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Apple Implodes at MacWorld SF ’09

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Okay, so it didn’t implode, but Apple definitely leaves its last MacWorld with a wimper rather than a bang.

At the Phil Schiller-presented keynote Apple announced changes to iTunes, iLife, iWork, and new 17″ MacBook Pros.

iLife ’09 - Updates to iPhoto include 2 new sorting options (Faces & Places), Facebook-like tagging, support for uploading directly to Facebook & Flickr, Slideshow themes and more Travel Book themes.

Garage Band has 9 free guitar and piano lessons. Also offering $4.99 Artist Lessons featuring John Fogerty, Sting, Nora Jones, Patrick Stump & Sarah McLaughlan. Garage Band – More like Rock Band.

iWork ’09 – New transitions for Keynote. A Keynote App called Keynote Remote that allows the user to view and control slides from their iPhone or iPod Touch. New features for Numbers were also announced.

Also new subscription-based iwork.com was revealed. This Google Docs-like feature is in beta. Users of iWork ’09 can choose to upload copies of any iWork-compatible document directly to iwork.com. They can then share it with any number of people, and each person gets a unique URL-link in which to edit the document, in either a current web browser or as a downloaded iWork document, MS Office document or PDF.

17″ MacBook Pro - Starting at $2799, these new aluminum enclosed laptops offer up to 8GB RAM (4GB included), 2.66GHz, and a new non-removable 8-hour battery.

iTunes - New flex price points: $.69, $.99, & $1.29. 8 million songs & music videos are DRM-free as of today with all 10 million by the end of the quarter.

iTunes song are now available for download over the 3G network. Same price, same quality.

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  1. mrfids
    January 6, 2009 at 3:49 pm
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    That 8 hr battery sounds interesting. It’s either some new tech or it’s massive! I’ve never liked the non-removable type of battery. What happens in a few years time when it starts to refuse to hold charge ?

    All my iPod batteries have eventually worn out and I had to change them myself in the 1G and 2G versions. The recent iPods appear better, but won’t last for ever.

    • Saberj
      January 6, 2009 at 4:23 pm
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      Even worse, my brother’s Macbook Pro battery suddenly decided it wanted to swell up and burst through the casing a month or so ago. What are you supposed to do when that happens with the new design? Replace the whole computer?

      • Polygon_Wizard
        January 6, 2009 at 4:43 pm

        It sounds like that would be your only option. Non-removable batteries are a pain.

    • Palaemon
      January 6, 2009 at 8:21 pm
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      The new battery is new technology.

  2. Ben
    January 6, 2009 at 5:03 pm
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    Sounds like some nice to features, but nothing really too terribly exciting. That new Macbook Pro looks really nice, to bad I’m done buying notebooks.

  3. MacTimeLord
    January 6, 2009 at 11:44 pm
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    The new 17″ unibody MacBook Pro is pretty awesome, but it’s still a bit too heavy and too wide to fit in my everyday briefcase/work bag. However, up close and personal here at Macworld 2009 it is pretty beautiful to touch.

  4. rachelg
    January 7, 2009 at 2:29 pm
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    did you see the parody the onion put out?

    http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary?utm_source=embedded_video

    • Polygon_Wizard
      January 7, 2009 at 3:35 pm
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      That was hilarious! :D

    • mrfids
      January 7, 2009 at 3:58 pm
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      I want one! Keyboards suck.

  5. Dinosys
    January 7, 2009 at 3:28 pm
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    Hehe, does this mean i’m not the only one on this site who doesn’t love Apple to death rachelg?

    • Polygon_Wizard
      January 7, 2009 at 3:32 pm
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      I’m not really a big fan of Apple either.

    • rachelg
      January 7, 2009 at 4:15 pm
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      oh no. I love apple. I’m an apple addict. I just thought that video was pretty darn funny.

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