iBlog

Keynote Notes

The Stevenote is over, and no sign of Schiller this year. Highlights included John Mayer jamming live to the new iLife application GarageBand, the iPod minis and iPhoto being able to handle more than 500 photos without bringing the system to a halt. Read more in the full post (includes links).

Final Cut Express 2: $299/$99 upgrade

• Based on Final Cut Pro 4
• Real Time effects
• up to 5 DV streams
• many more filters, including real time color correction

G5 Xserves

• Single and Dual 2GB processors
• Up to 8 GB RAM
• Up to 750 GB Storage
• Server $2999
• Dual Processor Server $3999
• Cluster Node dual $2999
• Ships Feb.

Xserve RAID

• 3.5 TB online Storage in 3Us!
• dual 2 GB Fibre Channel
• Lots of other cool stuff that I don't understand (and neither does Steve...)
• Certified on other OSs
• 1TB $5999
• 1.75TB $7499
• 3.5TB $10,999
• $3/GB

iTunes

• 70% of legal downloads
• $29,500 spent by top spender!
• over 50,000 audio books sold since October
• over 100,000 gift certificates since October
• New Features
  • Billboard Hot 100 Charts by year (today)
  • adding over 12,000 classical tracks (today)
  • 500,000 songs are available for download and purchase—largest online music store in the world (today)
  • Pepsi/Apple give away re-cap (starts Feb. 1)

iLife ‘04

• Like Microsoft Office for the rest of your life
• iTunes
• iPhoto
  • supports up to 25,000 photos with zero wait
  • date based organization
  • smart albums
    • by date
    • by ratings, etc.
  • fast previews and ratings (within slideshows)
    • rate
    • rotate
    • delete
  • enhanced slideshows
    • playlists (more than one song)
    • more options for transitions
  • rendezvous photo sharing - no copyright issues!
    • works automatically - like iTunes
    • plays slideshows from other computer
  • iPhoto books available in Japan and Europe soon
• iMovie
  • Trim clips in timeline
    • non-destructive
    • audio scrubbing
  • Alignment guides for video and audio
  • New and enhanced Titles
    • 3D spinning
    • Spinner
    • Wipe
    • Clip Image
    • Clip Video
    • Star Wars
  • Import directly from iSight
  • Sharing Movies even easier
    • Automatic compression and added to iDisk
    • Logs into .Mac and allows you to publish
• iDVD
  • 20 new themes
  • enhanced menus
  • enhanced slideshows
  • 2 hours of video with pro quality encoding
  • Archive projects to burn on another machine
  • DVD project mapping
• GarageBand—5^th iApp!
  • Pro music tool for everyone!
  • Digitally mix up to 64 tracks
  • over 50 software instruments - USB or MIDI keyboard
  • over 1,000 professional loops
  • record live performances
  • over 200 audio effects
  • vintage and modern guitar amps - plug electric guitar into your Mac
  • export to iTunes
• Cost
  • $49!
  • Free with every new Mac
  • January 16
  • GarageBand Jam Pak
  • 100 more instruments
  • more loops
  • more presets
  • $99
  • 49-key USB keyboard for $99

iPod

• 730,000 iPods sold 10-12/03
• over 2 million total
• steep sales curve
• market share: 31% units, 55% revenue
• 15 GB $299
• in ear headphones $39
• new ad - another silhouette/neon

iPod mini

• 4GB storage
• 1,000 songs
• 0.5 inches thick
• $249
• size of a business card
• buttons on the scroll wheel
• FireWire/USB2—charge from either
• includes both cables
• new belt clip
• dock
• arm band
• carry it in your pocket
• anodized aluminum, gold, blue, pink & green
• shipping in February