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iOS 5 previewed at WWDC, arriving this Fall (Updated)
Apple introduced iOS 5 at WWDC and kicked off the new release with over 200 new features. The keynote presented ten of the best features and here they are: 1. Notifications: Yay, no more interruptions from a giant box on your screen. iOS Notifications will appear at the top of your screen like Android. You can slide your finger across the notification and you will go directly to the message, email or app that generated the alert. You can also click on the "X" button to clear all the notifications. 2. NewsStand: NewsStand is the place for all your Magazine and newspaper subscriptions. On the iPad, this app will let you read your subscriptions as well as listen to audio and video. Each new magazine or newspaper edition is automatically downloaded to your device. 3. Twitter: Twitter is now integrated into iOS. A single sign-on is integrated into the settings which means you won't have to log in in for every app. Twitter is also integrated into the Camera and Photos apps so you can upload your new photos with a few clicks. Location information and thumbnails are also included. As expected, the Twitter integration taps into your contacts and let you assign @ handles to a contact. 4. Safari: To improve Safari, Apple introduced Safari Reader which will detect when you are reading a page with an article on it. The content of this article is pushed into a single page without ads and other distractions in the side bars.Safari Reader lets you email the content of the article or tweet about it. It also includes full tabbed browsing in Safari on the iPad. 5. Reminders: Reminders does exactly what it says -- remind you of all the important things you need to do. Includes location information and can remind you when you arrive and leave an event. Searchable and will sync with iCal. 6. Camera: The Camera app got a refresh with a new Camera shortcut on the lock screen (yay!). Double-click the home button and the camera app will launch. It will let you take a new picture even if you have a passcode set. You can also use the volume up button as a snap for the camera and grid lines to help frame your photos. Pinch-to-zoom is now added to the camera app as well. Built-in editor will let you crop, rotate, reduce red-eye and more. 7. Mail: Mail also gets some fresh new features including full text searching, rich text formatting, and flagging. Swipe to add an inbox and new enterprise features that add support for S/MIME. A dictionary is now integrated into the app as well as a new split keyboard which will make typing that much easier. 8. PC Free: Cut the cord. PC Free gives you the ability to setup and activate your brand new iPhone directly from the handset. Software updates are now over the air (double-yay!), even minor patches and little changes like add/delete calendars and add/remove mailboxes can be done from the handset. 9. Game Center: Game Center now includes photos with the profiles, game recommendations, and overall achievement scores. Support for turn-based games is now added into iOS so games like Scrabble will be easier to build. 10. iMessage: A new messaging service just for iOS 5 owners. It's SMS on steroids with a bit of BlackBerry Messenger for iOS! You can send text, photos, videos contacts, group messaging, delivery receipts and more. iMessages are pushed to all iOS device and it works over 3G and WiFi. And it supports encryption! 11. Other: Airplay mirroring to television wirelessly and WiFi sync to iTunes. New multitouch gestures to flick between apps. New APIs. Built-in dictionary, voice-over options, alternate routes in maps, and more. You can check out these other features here. The developer seed for iOS 5 goes out today. The final version will ship this fall to customers. It will support iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, third- and fourth-generation iPod touch.
Mail gets major overhaul in OS X
It's the app we probably use the most, and Mail is getting some big-league features in Lion. Attendees at WWDC only got a brief glimpse of the new Mail app, but it's loaded with new and compelling features. The app has been completely redesigned, with a new multi-column view that looks a bit similar to Mail on the iPad. The app can intelligently select recipients as you type, and even suggest subjects as it parses your older mail. There are threaded conversations, and those can be easily saved outside of Mail. Threads even contain attachments. We'll have more on Mail as we learn more, but with Lion itself selling for US$29.99, the Mail upgrade alone seems like it's worth that.
Notification Center for iOS 5 announced
It looks like iOS 5 has a new approach to notifications -- and we like what we see so far. Notification Center aggregates your various app alerts and eschews the pop-ups for a decidedly Android-esque list that appears at the top of our your screen when you you get a Facebook message, or a tweet, or when you miss a call. Swiping down brings you to the list, and swiping across any instance takes you to the corresponding app. Feast your eyes on the gallery below for a closer look.%Gallery-125429%
OS X Lion launching in July for $29.99, Lion Server to run $49.99
Apple has been talking about OS X Lion for some time already, of course, but it's now filled in most if not all of the remaining key details at WWDC. Dubbed a "major release" with over 250 new features, the OS adds things like a slew of new multi-touch gestures and full-screen apps (including iPhoto, iMovie, Safari, etc.), plus the all new Mission Control, which unifies Expose and Spaces, and the iOS-esque Launchpad application launcher. It also includes a new system-wide Resume feature that lets you pick up exactly where you left off, a new auto-save feature that automatically saves different versions of documents, the new AirDrop peer-to-peer file-sharing system, and a brand new version of Mail that finally includes a conversation view. The big news revealed today, however, is that the OS will now only be available in the Mac App Store as a 4GB download -- which installs in place, no reboots -- and that it will run you just $29.99 for all of your authorized Macs. It will be available sometime in July, but developers can get the latest preview release today. Head on past the break for the official press release. Update: It didn't garner much fanfare, but Apple has also revealed that Lion Server will be available as an App Store download in July as well, with it set to run you $49.99 (a veritable bargain by Server standards). %Gallery-125426%
WWDC by the numbers (Updated)
Apple kicked off WWDC in a big way with 5,200 attendees who snagged all the tickets in a mere two hours. Unlike previous years, Jobs dove right into Mac OS X Lion without his traditional summary of the amazing things Apple has done. We watched the live stream like a hawk and gleaned out the pertinent stats that show how well Apple is performing across its product groups. Here's what we learned from Jobs and company: 54 million Mac users worldwide Mac grew 28% while PC market shrank 1% Mac sales are 73% notebooks, 27% desktops. Mac App Store is now the #1 PC software channel over Best Buy and Walmart Pixelmator made $1 million in its first 20 days, quadrupling its revenue. over 200 million iOS devices sold more than 44% of installed mobile user base 25 million iPads in first 14 months 15 billion songs sold in the iTunes store #1 music retailer in the world iBookstore downloads topped 130 million; six publishers on board 425,000 apps in the App Store; 90,00 are for the iPad 14 billion apps downloaded from the App Store Apple paid out more than US$2.5 billion to devs 225 million iTunes accounts 50 million Game Center users iPhone 4 is number two camera, not just smartphone camera, but camera on Flickr OS X Lion has over 250 new features and 3,000 APIs IOS 5 has over 200 new features and 1,500 APIs Not too shabby for a company long considered the underdog.
Lion will go on sale in July for $29.99 via Mac App Store (Updated)
Apple announced today that Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will go on sale in July via the Mac App Store (only) for US$29.99. Lion was originally announced in 2010 with the first developer's preview coming out in February. It has more than 250 features, including full-screen applications, multi-touch gestures, Mission Control (essentially Dashboard, Exposé and Spaces rolled into one), Launchpad, the Mac App Store built in, resume, auto save, versioning and more. Update (1:30 PM): New version of Mail announced. Peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, auto discovery and setup, confirm to send and receive, fully encrypted transfer, snippets, favorites bar, conversations and more. A blow to newcomers, such as Sparrow, for sure. Update: Lion will be available only in the Mac App Store. 4 GB download, no rebooting, can use it on all personally authorized Macs. $29.99 in July with developer's preview today.
WWDC 2011 liveblog: Steve Jobs talks iOS 5, OS X Lion, iCloud and more!
You're in the right place! Bookmark this page and return on Monday at the times listed below to see Steve Jobs take the stage at Moscone West. WWDC 2011 promises a peek at iOS 5, OS X Lion, the iCloud music storage offering and who knows what else. The iPhone 5? Don't count on it, but also, don't count it out. Your town not listed? Shout your time in comments below! 07:00AM - Hawaii 10:00AM - Pacific 11:00AM - Mountain 12:00PM - Central 01:00PM - Eastern 06:00PM - London 07:00PM - Paris 09:00PM - Moscow 02:00AM - Tokyo (June 7th)
WWDC 2011 Metaliveblog
Welcome to TUAW's coverage of the 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference keynote address. If you enjoyed this event or have suggestions for improving our coverage, let our producers know! Drop a note on our feedback page. 12:00. TUAW wants to thank you for taking time out of your day to spend it with us with this metaliveblog. There are lots of websites out there. We're genuinely touched that so many of you chose TUAW. Thank you everyone! Our readers are the best. 12:00. And it's a wrap. That's today's Steve Jobs Keynote with lots of great announcements. Did he introduce what you thought he would? Were you surprised? Disappointed? Let us know in the comments! 11:59. Showing photos of North Carolina facility. Ugly as sin, full of juicy data. 11:56. This finally explains why Apple is happy with 18% of revenue from this feature. It is all about rights-holders. Kelly G: "Not a sexy feature, just a feature with a great personality." Darren Murph at Engadget: 2:56PM Wondering what happened to Lala? Now you know.
Taptic Toys iPad telepresence robot roams the WWDC keynote line
If you were in the keynote line at WWDC this morning, you may have been approached by a robot bearing greetings and a smile. That robot, which rolls about on two wheels Segway-like, has an iPad for a head and was being controlled by one of the co-founders of Taptic Toys, Romina Espinosa, who was in Los Angeles at the time. Telepresence robots are designed to give home workers a way to "walk around" a real office or plant without really being there. While Taptic Toys hasn't turned this into a real product at this time, the idea is great. I'd personally love to be able to send my robot to stand in a keynote line for me while I laze at home 1,000 miles away. Could you imagine being able to send one of these around a foreign city so that you could tour it without leaving your home? This is a very cool concept, and we're sure to see more innovative uses of iOS and Mac OS X technology in the days to come.
iOS 5 rumors: messaging, notifications, widgets and lock screen
Joshua Topolsky at This Is My Next has shared some last-minute iOS 5 rumors from a reliable source, including revamped messaging and notifications plus widgets and new lock screen functions. Josh's source(s) reports that Apple has readied its own MMS/SMS protocol, which will route messages to the appropriate iOS users. Carriers, watch out. Also, incoming notifications will no longer pop up and interrupt what you're doing, but slide unobtrusively from the top of the screen and await input from the user. Josh also reports that a screenshot of a "new" iOS notification that's been floating around is not real. But wait, there's more! Accessing your notifications history by sliding the screen down also reveals a series of widget utilities, like weather. Finally, the new lock screen will display incoming messages and notifications as well as an icon identifying its point of origin. A swipe will bring you directly to that app. It's all conjecture, of course, but Topolsky's sources are typically reliable. We'll know for sure soon enough.
What's underneath Apple's hidden WWDC banner?
MobileCrunch's Greg Kumparak snagged a photo of a covered banner inside the Moscone Center at WWDC. This may be the iconic "One Last Thing" that Steve Jobs pulls out of his hat at the end of the keynote. Could it be a new MacBook Air? A new Mac mini or something completely new that nobody has even considered yet?
TUAW at WWDC: We want to see your apps
Are you in San Francisco this week for WWDC? Want to show us your latest and greatest iPhone, iPad or Mac app? On Thursday, we'll have a camera crew lined up to record your demos, and everyone who shows up will be shown right here on TUAW throughout the month of June. To schedule a time to come by and demo, email us at tuawapprs AT gmail (dot com, of course) with the subject WWDC Demo. Of course we honor embargoes, and we understand some apps may be unfinished. If you're at all shy it's probably better to wait until you can show us something without reservation -- but we'll be around this week if you want to give us a sneak peek.
Engadget, broadcasting live from WWDC!
That's right, for the first time we're bringing you a live video feed straight from San Francisco, the heart of Apple's big summer event. What will Apple unveil, when will it ship, and what does it all mean? Tim and Darren will help you figure it all out. Just make sure you click "Play" to start the video. Update: And we're done. Sorry for breaking UStream -- we'll have a saved version of the video up shortly. In the meantime, why not bookmark our liveblog of today's event? To be clear, we're NOT liveblogging the keynote itself. Apple won't let anybody! Update 2: We've got the video after the break!
Long line forms for WWDC
This is just crazy. A growing line of attendees is forming outside the Moscone Center as people begin to line up at WWDC. The line started overnight and extends over six blocks. Here is what some people are saying about their wait: Cold in the #wwdc line. I need to find a Flash website and cuddle my macbookpro. @StewGleadow Had to walk around the whole block to find the end of the line. And now I get to wait 4 hrs @ WWDC 11 @f1fe In line :) hopping for a nice seat #WWDC @staceymnelson Team Apperian queueing up - looks like we're 1,176th in line according to the dude walking and counting at WWDC @Apperian WWDC keynote: Royal Wedding for nerds.@petermaurer Standing in line, catching up on my Instapaper backlog. #WWDC @statonjr Just walked by the WWDC line. That thing is longer than the line for a new ride at Disneyland and people look just as excited. @OneStepBehind #WWDC staying in line at corner of 5th and Howard. Got iPad. Got coffee in hand. I'm fine. @redmonds Apple folk are insisting 5 wide on sidewalk and the line still wraps all 4 sides of Moscone. #wwdc @MobilityMatters There is also a nice 360° panorama view of the line here. Check out our gallery for line pics; it's growing by the minute! %Gallery-125391%
MobileMe renewals getting refunded automatically? (Updated)
Here's a tease for what might be coming later today: we have had a couple of reader reports that indicate a change to MobileMe's billing plans, citing service continuations past the expiration date. Now Steve M. has chimed in to let us know that his auto-renewal of MobileMe triggered this week and charged his checking account as usual -- then the charge was immediately refunded back to his account. Odd, to say the least. We already know that iCloud is on the agenda for today, and we know that there's going to be a migration path from MobileMe to the new service (codenamed 'Castle' in development builds of Lion). It seems entirely likely that the new offering will have a different pricing structure than the all-in annual $99 cost of today's MobileMe; this was first suggested by the Wall Street Journal back in February. Update: Corey notes that his renewal date for MobileMe was rescheduled for... today. Hmm. Thanks Steve!
TUAW predictions for WWDC 2011
With Steve Jobs' WWDC 2011 keynote just a few hours away, we already know a lot more about the content of this year's WWDC keynote than in years past. But, it's always fun to dust off the old crystal ball and see what WWDC will bring us this week. Without further ado, here's what some of our TUAW bloggers predict today will bring: Mike Rose End-of-life for the classic iPod A new Time Capsule with cloud storage tied in One more thing: A new MacBook Air
Engadget will be broadcasting live from WWDC!
Yes, of course we'll be bringing you the full liveblog action from WWDC, and as ever you'll be able to read along as the biggest Apple news of the summer is unveiled. But this year we're bringing you more: two live broadcasts to give you some extra analysis. At around 10:30am ET (that's 7:30am on the best coast), before Apple kicks off the show, Tim and Darren will go over the expected big announcements for the day, talking iCloud, iOS 5, and Mac OS X Lion. Then, once the dust settles, join us again for a second live broadcast to dive deep into the day's announcements and any other surprises Mr. Jobs has in store for us. Hopefully we'll all survive. Where can you watch them? Set your bookmarks right here.
iTunes leak suggests 'Automatic Download' over-the-air updates are coming in iOS 5
In the lead-up to this year's WWDC, we so far know three things for sure: Apple will unveil OS X Lion, iCloud, and... automatic, over-the-air app updates for iOS 5, apparently. While searching for updates in iTunes, a MacRumors reader stumbled upon this page, which alludes to an "Automatic Download" feature that allows for wireless syncing. Also, the fact that Apple went out of its way to say "...if your device has Automatic Download enabled for apps" makes us wonder what else we'll soon be able to update over the air. The company has since pulled the tattletale page in iTunes, but MacRumors grabbed a screenshot while it was still live. Looks like the cat's out of the bag, but we'll let you know when Jobs & Co. make it official on Monday.
Steve Jobs talks iCloud, iOS 5, OS X Lion and more at WWDC, liveblog starts at 10AM PT on June 6th!
Do you love music? Do you love it in the cloud? Are you still trying to figure out if "the cloud" is "your bag?" Regardless of your mixed emotions regarding the impending iCloud service, that's just a third (based on rough calculations) of what Steve Jobs will talk about on Monday, when WWDC 2011 kicks off in San Francisco. iOS 5 and OS X Lion will also be major topics of conversation, and while we've no evidence that new hardware will be kicking around backstage, we've got history at our backs giving us a sliver of hope. Naturally, we'll be there kicking out the facts as they happen, and you're encouraged to join us at this very link. Bookmark that and return at the times listed below, and if your neck of the woods ain't listed, shout it out in comments. Oh, and any predictions? Anything somewhat sane is welcome below. 07:00AM - Hawaii 10:00AM - Pacific 11:00AM - Mountain 12:00PM - Central 01:00PM - Eastern 06:00PM - London 07:00PM - Paris 09:00PM - Moscow 02:00AM - Tokyo (June 7th) Take a look through the archives with our past WWDC liveblogs! Live from WWDC 2010 Live from WWDC 2009 Live from WWDC 2008 Live from WWDC 2007 Live from WWDC 2006 Live from WWDC 2005
Apple iCloud logo revealed... it's a cloud
Apple itself has already confirmed the name, and now AppleInsider has snapped some early pictures at the Moscone Center that reveal the iCloud logo / icon. Shockingly, it's a cloud.
