WWDC Roundup

Today was Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference. There were many surprises and announcements at WWDC, so here is a round of of what happened.

MacBook/ MacBook Air/ MacBook Pro

There were many changes in the Apple laptop lineup. First, the aluminum 13 inch MacBook is now the 13 inch MacBook Pro. The specifications of it are a 2.26 or 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 160 or 250 GB hard drive. The price point on the 13 inch MacBook Pro are $1,199.00 and $1,499.00. Also added is a SD Card slot on all the MacBook Pro's, except the 17 inch model. The 15 inch MacBook Pro model specifications are either a 2.53, 2.66, and 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. With a 250GB, 320GB, and 500GB hard drive. The price points of the MacBook Pro 15 inch are $1,699.00, $1,999.00, and $2,299.00. Also the MacBook Air FINALLY got an upgrade. The MacBook got a cheaper price at $1,499 and $1,799. The new MacBook Air comes at 1.83GHz or 2.13 GHz with the same 120GB Hard Drive and 128GB Solid State Drive. Also now the plastic white MacBook is the only MacBook by the name MacBook available.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Apple gave a demo of Mac OS X Snow Leopard at WWDC. Snow Leopard will be about stability and performance rather than features. Although there are some new features like accessing Expose from the dock, and Quicktime X (10 not X)

iPhone 3G S

Apple introduced a new iPhone called the iPhone 3G S. The s standing for speed. The design stayed the same as the iPhone 3G. The camera is now a 3.0 megapixel camera with video record. Also now you can edit your videos right on your iPhone, and can also upload them to YouTube or MobileMe gallery. Also there is a new feature in MobileMe called Find my iPhone, which can help you find your missing iPhone. You can remote wipe all of you data and send a message and will allow it to ring even if its on slient. Also a digital compass is added as a feature to the iPhone 3G S (it will not be available on other iPhones). Voice control is also added the the iPhone 3G S. You just hold the home button and say "Call Home" and it will call the contact you said. Also the iPhone 3G S gets speeds up to 7.2 mpbs. The iPhone 3G S also has improved battery life. 12 hours of 3G talk time, 9 hours of WiFi web browsing, 30 hours of audio playback, and 7 hours of video playback. The iPhone 3G S comes in 2 verisons: a 16GB and a 32GB verison. The 16GB verison will cost $199 with a 2 year contract and the 32GB verison will cost $299 with a 2 year contract. Also the iPhone 3G will now cost $99 with a 2 year contract.

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