The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 (WWDC10) was held between June 7th and 11th, 2010 in San Francisco at Moscone West. This page summarizes WWDC 10 by listing highlights from the Apple Conference as well as reviewing new product releases and updates.
This annual multi-day event is an opportunity for developers and Apple enthusiasts to gather for 4 consecutive days. With over 100 technical sessions, hands on labs with Apple Engineers and and the opportunity to be among the first to experience new products and software updates, the WWDC is an educational and entertaining event that centers around Apple.http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
Below, you will find WWDC Rumors and updates as the event unfolds. After the event, this page will summarize the entire event with some of the most important new Apple product releases and software updates.
WWDC 2010 Highlights
iPhone 4 Announced (see keynote highlights below)
iPhone OS changed to iOS 4 and new applications released such as iMovies and FaceTime (see keynote highlights below)
Safari 5 released as "fastest" web browser
The new Mac Mini appeared June 15th (no announcement) after the show.http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/15/the-mac-mini-gets-a-100-face-lift/
No shows (hoped for announcements) included Apple TV, Mac OS X Snow Leopoard, and MacBook Air refreshes.
New iPhone 4
Component layout of the iPhone 4 explained by Steve Jobs
Image source: GDGT
http://live.gdgt.com/2010/06/07/live-wwdc-2010-keynote-coverage/
WWDC 2010 Keynote Summary
On the morning of June 7th, 2010, Steve Jobs Held the keynote address at WWDC 2010 (available on Apple websiteApple has posted a Quicktime video of the entire keynote speech.<ref>http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1006ad9g4hjk/event/index.html). The following list contains a recap of the new products and updates that were released to the public.
Interesting Information From the Keynote
- There are over 15,000 ipad apps submitted every week.
- 95% of those apps are approved within 7 days of being submitted.
- The eBay application will earn $2 billion dollars this year.
- There are over 150 million credit cards entered into iTunes.
- 70% of the revenue received on an app is given to developers.
- 100 Million iOS devices sold as of July 2010
New iPad Features
New iPhone Games and Apps:
- Zynga has announced that they will be extending their popular Facebook game Farmville onto the iPhone. It will be available at the end of June.
- Activision is going to release Guitar Hero for the iPhone.
- iMovie for iPhone costs $4.99 and allows in device editing of the HD movies the iPhone 4 can capture.
- iBooks for iPhone has been released and will have the same features as the iPad version. You will only need to buy books once and all of your data is synced for free.
New iPhone: iPhone 4
- Available in black or white
- $199 for the 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model
- Pre Orders start June 24th in the U.S. France, Germany and Japan. Other countries will be able to pre-order in July.
- Over 100 new features including
- 9.3mm thick (24% thinner than the iPhone 3GS)
- 2 Mic's and 2 cameras
- Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, UMTS, GSM
- Super high contrast Retina display that is 960 x 640 pixels
- Powered by the A4 processor
- Improved battery life: 7 hours talking, 6 hours 3G browsing, 10 hours WiFi Browsing, 300 hours of standby
- Quad band HSDPA / HSUPA that can allow multiple carriers.
- 3-axis Gyroscope (pitch, roll, yaw) for gaming
- 5 megapixel camera sensor (upgraded from 3 MP in the iPhone 3Gs)
- 720p 30fps HD Video
- Video Calling functionality named FaceTime
New iOS Features
