App Wall at WWDC

Now, this is crazy cool! Many of you may have already seen this but, I just had to post it anyway! At WWDC it seems that Apple has decided to give developer’s a little perspective on how well apps are doing in the App Store. They have set up a wall of screens displaying many of the apps available in the App Store. What makes this really cool is that the apps are arranged by color and each time one is downloaded from the App Store, it pulses. It is not quite real time and not all the 50,000+ apps are represented on the screens but, it still looks really sweet. Check out the video and screenshots below. Read more

WWDC 2009 Keynote Video

Apple has posted the video from the recent keynote and the 2009 World Wide Developer Conference. Here is a link to that video:

WWDC 2009 Live Blog

Here’s where we will be writing about all the new info coming in from WWDC 2009 where we are very sure the new iPhone will be revealed. You will need to refresh the page to see new info. I will put the newest info at the top so you don’t have to scroll down.

2:05 – Sounds like it’s over, no front facing camera, no tablet, no new iPod Touch

2:00 – 16GB iPhone 3GS is $199, 32GB iPhone $299, Current iPhone 3G is $99, iPhone 3GS is available June 19th!

1:58 – More battery life: The 3G got 6 on Wi-Fi, 7 on Video, 24 on Audio, 10 on 2G talk and 5 on 3G talk. 3gS gests 9 on Wi-Fi, 10 on video, 30 on audio, 12 on 2g talk and 5 on 3g talk.

1:57 – Nike Plus

1:55 – digital compass:

1:54 – Voice Control, voice dial, hold home button to get this screen:

1:51 – It also capture Video! 30 frames per second, share with youtube, mms, email, mobile me. Trim video with tap of finger.

1:49 – 3MP camera, auto focus, tap to focus, Auto Macro (10cm)

1:48 – So far we know it’s FASTER!

1:47 – New iPhone 3GS

1:45 – Apple just called other devices, “Crappy devices” Here’s why:

1:42 – iPhone 3.0 firmware will be free for iPhones, $9.99 for iPod Touches. All on June 17th NEXT WEDNESDAY!

1:38 – Demo of Guitar App, control effects from iPhone, tune

1:36 – Demo of Car Rental App, finds car, unlocks it from the iPhone.

1:33 – Lots of signs showing that the firmware won’t be out today…

1:32 – Demo of a kids science experiment results showing up live on the iPhone.

1:29 – Now we know why Star Defense delayed launch. It is launched today.

1:27 – TomTom accessory (window mount)

1:23 – They are showing TOMTOM!

1:23 – Text books on the iPhone

1:21 – Book publisher showing in app purchases for books.

1:18 – Doctors can see realtime data from patients.

1:14 – Developers are demoing apps that use the new 3.0 firmware.

1:13 – Push Notifications with badges, custom sounds and text alerts.

1:12 – Turn by turn can be built into apps. Like TomTom.

1:11 – iPhone can connect to accessories over bluetooth

1:10 – talking about new features we already know like peer to peer connectivity over bluetooth for games and file sharing

1:08 – remote wipe, easy restore

1:07 – Mobile Me users only – locates iPhone on a map, makes it make noise, even on silent, send message to iPhone.

1:06 – Talking about a new “find my iphone feature”

1:05 – New languages, greek, hebrew, thai, arabic

1:03 – Video streaming adapts to web connection

1:03 – Safari is 3 times faster

1:02 – AT&T not supporting Tethering until later this year.

1:01 – Tethering, share internet with you laptop USB or Bluetooth

1:00 – finegrade parental controls over specific apps & movies.

1:00 – Rent and purchase movies from your iPhone, tv shows, audio books, iTunes U.

12:59 – Talking about Spotlight, search for your iPhone

12:58 – MMS will not be out for AT&T until later this summer!! Boo!!!

12:57 – MMS, already know this too…

12:56 – They are talking about new 3.0 firmware like copy and paste. We already know this though.

12:49 – 40,000,000 iPhone OS Devices sold

12:49 – More than 50,000 apps in the App Store

12:48 – iPhone is next!

12:47 – Snow Leopard update is $29.

12:30 – Lots of features of Snow Leopard. We’ll wait till there is more iPhone info…

12:25 – Safari for OS X has Crash Resistance

12:25 – Safari 4 is faster, claimed to be 7.8x faster than IE8.

12:23 – You can spell Chinese on you trackpad

12:22 – After you install Snow Leopard, you recover 6GB of space on your hard drive.

12:20 – Apple’s Finder has been rewritten

12:19 – They are making fun of Windows

12:16 – Macbook Air updates – price drop,

12:13 – 13 inch gets Pro features, firewire, starts at $1199, available today

12:12 – 17inch drops to $2499 with 7 hour battery life, 13 inch gets update too, 7 hour battery

12:06 – New version of 15″ MacBook Pro, 5 year battery, 7 hours runtime, SD slot, up to 8GB Memory, 3.06 GHz, 500GB or 256GB SSD, start at $1699

11:59 – One Minute

11:51 – Apple store is down.

11:10 – We are now livestreaming from my desk… Yeah, I know, I’m not there. But now you can feel like part of the team It will be in the upper right corner of the website or you can go to Justin.tv/appleiphoneschool. It will be muted until the event begins.

10:56 – More photos of the lines. This one from Engadget. Check out the sign. 64-bit. Is the 2nd Gen iPhone already 64-bit? Or will the 3rd Gen be 64 bit? Anyone?

10:50 – Pictures inside from @stroughtonsmith

WWDC Live Blog Tomorrow & My Predictions

Tomorrow is the big day! As you can see on the right, there are only a few hours left until the big announcement. What’s going to be announced? Well, I have my opinions…

I’m pretty confident that the name of the 3rd iPhone will be called “iPhone Video”. There’s strong evidence in the iPhone 3.0 Beta firmwares to support this:

This screenshot seems pretty real to me. It would make total sense to have one app run both the still image camera and the video camera. Just toggling the switch into video mode would change the button to a red dot kinda like the red light on the front of most video cameras.

There’s a lot more that goes along with video, one of the best is a new camera/lens. A big rumor is an upgrade to the camera to 3.2MP and the addition of auto focus. This would be really nice for me because right now I carry a DSLR and a Flip Video along with my iPhone. I would like the iPhone to replace the Flip. I doubt it will ever replace the big digital camera. I NEED ZOOM!

Other screenshots show MobileMe video features and even one with buttons that allow for minor editing of the video right on the iPhone. A big wish of mine is the front facing camera to make video phone calls. This seems to good to be true. Maybe someday with the 4G/LTE network. I really do think there will be video recording with the new iPhone. Read more

iPhone Launch Party

Ok, this is why it sucks to live in Iowa. I am totally going to miss out on this party (unless someone wants to sponsor me, it’s only $500 round trip with hotel/air/car rental). It looks like some sweet apps are going to be demoed and of course it’s a great way to hook up with other developers before the big WWDC events. To RSVP you need to go to iphonelaunchparty.com The login info is u:vip p:earlysignup

iphonelaunchparty.com

Some of the apps being previewed are Delicious Library, Convert, Grunts, Plasma, and iSamurai. Read more

New Poll – What features do you think we will see with the next gen iPhone?

Time for a new poll. The last poll was – How often do you visit the App Store on your iPhone or iPod Touch?

* Multiple times a day…I’m addicted! (19.0%, 223 Votes)
* At least once a day! (24.0%, 284 Votes)
* A few times a week. (22.0%, 256 Votes)
* When I’m bored! (15.0%, 175 Votes)
* Only when I hear about a good app (so, keep doing those reviews AiS!). (12.0%, 136 Votes)
* What…who goes to the App Store? #fail (9.0%, 103 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,177

You can still vote on this Poll in our Poll Archive page. You can also vote/view all the past polls on the Poll Archive page as well. Read more

WWDC 2008 Keynote in 60 Seconds

WWDC – It is Finally Upon Us!!

Well…it is upon us!! Just 12 hours until the WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) Keynote that we have all been eagerly anticipating!! I’m sooo excited!! I can’t wait to find out if the 3G iPhone is going to have GPS or a camera in the front or video recording. Will it be thinner or thicker, will it come in different colors, will it have a plastic or metal case, what will the AppStore be like?? I guess we will find out tomorrow!

AppleiPhoneSchool is going to be keeping you up-to-date on all the WWDC Keynote announcements. We will have our chat embedded into the front page of the site so feel free to come in and chat about any of the 3G iPhone News. I am excited to see what tomorrow brings!

The Keynote is scheduled for 10:00am PST. Check out the list below to find what time that is in your area.

* 02:00AM – Tokyo (June 10th)
* 07:00PM – GMT / London (June 9th)
* 07:00PM – Paris (June 9th)
* 07:00AM – Hawaii (June 9th)
* 10:00AM – Pacific (June 9th)
* 11:00AM – Mountain (June 9th)
* 12:00PM – Central (June 9th)
* 01:00PM – Eastern (June 9th)

See the full WWDC schedule HERE.

WWDC Schwag T-shirt and Laptop Bag on eBay

I found this auction on eBay of a t-shirt and laptop bag from the WWDC 2008. I would probably bid on it if I wasn’t going to be buying a 3G iPhone soon! I found something pretty interesting. The t-shirt had the icons from the iPhone on it. The time is 10:00 and the date is June 9th. iPhone, 10:00, June 9th… The stock clock icon on the iPhone is set at 9:40. Could this be a hint at the announcement of the 3G iPhone? If so, maybe I will bid!

UPDATE: I bid $25 and got out bid right away I’m sure there will be more

UPDATE 2: I found another one, this one starts at $75 and has a buy it now of $99. Check out the map icon too!

3G iPhone to be released at WWDC June 9th

If you read our news page you already know most of this info because everyone is talking about it. Now of course Apple hasn’t announced this but there are so many signs like this internal memo from UK carrier O2:

“Due to the highly successful sales of the Apple 8GB iPhone, supply chains have run out of stock and will not be replenishing stock of this product as it has now gone to end of life.”

The 3G iPhone will most likely be announced during the WWDC, June 9th – 13th with sizes of 16GB & 32GB and minor design changes. Rumor lists include true GPS, thinner design and camera in front (video chat).

- written from my iPhone