Apple announces Apple TV and iPhone

[Nonentity]

Wwwwow. The iPhone is insanely slick, and the Apple TV is only 300 bucks.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/live-from-macworld-2007-steve-jobs-keynote/

That has pictures and a live feed as it continues.

iPhone = widescreen iPod, Phone, Web device

Full touch screen, multiple-finger recognition, auto-swap between regular and widescreen, full WiFi, headphone slot, etc.

[bhodi]

Yep.

here's a pic of the itunes interface http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0179.jpg  (number goes to apple front desk, I already tried it)

close up pic of the iphone http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0182.jpg - you can see cingular will offer it.

Prices announed,  iphone is $499 for a 4gb, $599 for a 8gb

[Nonentity]

500 bucks for 4 gig model, 600 bucks for 8 gig model for the phone.

Hmm... Playstation 3 or iPhone?

[Sky]

Pricing is pretty steep, I guess it's the early adopter tax. I was predicting a widescreen, touch-interface ipod. This kinda suprised me.

If the pricing were lower and capacity larger, it'd be tempting. If they don't bump up capacity on the ipods, I'll be buying an 80 gigger this weekend...

[Miasma]

How does the phone work, do you have to subscribe to a service from Apple or can you just move a GSM chip from your current phone into the iPhone?  If the latter I'm sure the mobile companies will be tripping over themselves to subsidize the price in return for a two or three year commitment.

[Viin]

One of the slides said $599 with 2 year contract, I don't really want to know what it would cost without the carrier subsidization.

[Strazos]

80GB iPod? What the heck are you putting on there?

[Nonentity]

8, not 80.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

It has pretty flash videos, but I think it's getting hammered right now.

It has SIM card support.

[Sky]

80GB IPOD not iphone. The iphone looks awesome, though. Very tempting, but I'd really like more capacity.

As for why - I work with apples, so it'd be a nice storage device for work. I've got about half my music collection here at work and it's almost 30GB.

[sigil]

I'll need to find out more, but  on the surface neither product has me really interested. That surprises me. I expected to fall for Apple TV, but my first impression is meh.

[Surlyboi]

There's no subscription from Apple. Cingular's handling the service. You'll be able to get the phones from Apple stores though.

[squirrel]

I'll need to find out more, but  on the surface neither product has me really interested. That surprises me. I expected to fall for Apple TV, but my first impression is meh.

Same. iPhone is slick but it can't do corporate email (i have both corporate and personal email on my Treo) and it's limited to Cingular at launch - ie. Canadians like me are likely unable to buy it until Q4/07 or Q1/08 anyway so...

Apple TV also not really what I'd hoped for. Doesn't appear to do anything my current Macbook Pro, 360, HTPC set up can't do. Pity, I love Apple products but they haven't really done much pertinent to me with these announcements. iPhone v2.0 probably be more inline with my needs.

[HaemishM]

Prices announed,  iphone is $499 for a 4gb, $599 for a 8gb

Considering that Safari is a shit shit shitty shit browser and that price is fucking obscene, I hope this device fails. I'd like to stab the I-trend naming convention in the fucking face.

[Viin]

The best thing that can come out of this is iPhone knock offs.

[WindiaN]

Screw the phone, I hope they give me a wide, touchscreen 80gb iPod.

[Murgos]

Screw the phone, I hope they give me a wide, touchscreen 80gb iPod.

I'd rather see a 20 GB solid state nano.  HDD's are for chumps.

[Strazos]

I dunno, that phone looks awfully sexy.

Well, until you think about how scratched up the screen will get.

[schild]

Sup guys.

Everyone's done knocking the PS3 now. Anyone says a fucking word, I respond with the iPhone. Old Technology for New and Obscene Prices. Nice going Apple.

[naum]

Sup guys.

Everyone's done knocking the PS3 now. Anyone says a fucking word, I respond with the iPhone. Old Technology for New and Obscene Prices. Nice going Apple.

You are in the minority... ...Wall Street for one, has a different view

Apple shares rose $7.10, or 8.3 percent, to $92.57 after Chief Executive Steve Jobs announced production of its new iPhone. The new product combines a mobile telephone with its iPod music device.

Though it's vaporware right now, unlike the PS3, it'll selll incredibly... ...though I think it's overpriced, I am more interested in Apple TV, though there are much cheaper ways of accomplishing this now...

80GB iPod? What the heck are you putting on there?

It gets used up quickly when you start loading your DVDs and other videosl on it. Using nifty tools like HandBrake and iSquint that easily enable on to put DVDs and internet video (Flash clips off the web, .avi/.wmv/etc...) onto your iPod...

[eldaec]

Can't people already do everything the iphone can do with the free phone that they already have?

First the things a person could conceivably want a phone to do:

Make phone calls... check.
Send text messages and email... check
Use as alarm clock... check
Take bad photographs of drunk people... check
Listen to internal mp3 player/radio... check
Install GPS software (not provided)... check


And now onto the stupid applications, which yes, existing free phones can already do....

Watch videos on tiny screen... check
Play games... check
Send picture messages.... check
Surf the fricking web... check

$600 dollars and a two year contract? I know you crazy colonials enjoy paying over the odds for mobile phones but this is silly.


If the improved touch screen really is as good as he says that mean something I guess - we'll see.

Oh, and the apple TV thing appears to be TV tuner for a PC. Seriously, what?

[Tebonas]

Maybe they incorporate the technology into the next iPod generation. Even if I wanted to spend that much money for a phone, I don't think it will come here too soon.

I have no problem filling my 80gig Ipod as well, btw. Isquint is a godsend in that regard. Thanks for the Handbrake link naum, guess now I need a 120gig iPod.

The Apple TV would tempt me if my Mac Mini wouldn't do the same thing on my TV already, plus being my bittorrent bitch and eyetv digital recorder.

[naum]

Oh, and the apple TV thing appears to be TV tuner for a PC. Seriously, what?

No, it's a device to beam your iTunes library onto your television (or big screen monitor) that sits in another room..

[Big Gulp]

Sup guys.

Everyone's done knocking the PS3 now. Anyone says a fucking word, I respond with the iPhone. Old Technology for New and Obscene Prices. Nice going Apple.

I'll keep right on knocking the PS3 along with this fucking thing.  Just wait for the MacWorld hype to die down and we'll all discover that this thing is the second coming of the Newton.

As for Apple TV?  I already have that in the form of an XBox 360 for the same price, and it has the added benefit of playing games and DVD's.  Apple fanatics like to spend money on overpriced shit, I guess.

[WayAbvPar]

Prices announed,  iphone is $499 for a 4gb, $599 for a 8gb

Considering that Safari is a shit shit shitty shit browser and that price is fucking obscene, I hope this device fails. I'd like to stab the I-trend naming convention in the fucking face.

I think your next blog post should be everything you want to stab in the face. I will look for the complete list sometime in 2016  :-D

[naum]

As for Apple TV?  I already have that in the form of an XBox 360 for the same price, and it has the added benefit of playing games and DVD's.  Apple fanatics like to spend money on overpriced shit, I guess.

Can XBOX 360 stream music off of computer in next room? Can it sync with the video and audio content on a computer in another room?

[Fabricated]

Can we all just say, "Fuck Apple" finally? The iPods are overpriced and overrated, Apple computers still hold that commanding single-digit market share, and Steve Jobs is a bigger tool than Gates could ever hope to be. Stop buying their shit people. Just stop it.

[eldaec]

Oh, and the apple TV thing appears to be TV tuner for a PC. Seriously, what?

No, it's a device to beam your iTunes library onto your television (or big screen monitor) that sits in another room..

Oh, lucky it costs $300 then.

Can't iPod users just plug their ipod directly into their amplifier?

[schild]

Wait wait. It's a tuner for the ipod library?

LOLOL.

Comeon. Buy a fucking $70 used Xbox, put Xbox Media Center on it, and go to town. Man, fuck, you know the worst part. Geeks are the ones who REALLY fawn over this shit on the internet. And geeks are also the ones who would gut an Xbox to put it in a snazzy case because XBMC is so awesome. This blind faith in Apple is making me want to throw up on a newborn.

[HaemishM]

Oh, and the apple TV thing appears to be TV tuner for a PC. Seriously, what?

No, it's a device to beam your iTunes library onto your television (or big screen monitor) that sits in another room..

That's the kind of useless shit I expect Apple to try to sell me two years too late. I seriously want to stab iTunes until it is dead dead dead.

[MisterNoisy]

Can XBOX 360 stream music off of computer in next room? Can it sync with the video and audio content on a computer in another room?

Actually, it'll happily stream audio and video off a WinXP box.

[Big Gulp]

Steve Jobs is a bigger tool than Gates could ever hope to be

True enough.  The turtleneck alone is a true sign of douchebagdom.  Why everyone sings his praises to high heaven is beyond me.  People knock Gates as the monopolistic scumbag while he's vaccinating African kids and trying to eliminate malaria.  What's Jobs doing?  Becoming shadow-emperor of Disney.

[Trippy]

As for Apple TV?  I already have that in the form of an XBox 360 for the same price, and it has the added benefit of playing games and DVD's.  Apple fanatics like to spend money on overpriced shit, I guess.

Can XBOX 360 stream music off of computer in next room? Can it sync with the video and audio content on a computer in another room?

Why yes, yes it can:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/devices/wmconnect/

[Furiously]

My only comment is 720p? WTF? where's my 1080?

[Trippy]

Steve Jobs is a bigger tool than Gates could ever hope to be

True enough.  The turtleneck alone is a true sign of douchebagdom.  Why everyone sings his praises to high heaven is beyond me.

People knock Gates as the monopolistic scumbag while he's vaccinating African kids and trying to eliminate malaria.

And poisoning them at the same time.

What's Jobs doing?  Becoming shadow-emperor of Disney.

That's true.

[naum]

Can XBOX 360 stream music off of computer in next room? Can it sync with the video and audio content on a computer in another room?

Actually, it'll happily stream audio and video off a WinXP box.

I don't own a WinXP box...