It’s Happening People….WWDC09
WWWDC09 is in full effect. Apple said they are adding battery time, slashing prices, and going even greener with their notebooks. And that’s just the beginning. I have been following the live blogging of Joshua Topolsky, from Engadget who is stoked about his “sweet aisle seat” at WWDC09. I love geeks; they get excited about random stuff way too often. “Three extra pieces of pepperoni on my slice of pizza?!? No way! Best Day E-V-E-R!!!”
They claim to have made Safari 4 faster, not only faster, but faster than all the other browsers out there. I tried Safari a few months back…on a PC and it was sooooo slooooowwwwwww.(zzzzzz…sorry, fell asleep just thinking about that giant time killer) I personally love Firefox, but it takes way to long to launch. I also love the look, homepage thumbnails, and speed of Chrome, but it really needs some add-ins (i.e. – mouse gestures). Can someone give me a Chrome/Firefox mash-up browser?
I know Derek is jumping in his seat at work today…they just announced that they built in Exchange support to Mail, Calendar, and the Address Book. I know that Will, Robert, and Tim are exited because you have to be running Exchange 2007 to use the new Exchange features, and I believe someone just updated to 2007 or is about to. You lucky boys.
And now for the reason millions of twenty to thirty something year olds are dialed in…the iPhone.
As most are, I am excited about the new features they are adding with the new iPhone OS 3.0. The iPhone is awesome, but has been missing a few key features, or maybe just required a little fine-tuning. They are adding cut and paste, iTunes movie purchases in-phone, a search feature, and landscape texting (MMS)…huge win for my husband.
One addition I find quite interesting and beneficial, and I know people that use their iPhone for business purposes will benefit from this, Remote Wipe. If you loose your iPhone you can send a remote wipe command to your phone, and it will be wiped clean of any data. So those “interesting” emails you sent your wife last week will no longer be able to haunt your dreams. Making you wake in a cold sweat wondering who is reading your love e-letters.
They also added TomTom navigation on the iPhone. So for all you directionally challenged people out there, this may be a huge benefit to you. We don’t even check for directions before we leave the house now. With the Google maps and turn by turn/GPS the iPhone offers paper maps are now a waste of time and a huge headache…especially if they are not up to date. Well, that’s the end of my lunch hour. If you want to read play-by-play action from the Keynote check out Joshua’s coverage on Engadget.
