After months of speculation, WWDC 2010 has finally arrived and here’s a handy list of everything you need to know.
iPad
- The iPad has sold 2 million units in three months, despite only being on sale in 10 countries.
- Apple sells an iPad every three seconds.
- Apple plans to roll the iPad out in 9 more countries by July.
- There are over 8,500 native iPad apps in the App Store
- There have been over 35 million app downloads on iPad, so approximately 17 apps per iPad.
- iBook is getting an update, despite selling 5 million books so far
- 5 of the 6 biggest publishers in the US say that 22% of eBooks sold in the US are sold in the iBookstore
- You can now take notes and mark pages in iBooks.
App Store
- Apple supports two platforms, HTML5 and the App Store; or so Steve Jobs says.
- 225,000 apps in the App Store
- The apps are available in 30 languages
- 15,000 new apps are received every week, 95% are approved within 7 days.
- For the 5% that aren’t the problem is usually down to apps that don’t do their advertised function, use private APIs and apps that crash a lot.
- Netflix will be coming to the App Store for the iPhone for free.
- You can start on any platform and pick it up on any other platform. You can start movies on the iPad and pick up on the iPhone and any other combination thereof.
- Zynga will introduce Farmville for the iPhone (groan).
- Activision is releasing Guitar Hero for the iPhone, which will include the ability to create custom rockers and post content to Facebook.
iPhone 4
- The new iPhone is 24% thinner than the old model and is made from Stainless Steel and Glass.
- It has two microphones for noise canceling and integrated antennae to improve signal.
- The display has a new technology called a retina display, packing 326 pixels per inch.
- This means that the display has a high enough resolution that the print on the screen looks as sharp as text on paper.
- When compared to the display on the 3GS, the iPhone 4′s display looks much sharper.
- The display’s resolution is 960×640 as we had reported.
- The screen also has an 800:1 contrast ratio to give 4x the resolution and 4x the contrast of the 3GS.
- iPhone OS4 automatically renders text in higher resolutions, so many apps will look stunning with no further work.
- iPhone 4 will be powered by the A4 chip, as we had reported.
- The chip is buried in the middle of the phone, because the case is “Packed to the gills.”
- The new phone’s bigger battery and A4′s power management allows for a 40% increase in talk time to 7 hours, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music, 10 hours of wifi browsing, and a whopping 300 hours of standby time.
- The phone will come with up to 32GB of storage.
- The phone will also come with Quad-Band HDSPA/HSUPA for quick data transfers.
- It will also come with a three-axis gyroscope that allows for six-axis motion detection. This will be huge for gaming applications.
- The iPhone 4 will bring a whole new camera system to the table.
- The camera has a five megapixel sensor.
- The camera’s sensor is a backside-illuminated sensor to get more light to the sensor.
- The camera has tap to focus, digital zoom and an LED flash built in.
- The camera records HD video in 720p at 30fps.
- The camera also allows users to edit video on the phone.
- This is all possible through iMovie for iPhone, which allows users to send video via MMS, upload to Youtube, send video in emails and upload to MobileMe.
- It works much like the desktop app, complete with the record-into-timeline feature.
- Photos can even be added into the video stream.
- Videos can include titles, transitions, and can even be geotagged.
- Users can add music to the video, as well.
- Will cost $5 in the App Store.
- iBooks coming to iPhone.
- Syncs wirelessly with iBooks on other devices.
- iBooks now supports PDF files.
- iBookstore on iPhone, becomes third store on the iPhone.
- The phone does have the reported front-facing camera as Jobs demoed when he videochatted Jonny Ive.
- The phone will be $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB.
- Comes in Black and White.
- The lineup doesn’t change much besides form factor, as the 8GB 3GS will take the place of the 8GB 3G.
- The phone goes on preorder June 15th and goes on sale June 24th in the US.
- The phone will be on sale in 18 more countries in July, 24 more in August and 40 more in September.
- iOS4 will be standard.
- Apple will offer colored cases, which they’re calling bumpers.
iOS4
- iPhone OS4 is getting a new name: iOS4
- iOS4 offers 1500 developer APIs and 100 new user features
- Allows for “multitasking done right,” as Jobs said. This was a not-so-subtle dig at Google and Larry Page.
- Apple’s multitasking allows for apps to be hibernated, run in the background and switched while still running, apparently without adversely affecting battery life.
- Folders can be dragged to the dock.
- Folders are named automatically based on genre of apps, but can be renamed.
- Unified inbox comes to iPhone, as we mentioned at the iOS 4 launch.
- Google remains the default search but now Bing is an option as well as Yahoo.
- The final release candidate will be in developers’ hands today.
- 100 million iOS devices sold.
- Releases on June 21st for upgrading devices.
- Will support most features on 3GS, some on 3G.
iAds
- iAds keep you in your app.
- Main reason to have iAd is to help developers make money so they can keep making free and low-cost apps.
- Apple sells and hosts the ads, making it easy for developers.
- Apple has been selling ads for 8 weeks.
- Brands include: Nissan, Citi, Unilever, AT&T, Chanel, GE, Target, Best Buy, Geico, DirecTV, Disney and others.
- Brands are working to create a compelling experience for iPhone users. For example, if you want to try to win a Nissan Leaf, you have to register through iAd.
- iAd comes online July 1st.
- Marketers have already bought $60 million worth of iAds, which equates to 48% of the ads sold for the second half of 2010.
One More Thing: Video Chat for iPhone
- Video chat for iPhone will be called Facetime.
- It works with either the front or rear camera on the phone.
- It appears to be WiFi only at this point.
- Works in portrait or landscape.
- It’s iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 only.
- No indication on how it works exactly, whether it has a dedicated app or runs through the phone. Interface looks a lot like the phone, though.
- Will be an open standard.
Thanks to the guys at GDGT for the pictures.
Damn, now I need a new phone.
Want.
The best summary I read on this Steve Job annoucement @ WWDC ! Thanks !
What is “multitasking done right,”?
What Steve Jobs called multitasking on the iPhone4.
Yeah, I know what he was describing, but it sounds like he’s got a particular point. To me multitasking is multitasking – I have it on my phone, have done for years. So what does he mean by ‘done right’?
.. without draining the battery. (And ‘my way’ I guess :)
Hey Ivan! Yeah, when Jobs says “done right” he means “done my way” ;-)
What other way is there? Another person`s way?
Frank Sinatra`s way?
Apple does it good. :)
Previously announced: Multiple apps can be hibernated and hot-switched. The processes can still received push notifications
Can you read?
FTFA: ‘Allows for “multitasking done right,” as Jobs said. This was a not-so-subtle dig at Google and Larry Page.’
This was the first time in a long, long time in which I feel the need for a new phone. Great keynote.
You know what? I wanted Safari 5 too… :-(
yeah, and me.
That makes 3 of us
Missing the fact that PDF’s are now supported in iBooks
God I love this post. Exactly what I needed! :-)
Ok… Who’s in the US on the 24th and flying to Amsterdam?
I’m taking orders :P
You are assuming you can just buy one over the counter and hack it? Am I missing something? If so, I will take one too. :-)
I’m sure cydia’s users will figure out a way to jailbreak iOS4 in 3 days and then you’ll be golden :P
I’m not a Apple convert but I might want to consider to convert now :D Well summarized. Thanks Jacob. Btw I heard the HTC Evo 4 has 8 megapixel camera. It’ll be awesome if iPhone could match that.
Steve Jobs riffed on that a little, saying that the cameras on other phones don’t take pictures as well as they should. I don’t know if I believe his logic, but the pictures the iPhone4′s camera took looked pretty nice. I hope I can get a demo unit of both to compare. Hint hint, Apple and HTC.
yeah, i mean i’m no photography expert, but a 5mp dslr will ourshoot an 8mp point and shoot any day.
not that the iphone is an slr by anymeans, but you catch my drift
MP is hardly a factor in quality photos. What you need to look at is sensor bed size. Same for scanners. Resolution means nothing. The sensor bed determines the amount of information that actually gets scanned or photographed. Anything more pixels than the sensor bed can capture is just made up by the software.
wtf where does this website get my picture from? It didn’t even ask my permission.
I would really appreciate it if someone could help me find a contact email for thenextweb.com
Gravatar.com, dude. That’s where your picture comes from. You signed up for the service at some point, and gravatar-enabled websites sync with your email address.
oh, my, well having more pixels comes in handy when dealing with noise reduction, so yes in this case the 8mp is better :P, now the thing is which flash is better :p also the front camera is better on the htc :P 1mp vs VGA :P
cheers
Thanks Thumb. It should still notify you that your image is going to be used. It’s not like I mind my picture being shown, but I’d expect a website to ask first. Especially one I’m not registered on. Also, info@applicious.thenextweb.com email doesn’t work.
You say that the 8GB iPhone 3Gs is gonna replace the 8GB iPhone 3G, but there never was a 8GB iPhone 3Gs, only 16GB and 32 GB! It’s a shame that iPhone 4 doesn’t come with an 64GB option like the iPod touch by the way…
It will, next year.
J. Friedman-
I want this so bad I’d move to a crappy network like AT&T to get it
Most interesting to see which companies are buying advertising on iAds
yeah definitely. I was a little bit impressed by the whole Nissan ad, though.
yayads, just in time for data limitations, can’t wait to pay for the ads I’m forced to view
Great point, Meep. That’s pretty annoying.
That’s like my n900 from Nokia. I don’t really see anything that surprassed my current phone, except the display resolution, but that’s only marginally better. oh well, whatever floats the boat I guess.
How are you liking maemo?
really nice. i have always been able to do video chat through google and an update recently brought skype video chattihng_ integrated sip client is handy because i use asterisk at the office. also, the browser is full and has flash, so no complaints there. i also have been able to multitask very well. so in short, i really like it.
i have N900 and i am selling it in few weeks so i can get the new iphone … even after the update the phone is slugish and no folder option for main menu ….
Hello MacNuts. I see that some of you are starting to resist the Kool-Aid force drinking. I am proud of those few.
welcome to 2007 iphone users, getting there…..keep trying though
There were quite a few things that I would of liked to see that didn’t happen, but what they had was fairly nice.
what did you want to hear about? I’m sort of curious what most people think apple missed by not announcing it.
The new iPhone is really no different than the old one except for a few minor tweeks. I wouldn’t buy it if I already had a 3GS.
Meh. Let me be able to unlock it without jailbreaking so I can take it overseas then we’ll talk. Until then, I’d rather have a Blackberry + iPod Touch combo….
I still don’t own a mobile phone and don’t want one
Like … and want :)
Seriously, the most disappointing “one more thing” ever. In Europe we’ve had that stuff for years.
“2005, come back!”
Boring stuff
Anton, c’mon. You haven’t had simply dial a phone number with no setup and get high quality video call. For the [dummy]who said “marginally better”, the iPhone 4 has 4X the resolution and 4X the contrast of the iPhone 3Gs. Any more than 5-6 MP on a small lens camera is a waste of pixels. As someone alluded, my own 6 MP DSLR takes sharper pictures than any 10-15 MP point and shoot, much less any digital still camera phone.
This phone has significant upgrades over previous–HD video with onboard editing, 24% thinner with larger battery capacity and a better processor, a screen that is sharper than your retinal capacity, multitasking that won’t crash your phone (I’m talking about you BB and Android users).
I’ve watched and actually used the competition and there really is none (for now, forget it Droid, Blackberry, and all the rest). You have phone envy.
The biggest question that has gone unanswered is…will it come to Verizon Wireless???
Bah. I’ll stick with my Droid. I don’t need Stevie Jobs controlling every aspect of what I can and can’t do tech.
I’m married and have two daughters…so I am quite used to having every aspect of my life controlled
It’s pretty comforting actually ;0)
no one cares
*sigh*
Still doesn’t support Flash, but the Android does. Turns out people use Flash on the internet.
Meh…..
This is not everything at WWDC. This is only the keynote. Misleading title.
With over 30 million iPhones out there, Apple isn’t worried about Flash/Crash, web page designers will come to the iPhone–they already are.
@Knows Better
Except they aren’t. They are designed apps to standards, which was a trend started a long time ago when Firefox and other browsers started to gain popularity. People are now starting to develop using open standards, and Apple has wisened up faster than some other companies and is ensuring that their devices work with those already established standards. Nokia has done the same (which is why my n900 works will all of these pages.) Nokia has also ensured that Flash works.
great but when will the AT&T monopoly end and it be available on other networks?
This does look really good… Would be great if we didn’t have to deal with AT&T, though. They’re such a buzz-kill…
Nicely done! Sums it up perfectly. Thx!
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