With our free press under threat and federal funding for public media gone, your support matters more than ever. Help keep the LAist newsroom strong, become a monthly member or increase your support today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Apple Reveals iPhone & Apple TV at 2007 Macworld SF
At this morning's keynote address for the 2007 Macworld Conference and Expo held in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced two hotly anticipated new products: Apple TV, which will allow users to watch content from their computers on a television, and the new iPhone, which integrates a cell phone, an Internet communications device and a widescreen iPod into a single device.
This news comes on the heels of yesterday's announcement that Google and Samsung have partnered to bring Google products and services including Google search, Google Maps and Gmail to Samsung mobile phones. Samsung has already launched the Ultra Edition 13.8 (SGH-Z720), its first mobile handset installed with the Google apps. Now back to Apple…
Jobs also announced that "Apple Computer" is no more and from this day forward, the company will officially be known as Apple Inc.
Sponsor
iPhone
"It's a video iPod and a regular iPod, plus a phone. And it's widescreen when you hold it in landscape mode, on its side," says Steve Jobs.
-- Will ship in June
-- Cost: 4GB model = $499, 8GB model = $599
-- Cingular will be the exclusive U.S. partner
-- Runs on Mac OS X
-- New user interface that eliminates the need for a stylus and does away with the buttons that are on the front of most cell phones. Instead, users navigate the iPhone via the touchscreen thanks to Apple's Multitouch technology. Except for the home button, all the buttons are on the touchscreen.
-- Screen resolution:160 pixels-per-inch
-- Contains a 2 Megapixel camera
-- Contains either 4 GB or 8 GB hard drive
-- Syncs with the content on a computer -- music, photos, movies, calendar, address book -- the same way an iPod does
-- Measures 3.5 inches and is 11/16 of an inch thin
-- Side controls: ringer on/off, volume, headphone jacks, sleep button, speaker
-- Compatible with iPod dock connector
-- Memory stored on SIM cards.
-- Plays music and TV shows
-- Senses when the phone is placed by a user's ear and dims the display
-- Senses what position it's being held in and the display automatically switches between landscape and portrait mode
-- Ambient light sensor dims the screen to save battery power
-- Landscape mode displays Cover Flow in full screen
-- Quad-band GSM/EDGE phone
-- Enabled with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0
-- Uses visual voicemail, which allows users to skip messages to get to the one they want
-- Allows three-way calling
-- Offers full support for Yahoo Mail, Microsoft Exchange, Gmail and AOL Mail
-- Compatible with Mac Widgets
-- Supports full HTML web browsing using Safari web browser
-- 5 hours of battery life; 16 hours just for audio
*NOTE: The 'iPhone" trademark is currently owned by Cisco systems, but CNET is reporting that the company expects to finalize an agreement later today that will allow Apple to legally use the iPhone name.
Apple TV
-- Will ship in February, but Apple will start taking orders today
-- Cost: $299
-- Designed for big screen televisions
-- Equipped with internal Intel chip
-- Contains 40GB hard drive
-- Can display content at 720p HD video resolution
-- Can wirelessly transmit content from Mac computers
-- Can automatically sync content from one computer
-- Can stream content from up to five computers, though their content cannot be stored on the Apple TV's hard drive.
-- Connectivity: USB 2.0, Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n, HDMI, Component
-- Plays music from iTunes and displays album covers in CoverFlow
-- Displays photos from iPhoto
At LAist, we believe in journalism without censorship and the right of a free press to speak truth to those in power. Our hard-hitting watchdog reporting on local government, climate, and the ongoing housing and homelessness crisis is trustworthy, independent and freely accessible to everyone thanks to the support of readers like you.
But the game has changed: Congress voted to eliminate funding for public media across the country. Here at LAist that means a loss of $1.7 million in our budget every year. We want to assure you that despite growing threats to free press and free speech, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust. Speaking frankly, the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news in our community.
We’re asking you to stand up for independent reporting that will not be silenced. With more individuals like you supporting this public service, we can continue to provide essential coverage for Southern Californians that you can’t find anywhere else. Become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission.
Thank you for your generous support and belief in the value of independent news.
But the game has changed: Congress voted to eliminate funding for public media across the country. Here at LAist that means a loss of $1.7 million in our budget every year. We want to assure you that despite growing threats to free press and free speech, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust. Speaking frankly, the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news in our community.
We’re asking you to stand up for independent reporting that will not be silenced. With more individuals like you supporting this public service, we can continue to provide essential coverage for Southern Californians that you can’t find anywhere else. Become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission.
Thank you for your generous support and belief in the value of independent news.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
