plus the exact same resolution display . It ’s oval , and just as tall as the iPod Nano 2G.
Jason Chen : The video display take up almost exactly half the front . Jobs is oblige it up to the camera for a closeup . He ’s get a decent looking wedding party band too .
Jason Chen : The front is curve methamphetamine , it ’s the “ thinnest iPod ever ” , has an enhanced user interface plus an Accelerometer . The body is curved aluminum . you could make Genius play list directly on the nano .
Jason Chen : The new UI has longer menus , icon next to songs and full sized record album artistic production . Photos and telecasting can be display in landscape fashion . If you push and hold the nitty-gritty button , you get a pour down - up card with Genius , add to on - the - go , browse album and browse artist . Similar to the scheme you have in the iPod Touch / iPhone now .
Jason Chen : The iPod nano even has a voice transcription feature when it observe a mike attached .
10:20 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : While the medicine is dally , he can go around the nano sideways to get coverflow mood ( like the Touch and iPhone ) . Apple definitely require a portion of aim element from the two touchscreen twist to make this .
Jason Chen : New feature ! Shake to shamble . shake up your iPod and it starts shuffling .
Jason Chen : JOHN MAYER AGAIN OMG SHUFFLE ! ! ! ! !
Jason Chen : Now picture viewing . Thumb through photograph with the clickwheel , switch to landscape painting then back to portrait .
Jason Chen : electric battery lifetime : 24 hour euphony , 4 hours video . Job reiterates that it ’s the flimsy iPod ever .
Jason Chen : He ’s now talking about the environmental concern that Apple ’s thinking about . These unexampled nanos are using arsenic - devoid Methedrine , BFR - gratuitous , mercury free , PVC - free and extremely reusable . job says it ’s the “ clear ” most “ toxic free ” iPod they ’ve ever made . 10:25 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : The nanos now amount in a whole crapload of coloring . smutty , majestic , blue , green , yellow , orange , red , violet BUT NO WHITE .
Jason Chen : $ 149 for the 8 GB good example , $ 199 for the 16 GB model .
Jason Chen : 8 GB should be in stock today , 16 GB early next week at the latest ( likely this weekend ) .
Jason Chen : They ’re also declare accessories including headphones and armband . The headphone , actually , has an in - striation control feature to have volume ascendency , playback restraint ( next , prev , act pause ) from the button . There ’s also a microphone on the back that works with the voice record app . These will be $ 29 next month .
Jason Chen : Apple ’s also announcing a young in - ear earphone , with two drivers each ( woofer + tweeter ) and will be $ 79 . Jobs pronounce “ they finally got it mighty this metre ” , which is good because the old in - spike ones kind of suck .
Jason Chen : New iPod nano advertizement coming up . All the unlike nano colors flying on concealment to stage the rainbow lineup you realize earlier . Sort of like the New Line movie studio logotype , if you remember how that reckon .
10:30 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : The iPod Touch is also being redesigned . The Touch now is thinner , with a contoured steel aim . What ’s the same ? a 3.5 - in video display , accelerometer , 802.11b / g and the app store . What ’s dissimilar ? An incorporated book ascendency on the side , a speaker , and Genius playlist innovation .
Jason Chen : There ’s Nike+ iPod ! build in to the iPod Touch . BUILT IN to the iPod . The telephone receiver is build - in to the iPod Touch , so no receiver necessary .
Jason Chen : It ’s unclear whether the Nike+ computer hardware is only in the new ones or if the old Touch or the iPhones can do this . Will attend out for any information on this .
Jason Chen : Now Jobs is demoing the Genius playlist introduction direct on the iPod Touch . Pretty much what you ’d expect , and the playlist will remain on your iPod for as long as you need .
Jason Chen : As for the App Store , people have downloaded 100 million apps in 60 daylight . Not sure how many of these are pay and how many are gratuitous .
Jason Chen : The wireless App Store is available in 62 state as of now .
Jason Chen : The Genius button is at the top of the now play list list , under the scrub brush where you may fast forward through the vocal . Click that and you’re able to make a Genius playlist . 10:35 am ON Sep 9 2008
B. Lam : Is Iron valet out yet ?
Jason Chen : He ’s exhibit Iron Man , and allege that the concealment is big to check pic on . Adrian says David Lynch would differ .
Jason Chen : Jobs is now invite Phil Schiller on level to demonstrate some unreleased game on the iPod Touch .
Jason Chen : First up Spore Origins , which we ’ve learn before . Spore , which actually is n’t all that much fun . Think menstruation , on the PS3 , but with a really disgusting germ as your guy cable .
Jason Chen : Brian say : “ That ’s what herpes virus looks like . Gonorrhea maybe . ” I defer to his expertness .
Jason Chen : Someone is laughing madly in the background . He must be watch a dissimilar keynote than we are .
Jason Chen : Schiller says : “ the graphics are unbelievable , and the game play is just … ” Yeah , he really like it . 10:40 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : Now Gameloft ’s Real Soccer 2009 . ship today . He ’s picking US vs. Italy , tailor-make his uniform and picking a sports stadium . nontextual matter are PS1 - level 3D , but the 2D clobber looks overnice .
Jason Chen : The biz overlays a D - Pad and A / B-complex vitamin push on filmdom , so your rich fingers will be all over the bottom of the screen , blocking part of the display .
Jason Chen : Now postulate For Speed : Undercover . customise your car , deliver a computer software across township . Not too spoiled graphics , actually , in term of 3D. No Maggie Q like on the console table interlingual rendition though .
Jason Chen : art are decent , but the game itself is kind of buggy properly now . Comes November to iPhone and iPod Touch .
Jason Chen : The iPod Touch also works with the novel headphones previously announced . Battery life sentence is 36 hours for euphony , 6 for video .
Jason Chen : The environmental checklist is the same as the nano ( scroll down to check it out ) . 10:45 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : “ This is the funnest iPod ever . ” – Steve Jobs
Jason Chen : The 8 GB is $ 229 , 16 GB is $ 299 and 32 GB is $ 399 . All available starting today . Here ’s an iPod Touch advertizing .
Jason Chen : The ad concenter on games , which includes shaking , gestures and screen beseech . There ’s also music tacked on there at the destruction to show that it ’s still an iPod . “ Funnest iPod ever ” is the catchphrase used .
Jason Chen : The iPod Touch has computer software 2.1 , which admit Nike+ and Genius play list . First - gen iPod Touch owners get a free update from 2.0 , but if you have n’t , it ’s $ 9.95 to 2.1 from 1.x . Updates are available today .
( Forgot to upload this to begin with – this was the first slide Jobs come out to . )
Jason Chen : iPhone owners get a 2.1 software update that “ fix wads of bugs . ” Significantly ameliorate battery life , fewer call drops , crash problem , increased f number for iTunes backups and various other localisation .
Jason Chen : The iPhone update is free and will be available this Friday .
Jason Chen : Steve Jobs is kind of wrapping things up , say that these are the good iPods and iTunes ever . 10:50 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : Jobs sound out that whenever there is a music result , he wants to prompt the client that they ’re euphony - oriented . Is it John Fucking Mayer ? ? ? !
Jason Chen : # 1 selling male person creative person in iTunes chronicle . NOOO ! Jack Johnson ? ! ? ! ?
Jason Chen : Yeah , Jack Johnson . I guess he ’s alright . Not too shabby , but we ’re still disappointed .
Jason Chen : Sorry for the lack of updates … I’m sob uncontrollably .
10:55 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : John Mayer , if you ’re reading this . Email me .
B. Lam : ( How about this D300 – passably overnice shots for a sub $ 2k Nikon organic structure . )
Jason Chen : The event ’s wrapping up , but you should channelize over toGizmodofor the eternal sleep of the twenty-four hours to see our updates , hands ons and effect .
Jason Chen : Jack Johnson ’s mouth now that his song is done . He says he ’s used to 20 - something year former girls [ not balding , fleshy businessmen and medium ] . 11:00 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : JJ ’s elicit up for a second song . Wee !
Jason Chen : Jack says he ’s picturing his buddies in front of their computers , watching him sing a lovemaking song to his wife . You ’re alright , Jack . You ’re alright .
B. Lam : This is decidedly the most romantic liveblog I have ever done with Jason and Adrian .
Jason Chen : overnice piece of work Jack . Standing standing ovation , so we ca n’t see anything but a ocean of jeans . 11:04 am ON Sep 9 2008
Jason Chen : It ’s over ! Thanks for reading folks . Stay tuned for our hands - on coveragehere . See ya ! Jason Chen :
We ’ve gotiPod TouchandiPod Nanoimpressions over on the land site . Hit up the connectedness to get to them . 12:15 pm ON Sep 9 2008
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