July 17, 2002

SPECIAL REPORT: MWNY Keynote Address

Highlights From Steve Jobs' Keynote Address - Since some of us are not able to attend the Macworld Expo in New York and see first hand the keynote address delivered by Steve Jobs, we thought we would bring you the highlights from Jobs' speech via the live webcast. If you have a copy of QuickTime, you can watch this event simply by pointing your browser to:

http://stream.apple.akadns.net/

Otherwise, we will bring you the highlights as they come in! Update often as we bring you the play by play report.

• Pre-Show: Beach Boys songs played over the PA System. =)
• Switchers Campaign: Steve explains strategy and success of Switchers ads.
• Mac OSX: Jobs tells of 2.5 million OSX users.
  • 3,500 Native OSX Apps.
  • Real for OSX "introduced."
  • Jaguar officially announced Version 10.02
    • Over 150 new features
    • Best and biggest Unix version - No. 1
    • Does "work" for Windows
    • New Finder Improvements
      • Spring Loaded Folders
      • Integrated Search
      • New Desktop Picture Features - Change desktops at intervals.
    • Universal Access
    • Quicktime 6 built in to Jaguar
      • MPEG 4
      • AAC Audio Compared with AIFF
      • MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 Compared
      • Instant On Streaming - Incredible responsiveness
    • Sherlock 3 - Integrated with Internet Services for the "Rest of Us."
      • Stocks
      • Movies Search
      • E-bay Search
      • Picture Search
      • Yellow Pages
    • Inkwell Handwriting Recognition
    • Rendezvous - Communicate and discover other IP devices over Network
    • Mail improvements - Junk Mail Technology
    • Address Book improvements - Added System-wide data base.
    • iChat - Instant Messaging built in to the System: Drag and drop file transfer capabilities.
  • Jaguar available August 24, 2002
• iTools: Replaced with .Mac September 1, 2002
  • Web mail
  • iDisk from 20 MB to 100 MB
  • $99 Annual Price
• iCal: New Calendar App
  • Calendar Hosting
  • Calendar Subscription
• Digital Hub: Products
  • iPhoto
  • iTunes 3 Launched Today
    • Rate songs
    • Play count
    • Sound Check - Automatic Volume level
    • Audible.com integration
    • Source Column - Smart playlists, Plays Songs by "Rule"
  • iPod Updated
    • Lower prices - $100 decrease
    • Thinner model
    • Solid state Scroll Wheel - 10 GB model
    • Remote
    • Case
    • 20 GB iPod - $499
    • New Software Improvements
      • Music
      • Contacts
      • Calendars
      • Clock
    • Early August Arrival for New Models
    • iPods for Windows - Late August
  • New App: iSync - Works with cell phones, Palms, iPods
    • Discusses New Phone-Sync Technologies
    • .Mac to Sync with computers
    • Available in September
    • Free Download
• Thank You
• One Last Thing...the iMac
  • Lower Top of Line Model $100
  • Introduced 17" iMac - $1,999
    • 1440x900 resolution
    • NVIDIA GeForce4 MX graphics
• Thanks to Different Groups
• "Thank you very much."

That's all, folks!