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Apple "Let's Rock" Event Live Room
VentureBeat's live coverage of Apple's "Let's Rock" event taking place in SF on September 9, 2008.
app store - users downloaded over 100,000,000 apps
Phil Smirnov, Franklin Pettit, lautaro and Bret Taylor liked this
huge
- MG Siegler
"mind-blowing"
- MG Siegler
today is the 60th day it's been open
- MG Siegler
I only downloaded 1 million of those
- Louis Gray
Did he say how many were "paid" apps Vs. "free" apps?
- Jamie Ginsberg
Did they specify how many of those were updates to previous downloads?
- Cyrus Lendvay
hows that compares to facebook?
- Phil Smirnov
iPod touch
Nick Humphries, Cheryl Jones, John Milner and Franklin Pettit liked this
even thinner
- MG Siegler
contoured stainless steel
- MG Siegler
integrated volume controls on the side
- MG Siegler
So sad that I just got an iPod touch a few weeks ago :(
- Benjamin Golub
built-in a speaker
- MG Siegler
"casual listening" - not for audiophiles
- MG Siegler
genius playlist creation built-in
- MG Siegler
enhanced UI a bit, better artwork
- MG Siegler
Built-in Nike+iPod
- MG Siegler
And it will hold one Biiilllion songs and every movie ever made.
- Rex Hammock
The Nike receiver is built-in, all you need is transmiter for your shoe
- MG Siegler
oooh really easy to do genius on ipod touch thanks to touch screen
- MG Siegler
And is it in the iPhone too and they just didn't tell us? Maybe that's why it cant make calls!
- Steve Rubel
Now with Jesus!
- scottgee
@jason - yes, exactly. same colors for steve though
- MG Siegler
Imagining a really creepy Apple ad in which Steve bleeds color-coordinated black blood
- Stephen Foskett
But will the mic on the new Headphones work with it? VOIP here I come. Just got the answer which is Yes.
- Chris McLean
Looks great
- Svartling
How many GBs? How much does it cost?
- Nick Humphries
I wish I could "like" Steve Rubel's comment.
- Rex Hammock
coming up Nick
- MG Siegler
Will the new headphones/microphone work with the old touch?
- Nick Humphries
@nick - good question, don't think so but not 100% sure
- MG Siegler
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- MG Siegler
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new 2.1 software
free update from 2.0 to 2.1 for touch owners
- MG Siegler
if you have pre-2.0 it's $9.99 available today
- MG Siegler
iphone - 2.1 also out BIG update
- MG Siegler
"fewer call drops" "significantly improved battery life"
- MG Siegler
fewer crashes, BACKING UP dramatically faster
- MG Siegler
Free update!
- Benjamin Golub
Free to all iPhone owners out THIS FRIDAY
- MG Siegler
Apparently Sony U.S. SEO in front row!?
- scottgee
Please, fewer crashes. Restoring my iPhone now (again)
- Louis Gray
Why Friday?
- Steve Rubel
jack johnson
interesting that he's the #1 selling male artist on itunes
- MG Siegler
Did Jobs really say "Lay it on us." and "Righteously chilled out."? Those are sure signs he's getting sicker.
- Rex Hammock
Sorry, I think those lame lines came from engadget -- sure signs they are getting sicker.
- Rex Hammock
Update: Johnson still on stage
- MG Siegler
Next Apple Event better be "Let's Work!" with all new laptops!
- scottgee
So that's it?
- Steve Chou
Couldn't believe it just end like this,not so great,anybody agree?
- Steve Chou
He's still up there....
remind why we do this in the first place, microphone coming out
- MG Siegler
who will this be?!
- MG Siegler
#1 selling male artists in itunes history
- MG Siegler
i was hoping jason...
- MG Siegler
What a non event event - a snore. Maybe they will do a special event for 2.1.1
- Steve Rubel
does seem a tad incremental
- tony
I'm with Steve Rubel. Jobs may as well have been introducing a new version of Ambien.
- Rex Hammock
To think they told the East Coast press to come out for this event! If I went I would be mad.
- Steve Rubel
there's eric schmidt -- google CEO, apple board member
time to go see the new products
i'll take pics
- MG Siegler
"thank you all for coming this morning" - jobs is out
applause johnson is done
"he didn't have to lie to be my friend"
- MG Siegler
seems kind of weird that i'd be number 1
- MG Siegler
with u2 and all
- MG Siegler
"i'm kind of used to 20-something girls right here" huge laughs
- MG Siegler
another song from johnson
- MG Siegler
ipod touch 3 models - 8 GB model $229
Currently waiting for a One more thing because at this point none of this is ground breaking
- Chris McLean
iPod + iTunes
The reports of my death are greatly exaggaretted --Steve Jobs
- Varun Mahajan
ipod touch 32 gb $399 - all available today
Very expensive. I´d rather buy an iPhone with this price
- Wellington
Where are Nintendo and Sony stock prices going today?
- scottgee
Real Soccer 2009 - new game, shipping today
real players
- MG Siegler
overlayed regular controls on touchscreen
- MG Siegler
but also uses the touch
- MG Siegler
this shows how some old nintendo games could work
- MG Siegler
GOAL!
- MG Siegler
Nintendo is gonna to worry about that,a lot...
- Steve Chou
new ad for ipod touch
playing a game
- MG Siegler
horizontally aligned, shift to vertically
- MG Siegler
"the funnest iPod ever"
- MG Siegler
"the iPod touch is the best portable device for listening to music"
- MG Siegler
jobs says it may be the best portable device for playing games
- MG Siegler
New Game - later this year, (november) Need For Speed
Need for Speed Undercover
- MG Siegler
transport a "package" -- laughs
- MG Siegler
"but i have a nitro button"
- MG Siegler
looks great
- MG Siegler
I can imagine having these things networked on one flat screen and forgetting about game consoles.
- tony
Jobs back on stage
36 hours of music and 6 hours of video for new iPod touch
- MG Siegler
environmentally checklist a lot like the nano
- MG Siegler
A treat today- Phil Schiller on stage to demo NEW games
Spore up first
- MG Siegler
I wonder if id has any games to show, and if today is the day.
- nadim
Spore Origins is back up in the App Store... $9.99
- scottgee
Analysts said that this was going to be a lackluster announcement.. I don't understand that really. IPODs are high margin products, they sell a metric butt ton of them every holiday. Software > extremely high margin. New IPhones and Computers have such low margin and volume in comparison.
- Dave Senior
Suggestion: Scream out "Bring back the NetShare App."
- Rex Hammock
yeah Dave, and stock down $5... I'd be buying
- tony
@Dave agreed... iPods sell like butter!
- scottgee
@Dave Senior - AAPL off almost $5 since the beginning of the presentation.
- Rex Hammock
Oops. Make that almost $6.
- Rex Hammock
pretty colors (sorry for camera person)
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Finally, purple! So tempting to buy a purple nano... :D
- Cheryl Jones
I love purple...
- Steve Chou
Wife must have purple!
- scottgee
Glad to see I'm not alone. Purple gadgets rule. :)
- Cheryl Jones
app store games - about 700
tap tap revenge on screen
- MG Siegler
showing off a lot of the games
- MG Siegler
new ad time
playing up the colors
- MG Siegler
leaking colors like a paint bucket
- MG Siegler
nano-chromatic again
- MG Siegler
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