WWDC 2010 Overview: iPhone 4, iOS4, iADs And More!
Today, Apple kicked off its annual WorldWideDevelopersConference at 1PM EST (10AM Pacific) with some great news!
Steve Jobs took the keynote, and started off with numbers…Huge ones. The iPad is selling like 10 cent donuts! One iPad is sold every 3 seconds! Jobs also notes that the iPad will be available in 19 countries by the end of July! Want more statistics? Jobs was full of them! 8,500 unique applications have been downloaded more than 35 million iPad users globally! That’s roughly 17 apps per iPad. He goes on to explain new updates to iBooks (which will be covered in more detail in another article).
Next, Jobs moves onto the App store. He makes it very clear that Apple supports two types of applications: HTML 5 apps, and those submitted to its AppStore. Some more numbers here: 15,000 applications are submitted weekly to be reviewed. 95% of those apps are approved within 7 days.
Jobs then goes on, detailing success stories of apps such as Ebay, which has been responsible for more than $600 million in sales after only one year! Ebay’s CEO claims it will increase this number to 1.5 – 2.0 billion dollars by the end of 2010.
Netflix takes the stage, announcing that Netflix for iPhone will be available this Summer…for free! Netflix movies will be able to be viewed via WiFi, as well as 3G!
Farmville users REJOICE! Farmville for iPhone will be making its way to an iPhone near you (UPDATE: End of June!). Now you will be able to plow, plant, harvest, kill monkies, whatever it is that you do in Farmville, on your iPhone…The best part? It syncs with Facebook, so you’ll be able to use your Facebook farm!
Next, Activision’s Senior Vice President Karthik Bala took the stage to talk about…Guitar Hero! The developers over at Activision took their time developing this amazing app. Four fret buttons, but other than that, all looks the same…This could overtake Tap Tap Revenge. You can get it today: it’s available in the app store for $2.99.
Steve Jobs comes back with…you guessed it, more numbers. He explains that just last week App downloads surpassed 5 billion! That’s an astonishing amount. He continues for a while about the history of the iPhone…We’ll spare you the boredom..
Steve wraps that up, and moves on to another subject. He says that there are over 100 new features starting today, but he’s only going to cover 8 of them…The first? A new design… (insert fake surprise here)
Jobs tosses out a half-assed joke: “I don’t know if you’ve ever seen this.”
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Next, Jobs demonstrates iOS 4.0…He explains that it will be a free update for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and all iPod Touches. The first-gen iPhone and iPod Touch will not however be receiving this update.
Jobs demonstrates video conferencing as well called FaceTime! It is available for free for all iPhone 4 users, with no setup required! (You can only video chat via WiFi at the moment).
Jobs also demonstrated iAds, which will be deployed with the rollout of iOS4 as well. These advertisements are much more interactive, and don’t require the user to exit the app when clicking them.
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There will be two colors for iPhone 4: Black and White. Each is available with 16GB of memory for $199 (2 year contract), and 32GB for $299 (2 year contract). Steve also explains that AT&T is offering anyone who’s contract expires in 2010 upgrade eligibility for up to 6 months in advance, so users can get the iPhone 4 as soon as it is released!
Jobs goes on to announce that the iPhone 4 will be available for pre-order June 15th, and the phone will be released June 24th.
Steve Jobs ends the Keynote with a quick summary, and thanks everyone for attending…
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Wow! What an amazing keynote…What do you guys think about iPhone 4? Did it live up to its hype? What about iOS4? Tell us your opinions and comments below!
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amazing phone and apple!
Just wow!
I think the look of the phone can be better, dosen’t look like an iPhone but just like other phones. The features I love but not the exterior looks. I’m just gonna keep my 3gs and go for the update.
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This game is one of the reasons I shift to Facebook lite, I got irritated by my buddies activity feeds getting filled by Farmville updates, and I’m thinking about abandoning Facebook altogether, all these facebook games are a pain in the butt, I hope there was an option to stop updates from certain games (and if there is I’d like to learn where I can change it).