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Apple: WWDC Sold Out

Stephen Antonucci — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:12:07 +0000

Apple has announced officially that they have sold out WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) that is scheduled to start with Steve Jobs widely anticipated keynote on June 9th. Developers still interested in the conference are being asked to wait for the immediate aftermath, at which Apple will upload the videos of events to iTunes. Some clips should become available with a free developer account; others, however, will require a paid membership. WWDC runs June 9th to the 13th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, and will for the first time have three separate development tracks: iPhone, Mac and IT.

Apple iPhone SDK Event coming on March 6

Stephen Antonucci — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:27:49 +0000

Apple will hold an "invitation only" Town Hall meeting at their Cupertino headquarters on Thursday, March 6, at 10 AM PST to discuss the State of the iPhone, and probably answer several questions about how iPhone application development will unfold with the expected SDK that was earlier promised. Apple is expected to give details on "some exciting new enterprise features," for the iPhone. Corporate e-mail software, anyone? Stay-tuned. I think this will be a game changer in the smart phone market.

Apple Drops Out of NAB Show

Stephen Antonucci — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:03:58 +0000

Apple has announced that it will not have a booth at NAB 2008 scheduled for April in Las Vegas. Following Avid's decision to drop out there were rumors about Apple’s following them out the door. Now an Apple spokesman said the company is cutting down on its trade show participation overall. “Apple is participating in fewer trade shows this year,” said Anuj Nayar, senior manager of PR at Apple. “Often there are better ways to reach our customers. The increasing popularity of our retail stores and Apple.com Web site allows us to directly reach more than 100 million customers around the world in innovative new ways.” Apple declined comment on the remaining extent of its participation at the show, or whether it plans to return. The story has it that NAB has raised the cost of participation to a ridiculous level and this is probably why Avid and Apple has decided to sit this one out. This will surely put a damper on the NAB event as both of these company's have been a huge presence with heavily trafficked booths. Apple has even held special pre-NAB events in the past on the Sunday before NAB exhibits open. This is very disappointing to me as I will be attending the NAB event. There are rumors floating that Apple may hold a "special event" at the end of February. iPhone SDK? New Mac Pros? Final Cut Server?

The Super Bowl Brings Out The Greed

Stephen Antonucci — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:04:07 +0000

Greed, that's right greed of the NFL, greed of the TV networks, and greed of our representatives in government is who I blame for the crazy stuff happening these days when it comes to TV viewing. There is not a show today that is aired on any major network that does not have so many commercials running during the show that it is almost impossible to enjoy them. That's right, during the show. We may all becoming used to this ridiculous practice that allows the network to make more money at the expense of the viewer. They regularly put annoying ads at the bottom and sometimes at the top of the screen during the program. These ads have become more intrusive and larger every year. The entire goal of these ads is to distract the viewer away from the program you are watching. It is no longer good enough to just run the ever more increasing amounts of commercials at the break. Shows are shorter with much shorter seasons then years back. Cheaper to create and more time for even more ads. Cable TV's promise in the early years of pushing "pay TV" on us was there would be no commercials. How long did that last? Then we had "premium channels" like HBO, Showtime, etc that now-a-days just seem to play the same 10 plus movies per month over and over again with ads inbetween. How many times can we watch Bird on a Wire and The Breakfast Club when we are paying an extra $15 - $16 per month? You get the idea, I am sure. Many people found some relief with DVR's like TiVo where they can record the programs and skip the loads of ads. Well more pressure and greed has removed the skip functions and even most of the record functions when it comes to archiving HD content. The Super Bowl brings out the most outrageous greed yet. The Super Bowl is broadcast nation-wide over OUR public airwaves. It is probably the most watched event of the year and the most profitable, as ads run during the Super Bowl cost millions per minute. Take a look at these two issues. Comcast vs Fox, where Fox is blacking out the Super Bowl in HD because they want more money. Comcast customers will not be allowed to view the HD version of the Super Bowl, even though it is shown uncompressed in HD over the public airwaves! The NFL is going after churches (and colleges and other organizations) for showing the Super Bowl on a large screen and having a Super Bowl party or get together. Again I remind you this is shown over the public airwaves. NFL lawyers are threatening to crack down on unauthorized use of the game. The league, which owns both the Super Bowl name and the broadcast, has restrictions that limit TV screens to 55 inches at public viewings, except at venues like bars and restaurants that regularly broadcast sporting events. Why sports bars you may wonder? Well most of them already pay the NFL and Network, vig or juice! NFL lawyers in past years have mailed out hundreds of cease-and-desist letters and have hired undercover investigators dressed up as fans to prowl for unauthorized broadcasts. How far will all this go? As far as public will allow is my guess. There have been bills in Congress proposing a "tax" on any TV sold in America over 55 inches. Seems the networks have lobbied Congress against citizens that build "home theatre systems" and might invite over friends and family! So far no legislator has had the guts to push these bills to the forefront. Allow enough greed and you never know if one of them might try to slip it past the public. I have nothing against broadcast TV that is ad driven. This blog is supported by ads. I guess the question is how much is enough? What do you think?

MacWorld 2008 Live Coverage from my Desktop

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:18:45 +0000

Here is my live coverage of the Steve Jobs MacWorld Keynote directly from my desk: Leopard Leopard. 5 million copies delivered in first 3 months. This is the most successful release of Mac OS 10 ever. 20% of Mac OS X install base has upgraded to Leopard. Office Microsoft Office 2008 is now shipping. The last Intel native app to ship. Time Machine Time Machine for notebooks, it doesn't work so well because you have to constantly plug/unplug a hard drive. New product: Time Capsule with full Airport Extreme base station with "server grade" hard drive internal. Airport Extreme base station with "server grade" hard drive internal in two versions: 500 GB version - $299, 1 TB $499. iPhone iPhone: 200th day since iPhone went on sale. 4 million sales at 20,000 iPhones per day average! Good numbers. iPhone has got 19.5% of U.S. SmartPhone market (2nd behind RIM). iPhone SDK that will be released in February allowing developers to build native apps for iPhone. New software for iPhone available today as free software update featuring Maps with location, Webclips, Customize home screen, SMS multiple people, lyric support for audio. Customizing home screen: All the icons jiggle when you rearrange the home screen. Location without a GPS chip on iPhone now works. Webclips (website bookmarks on your home screen) will remember where you zoomed/panned to. You can create up to 9 of them. Home screen now has multiple pages. iPod touch iPod touch to get 5 new apps including Mail, Stocks, Notes, and Weather upgrade available today for $20 for existing users. Maybe I will get one now! iTunes iTunes: 4 billion songs sold as of last week, 125 million TV shows sold, 7 million movies. Today Apple makes available iTunes movie rentals in the US and later on internationally from EVERY major studio including Touchstone, Miramax, MGM, Lionsgate, Newline, FOX, WB, Disney, Paramount, Universal, and Sony. Over 1,000 movies will be available by end of February. You will be able to watch them on iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Mac or PC. Watch instantly (30 seconds with modern broadband). Rules: 30 days to start watching - 24 hours to finish. Library titles: $2.99, New Releases: $3.99. Apple TV Apple TV Take 2. No computer required. Rent movies on Apple TV. DVD quality AND HD + Dolby 5.1 plus Photos from Flickr & .Mac. HD rentals are $4.99 with 100 titles today. You can preview movies before renting them. Apple TV has built-in search for TV shows and movies. Photos can be set as screensavers on Apple TV retrieved from .Mac web galleries. Playing movies from .Mac made in iMovie and shared on .Mac. TV shows and music can be bought from within Apple TV and will sync back automatically to iTunes. The new Apple TV is a free software update to be available in 2 weeks! Apple TV price drop from $299 to $229. There's Something in The Air - "The World's Thinnest Notebook" Apple makes the best notebooks in the industry. Apple is now introducing a third kind of notebook. It's called the MacBook Air "The World's Thinnest Notebook" at 0.76" to 0.16" thick or should I say thin weighing 3lbs! Magnetic latch, 13.3" (glossy) widescreen display with 1280 by 800 (native) resolution, built-in iSight camera, full size keyboard with ambient light sensor for backlight. Multi touch gestures on trackpad. Move a window by double-tap and move. Rotate a photo by pivoting your index finger around your thumb. Of course, pinch-zoom. 80GB - 1.8" Hard Drive with 64GB SSD (solid state disk) optional. 1.6 GHz Standard, 1.8 GHz Option -- Intel Core 2 Duo - smaller die made especially for Apple. Honey, Apple and Intel has shrunk the Core 2 duo now. Intel shrunk the processor by 60%. Comes with 2Gig RAM. $1799 available in two weeks. Uses Magsafe power adapter with smaller 45W power adapter, 1 USB 2.0 port, Micro-DVI, Audio Out, built in wireless 802.11n, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, No Ethernet and No optical drive. Ethernet Adapter is available for $29 that uses USB. Superdrive accessory is available for $99. Also, software comes with the MacBook Air that allows you to "borrow" a Mac or PC. 5 hours of Battery Life. Pre-orders today, shipping in two weeks. Silver like MacBook Pro. Environmental highlights: fully aluminum case (good for recycling), first fully mercury and lead free display, circuit boards are BFR free, retail packaging are 56% less volume than MacBook. New Ad for MacBook Air plays off of the ability to fit in an envelope. Recap for 2008 from Steve Jobs In just the first 2 weeks of 2008, we have updated the Mac Pro, introduced Time Capsule, software updates for iPhone and iPod Touch, Movie Rentals for iTunes, Apple TV software updates, and MacBook Air. Randy Newman, Academy Award Winner performing. Apple has MacBook Air page up now.

MacWorld 2008 Keynote Video Later This Afternoon

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:23:38 +0000

Apple CEO Steven P. Jobs is due to address MacWorld 2008 attendees with his widely anticipated keynote at the Moscone Center in San Francisco today at 9 AM PST (scheduled for about an hour and a half). ReelSmart will have coverage of the announcements as soon as they come in. Apple will have the video of the keynote posted on Apple.com later this afternoon.

MacWorld 2008: There’s something in the air

Stephen Antonucci — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:27:36 +0000

Now that tech has moved out of the desert with CES ending it is heading west to San Francisco's Moscone Center where Apple will try and "woo" our dollars at the opening of MacWorld 2008. The rumors are truly flying after seeing the first spotted banner just put up at the Moscone Center (thanks to ArsTechnica) reading "There's something in the air." Is it that a new slim MacBook is lighter than air, purchasing tracks from iTunes over EDGE, downloading HD movies for rental and streaming them wirelessly, SlingPlayer for iPhone being launched, or being able to order your latte from Starbucks wirelessly with your iPhone Guessing is sometimes fun, my stab would be "paying for your latte wirelessly." I sure would like to use an iPhone to Sling however. Anyway we will all know in a few more days! See more pictures on AppleInsider. This picture above from AppleInsider on an iPhone gives me the idea that "Back to Your Mac" may be coming to the iPhone?

CES 2008: Some Gadgets and Vaporware

Stephen Antonucci — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:26:33 +0000

See some of the gadgets and vaporware from CES with Veronica Belmont from Mahalo Daily.

Apple To Hold Special UK Event on Sept. 18th

Stephen Antonucci — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:00:28 +0000

Is the iPhone coming to the UK? That's what most think will be announced on Tuesday September 18th, 2007 at London’s Regent Street Apple Store is the location. “Mum is no longer the word” is the tag line associated with the announcement. This UK special event is coming only a week before the Apple Expo Paris, which is the largest Apple Event in Europe, making a UK iPhone announcement very likely.

Apple Posts QuickTime of iPod Special Event

Stephen Antonucci — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:19:41 +0000

Apple has posted a video-on-demand of the Special Event held earlier Wednesday at the Moscone West expo center in San Francisco with the introduction of the new iPods and a nice performance by KT Tunstall.

Live (from My Desktop) Apple Event Coverage

Stephen Antonucci — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:03:59 +0000

Apple Event is taking place in San Francisco at the Moscone West to a packed house. With Apple CEO Steve Jobs on stage here is a summary of what is being announced:

Apple Event Tomorrow September 5th

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:29:05 +0000

Apple will be holding a special media event tomorrow Wednesday September 5th at 10am PST (or 1pm EST) at the Moscone West in San Francisco where they are expected to roll out a new iPod line before the holiday season. Rumors are as usual before these events flying into the stratosphere. Multi-touch video OS X powered iPods that also make Starbucks fraps? I hate to add to the rumors. I do expect that it will be a "bad day" for Microsoft, Sony, Creative, and many other iPod/iTunes competitors. I will be covering the media outpour and post as-fast-as-I-can-type. So if it is a Beatle iPod, WiFi, touch-screens, bluetooth, a Nano iPhone, whatever, we will know tomorrow. I sure hope I like the new full-size iPod as I want one.

Apple Invites For September 5th, New iPods Coming?

Stephen Antonucci — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:34:17 +0000

Apple will be holding a "special event" on September 5th. New iPods coming is the speculation. Hope so! Maybe the Beatles, lyrics, subscriptions, more DRM-free tracks will be added to iTunes? Stay tuned.

New iPods Coming in September via Apple Special Event?

Stephen Antonucci — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:43:55 +0000

Apple may be ready to announce a revamped iPod line-up next month to cash in on the holiday season. With the the Apple Expo in Paris, starting from Sept. 25-29 this come be the place to for the introduction. However, Engadget and ars technica sites an Apple “special event” may be held on Sept. 5 for new iPods to be announced. I will keep you posted.

Apple Announcements Today - Live Coverage

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:21:04 +0000

Our Live Coverage from our desk! New iMacs are thinner, built on Aluminum, glass and high quality plastics that come in two sizes: 20 and 24 inch "glossy" screens (no more 17 inch iMacs). It features audio input and output, three USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 400 and 800, Gigabit Ethernet and video out. Slot-loading "SuperDrive," a built-in iSight webcam and microphone. Pricing:

$1,199 model with 20-inch display, 2.0GHz processor, 250GB HD
$1,499 model clocked at 2.4GHz with a 320GB HD
$1,499, and a 24-inch model for $1,799.

New thinner keyboards, new wireless keyboards and Mighty Mouse. Both use Bluetooth 2.0. Pictures from Engadget All models will be available starting today, said Jobs. New iLife '08 Suite Biggest jump in the iLife since we announced it first, according to Steve Jobs. iPhoto, has added something called Events. Our iPhoto libraries have grown, so to find these photos we have scroll through thousands of photos. We make albums to find photos, and look what happens, is we have tens of albums. Events helps make this easier. iPhoto now takes everything depending on a day, and put them together in an "event." You can split multiple event photos on a single day. iPhoto gains new editing tools, including the ability to copy and paste adjustments you've made on one photo to other photos where it makes sense. Books and calendars have been improved, theme based home printing is now available and more. Books can now be printed with foil lettering. iPhoto '08 lets users publish .Mac Web galleries, and features one-button photo sharing. Photos can be viewed in a grid, as a slideshow, in a mosaic and a carousel using Web 2.0 technologies. .Mac has over 1.7 million subscribers that can use these new features. Apple's also bringing the iPhone with this new feature: The iPhone can now talk to .Mac, pick a gallery and e-mails photos to the Web gallery. Very rich Web 2.0 experience. people can download these photos - print quality. People can upload to your web gallery, and you can also see them on your iPhone. When you take a photo, you can send it directly to your iPhone and syncs with iPhoto. Completely new iMovie - now supports the AVCHD format, for High Definition (HD) video. iMovie has been totally replaced with a new iMovie. New iMovie's Share menu exports your movie to the iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and .Mac Web Gallery. You can also identify multiple resolutions for encoding. iMovie now has built in YouTube sharing! iWeb '08 now features "live" Web widgets. iWeb now has Google's AdSense built-in. iWeb 08 has new themes and now supports "theme switching," so you can switch themes to your Web site after it's been published. iDVD '08 has better performance, encoding and 10 new animated themes. GarageBand has gotten some attention. Multi-take Recording, Visual EQ, and basic notation printing has been added with some other new features. One new feature, called "Magic Garage Band" allows you to create genred tracks, like reggae, latin, rock and jazz. iLife '08. Sells for just $79 and is FREE with all new Macs. .Mac All subscribers are being upgraded to 10GB of online storage space - 10 times the prior amount for the basic subscription with data transfer limit raised to 100GB per month. Most notably, .Mac now integrates with the just-announced iPhoto '08, offering synchronization between iPhoto and a web-based online gallery viewable "in any browser you like" and the iPhone via a new "Send to Web Gallery" feature on the phone. This will upload pics snapped with the iPhone straight to your online gallery! iWork '08 Keynote and Pages, both updated with new features. New Keynote, new text effects, new transitions, Instant Alpha. Instant Alpha, get a photo, lets us take out the background, just keep part of photo you want. Smart Builds, lets anyone make very high production value animations. Go to Media Viewer, drag photos in, anything you want. Keynote generates animations for you. A to B animations, you can create your own animations. Easily build slides that mere mortals can figure out to use. New themes have been added. Pages now has 140 Apple designed templates included. Numbers, "a spreadsheet for the rest of us" introduced! Import and export almost all Excel documents. No Excel Macro support in Numbers iWork '08 is $79, available today. iLife '08, .Mac, iWork '08, all work with Tiger, all will work with Leopard when we introduce it later this year. Mac mini Not dead, being refreshed today! That is it. Apple Store still down right now.

New Apple Hardware and Software Tomorrow?

Stephen Antonucci — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:10:30 +0000

Apple's scheduled press event will be at the Apple Town Hall in Cupertino, California tomorrow starting at 10 AM PST. New Mac-related hardware is expected, which may include a new iMac, a updated Mac Pro, and the possible dropping of the Mac mini (or replacement). Update Apple's iLife and iWork suites, are also expected. iLife '06 suite of applications was updated more than 18 months ago at Macworld Expo in January 2006. I would not be surprised that new versions of iLife and iWork is just previewed and do not ship to Leopard pounces in October. There could be some .Mac enhancements announced as there are sorely needed. I do not expect to see any Apple's iPhone or iPod product line announcements. But maybe. We will all know tomorrow. In other news, Apple has seeded Tiger 10.4.11 and Leopard Preview Build 9A499 to developers. I am sure an iPod update (maybe with 16GB of stoarge for the Nano) on the horizon before the Xmas season. Apple is already preparing to broaden its iPhone distribution to several prime retailers well ahead of the important holiday shopping season.

The WWDC Apple Developer Award Winners

Stephen Antonucci — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:17:54 +0000

Delicious Library is an application that manages book, movie, music, and video game collections. The alpha version of Delicious Library 2.0 takes advantage of new Mac OS X 10.5 features like Core Data, Core Animation, Core Image, Image IO, Calendar Store, Scripting Bridge, and Spotlight. The Runner-up was iBank 3.0a from IGG Software. Additional category winners include: Best Mac OS X User Experience Coda 1.0 from Panic Sandovox 1.2 from Karelia Software Best Mac OS X Developer Tool CSSEdit 2.5 from MacRabbit rooSwitch 1.1.8 from roobasoft Best Mac OS X Game World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade 2.0 from Blizzard Entertainment Wacky Mini Golf 1.01 from DanlabG Best Mac OS X Scientific Computing Solution Papers 1.0 from Alexander Griekspoor and Tom Groothuis SingleCrystal 1.3 from CrystalMaker Software Best Mac OS X Dashboard Widget BART Widget 1.0 from Bret Victor PEMDAS 1.1 from Michael Filippone Best Mac OS X Student Product Picturesque 1.0 from Zac Cohen Pathway 1.0 from Dennis Lorson

iTunes Festival London Announced

Stephen Antonucci — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:39:21 +0000

Apple has announced the first ever iTunes Festival — a radical new concept that brings together world-class bands, intimate live performances and the best in digital technology. Spread over 31 consecutive nights, more than 60 of the world’s hottest acts will perform at the capital’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) starting on Sunday July 1 with a headline performance by MIKA. Artists as varied as Travis, Groove Armada, Stereophonics, Amy Winehouse, Crowded House and Beverly Knight will take to the ICA stage to play some of their most intimate gigs in years to audiences of just 350 people. Every single show will be professionally recorded and made available to buy on iTunes — meaning that you can be involved in the festival no matter where you are. What really makes the iTunes Festival different is that entry to these special events is free of charge for competition winners. Keep a close eye on the ticket section of this website for your chance to win the hottest VIP tickets in town.Be sure to check back regularly during the Festival, as we’ll be uploading a mixture of photographs, festival blogs, videos, podcasts and artist interviews to our media gallery as events unfold. See Lineup. Sound very cool. Hope they consider this in other cities. How about New York?

Apple WWDC 2007 Keynote Now Available

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:10:54 +0000

Apple has posted the WWDC Keynote in QuickTime on Apple's website. Apple will probably have this as a downloadable version available shortly on iTunes.

WWDC Keynote Monday June 11, 2007

Stephen Antonucci — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:03:35 +0000

June is a big month for Apple this year. With all the hype of the iPhone's June 29 and the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) starting on Monday June 11 and running thru to June 15th in downtown San Francisco. Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, will kick off the WWDC with a keynote address beginning at 10:00 AM PST on Monday, June 11, 2007 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Feature complete previews of the up-coming new version of OS X Leopard is expected. Leopard is expected to ship in October of this year. It is a good bet with the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros already released just before this event, Mr. Jobs probably has a lot of cool stuff to show the developers attending. iPhone SDK? New .Mac features and improvements? New features not shown in Leopard yet? New file system for OS X? Windows virtualization built-in to OS X? The rumors are flying. Tune in June 11th for my coverage.

Steve and Bill’s Excellent Adventure now available at iTunes

Stephen Antonucci — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:53:47 +0000

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates sat down with Walt Mossberg at the All Things Digital conference for a joint interview last week. This interview is now available as a free video or audio podcast on iTunes [iTunes link].

Leopard Beta to Purr for Developers at WWDC

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:05:11 +0000

Apple: The Leopard beta. Available first at WWDC 2007. "At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, we're planning to show you a feature-complete version of Mac OS X Leopard, and you can take home a beta copy. Be the first to get your hands on the Leopard beta and get a huge head start on development. Register now for WWDC 2007- it's your ticket to the future of Mac OS X." Leopard is said to become available to Mac users in October 2007, after being delayed for a few months.

NAB Live: Apple Intros Final Cut Server and Final Cut Studio 2

Stephen Antonucci — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:21:12 +0000

Apple held a special event today called “Lights Camera” at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas with about 3,000 attending. Apple announced there are over 800k paid Final Cut users now worldwide. Here is my live as it happened coverage.

Apple’s ‘Lights Camera’ Event This Sunday

Stephen Antonucci — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:48:49 +0000

Apple will hold a special event this Sunday, April 15, the eve of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show. The “Lights Camera” event will be held in The Venetian Hotel and Casino on Sunday, April 15, at 11 a.m. At previous events like this at NAB, Apple has unveiled new and/or updated products such as Final Cut Studio, Motion and Soundtrack Pro. Some speculate a new version of Final Cut Studio or new Pro apps may be unveiled, especially since Apple has already announced the 8-core Mac Pro. Apple will also be exhibiting in booth S105 LRM, SL5520.

EMI To Hold Special Media Event With Steve Jobs

Stephen Antonucci — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:37:54 +0000

According to the BBC, EMI will hold a media event on Monday featuring Apple boss Steve Jobs as special guest, prompting speculation that Beatles songs will finally go online. There is speculation that it is actually possible that EMI may announce some of their extensive music catalog may be available minus DRM. With none of the Beatles tracks still not available to download on any online music service. It will be a nice coup for Apple if iTunes could do something with EMI and Apple Corps, the Beatles company to bring them to iTunes first. Maybe a special iPod. Although several sources claim the Beatles catalog is not included it tomorrow's annoucements and that DRM being dropped by EMI is the real issue. Well we will have to wait until tomorrow to see what is announced. The invite to the media sent out on Sunday, with EMI announcing an "exciting new digital offering".

Apple Sends Invites for “Lights Camera Apple”

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:50:43 +0000

As I mentioned on a previous post, Apple is hosting an invite-only media event at the National Association of Broadcasters Conference in Vegas, on April 15th, at 11 AM. In previous years new product was introduced at this event. This year most surely I expect Apple to unveil a new version of Final Cut Studio. Some also have hopes for word an 8-core Mac Pro that has been rumored in the past months. Apple is calling this one "Lights Camera Apple" and apparently the invitations are out to media and video pros. Apple plans to take over Venetian Ballrooms A through E, seating for the April 15th invitation-only event is said to be extremely limited. A reception will follow the presentation as in years past.

Apple Special Event at NAB

Stephen Antonucci — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:22:39 +0000

Apple will hold a special event at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show on Sunday, April 15. Apple has used such events in the past to launch significant product releases. Although Apple has not given any details, many expect Final Cut Studio 6 might make its way in to the light.

MacWorld Predictions

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:11:20 +0000

I usually dislike writing about predictions of any kind. I rarely write about rumors and over-hyped non-shipping products that may just become latest vapor-ware. Sure I read the rumor sites as well as everyone else, but I usually like to write about actual shipping products and "real" technologies instead of some of the "wild" rumors I hear about or read about. I have been around a long time and have seen so many products that were promised go up in smoke or not live up to the hype.

Apple: It’s Showtime!

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:53:52 +0000

Apple today confirmed that it will hold a special event on Tuesday, September 12th, 10:00 AM Pacific Time, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, California. An invitation sent to select media that reads simply, It’s Showtime! The invitation displays a white Apple logo with the words “It’s Showtime” underneath. A [...]

Apple’s September 12th Special Event

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 01:31:27 +0000

Apple will hold a special event near their Cupertino Campus next Tuesday, September 12th. This will run at the start of the Apple Expo Paris which Steve Jobs declined the keynote. Speculation on what Apple will announce at this event, anyone can guess. Rumor sites and people all over the Mac community are guessing and speculating all sorts of things.

NAB 2006 Gallery

Stephen Antonucci — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:44:58 +0000

Some photos from day one at NAB 2006 are in my photo gallery. I will be updating these photos each day from NAB 2006 Las Vegas.