Monday, June 6, 2011

Apple WWDC 2011 Highlights

What an amazing morning! Being in the presence of Steve Jobs was truly phenomenal. The unveiling of the new software was, as always...simply brilliant!!

WWDC Stats
-Over 5,200 attendees
        -Sold out in 2 hours
-120 sessions
-100 hands on labs for coding
-1,000 Apple engineers here to help for the week

Over 54 million active Mac users around the world
Mac grew the industry every quarter for the last 5 years

Lion:
-250 new features
-$29 vs. the typical $129 fee

10 Key Features
-1 - Multi-touch Gestures
-2 - Full Screen Apps
-3 - Mission Control (AMAZING)
-4 - Mac App Store Updates
-5 - Launch Pad
-6 - Resume
-7 - Auto Save
-8 - Versions
-9 - Air Drop
-10 - Mail (Awesome Features)

-Sold over 200 million iOS devices
-44% of the market share
-iPads have sold more than 25 million in the 1st 14 months
-iTunes
        -More than 15 billion songs sold
        -#1 retailer of music
-iBooks
        -130 million books in just about a year
-App Store
        -425,000+ Apps
        -90,000+ specifically for iPad
        -14 billion downloads in the App store in less than 3 years
        -2.5 billion dollars to developers building apps for the app store
        -225 million accounts with credit cards and one click purchasing

iOS5
        -More than 1,500 new APIs
        -More than 200 new user features
        -10 Key Features
                -New Notifications
                -Newstand
                -Twitter Integration (AWESOME)
                -Safari Enhancements
                -Reminders
                -Camera (AMAZING)
                -Mail enhancement
                -Free PC (Finally!!!) Do not need a PC to update, install, setup, etc
                -Game center enhancements
                -iMessage - Will be able to text via all devices (iPod Touch, iPhone & iPad.  Will
                all sync and receive).  Truly AWESOME!
iCloud
        "It Just Works"
FREE!!!!
Up to 10 Devices
-Contacts
-Calendars
-Mail
-App Store
-iBooks
-Documents in the Cloud
-Photo Stream
-iTunes
Built into Apple TV

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