[before you ditch this article, please add your iPad thoughts in the comments. We have a couple months before this thing is available, let's chat about it]

Did you see Steve’s presentation today? I didn’t as I was in route to a client meeting. Nevertheless I have read the reviews, gawked at the images and soaked up your tweets as much as any human could in my position. I have a couple thoughts about this whole iPad thing…

1. “Magical” really? Since when did magical come into marketing lingo again? It’s not all THAT magical (in my humble opinion), since we have had the iPhone and iPod Touch for several years now but ok, whatever floats your boat.

2. It’s just a big iPod Touch!!! I am just as big of an Apple enthusiast as the next guy but there’s nothing in this big device different from an iPod Touch other than size, right?

3. ok, yeah, it’s friggin sexy! I do love the sleek, sexy, awesome opportunities this larger iPod offers. I’m a dreamer and I honestly do believe in it’s future.

4. No Multitasking?!?!? WTF!?! You expect me to read my email, website, ebook, RSS feed, or whatever WITHOUT at least listening to Pandora or Last.fm? This is worth $500+ … not so sure.

5. STILL no flash!!! AAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!

6. Where’s my iSight? I could live without the forward facing camera (for a bit) but a letter sized iSomething without video iChat capabilities?? What the heck were you thinking??

7. I WANT ONE!!

I say #7 just to set the record straight. I most likely won’t be buying THIS version of the iPad but I do believe in the steps that Apple has made to bring this to market. It’s got all the promise of the iPhone and all the awesome that is Apple mixed with the (hopefully not last) bit of pepper Mr. Jobs has to bring to the planet. I’m all over this innovation and can’t wait to get one, but I can wait till at the very least, it gets an iSight.

That’s all I got, add your juice below…

You might be in a whirl after Apple’s announcements today at WWDC, or you’re simply looking for what happened. Here’s a breakdown of the keynote’s events:

Macbooks

• Macbook Pro Updates: Updated (and better) battery using technologies in 17-inch for all MBP models, SD Card Slot replaces Express Card slot, Faster Processors maxing out at 3.06ghz, Up to 8GB DDR3 RAM. Integrated Graphics only on the 13-inch and low-end 15-inch models, advanced graphics on high-end 15-inch and all 17-inch models.
• 13-inch Macbooks are now apart of the Macbook Pro family, starting at $1,199. The ‘macbook’ is the white model from here on out.
• Speed update and price drop to the Macbook Air
• Mac users are now 75million, tripled from 2 years ago

Snow Leopard

• Snow Leopard pricing is $29 for single-user and $49 for a family pack
• Apple Introduces QuickTimeX – with improved UI, HTTP Streaming, export to web, improved editing, performance and quality improvements, and a brand new icon!
• What we already knew: Snow Leopard introduces 64-Bit support, exchange support, OpenCL, GrandCentral
• iChat has better a resolution and video quality when AV chatting; Time Machine backups are 50% faster; PDF selection is refined; Disk Eject is improved, safer; File Sharing is improved; Automatic time zone setup and automatic printer driver updates via internet
• Install footprint from Snow Leopard is lighter, freeing up 6GB of space and 45% faster than Leopard
• Dock Updates: New ‘Click+hold’ menu and functionality allows to operate exposé from the dock; Stacks are now scrollable and can drill into folders from within stacks
• The Finder was re-written with no UI changes, but speed and performance enhancements

iPhone OS 3.0

• Update will be available worldwide on June 17, free for iPhone suers and $9.95 for iPod Touch users
• New Find My iPhone – MobileMe service allows users to locate their missing iPhone, make it ring (whether or not in Silent Mode), can remotely wipe iPhones
• HTTP Streaming support, HTML5 Support, AutoFill in Safari, 3x Faster Javascript performance, support for audio/video tags; 30 more languages supported
• Can now download TV Shows and Movies, rent Movies using the built-in iTunes app on the iPhone
• Tethering Details: sharing connection via USB or Bluetooth, PC Or Mac, available by carrier support. NO AT&T SUPPORT IN THE US
• Apple recapped announcements and features from the March event; had developers demo their apps with new SDK. (TomTom demo’ed new turn-by-turn app with hardware kit for car – very cool)

iPhone 3GS

• Will be released on June 19th in the US and other countries, 80 countries by August. (Apple showed off a new commercial featuring the 3Gs)
• iPhone 3GS is priced at $199/16gb $299/32gb. iPhone 3G 8GB will continue to sell for $99 (All prices are subject to carrier subsidization).
• Battery life is improved – Internet life: now 9hrs (was 6hrs), while watching video: now 10hrs (was 7), listening to audio: 30hrs (was 24, 2G talk time: 12hrs (was 10)
• New built-in compass – integrated into Maps and standalone app, orients to direction for maps, developers have access to the APIs for compass
• 3GS comes with text-to-speech functionality, built-in Nike+ Support, Hardware encryption, encrypted iTunes backups
• Voice Control – Hold down the home button to open up voice control interface that allows you to make phone calls, see various iTunes functions, and more by using vocal commands
• Video Recording – from within the Camera app, 30fps VGA, auto-foucs/white-balance/exposure. Video Editing and sharing from within the iPhone – send via MMS
• Camera is improved to 3 megapixels, with better light sensitivity, autofocus, auto-white-balance, can tap to focus, and auto-macro
• iPhone 3GS (s for speed) announced with major speed improvements – messages launch 2.1x faster, SimCity loads 2.4x faster, Excel attachments load 3.6x faster, NYTimes loads 2.9x faster. 3G HSDPA is 7.2mbps

Here’s a look at this week’s top Apple headlines.

• WalMart to have dedicated Apple sector in stores?
• OS X Java unpatached vulnerabilities getting attention
• Apple holds Summer Camps for Kids at Retail Stores
• 32gb iPhone temporarily appers on T-Mo Australia website
• Apple job listing reveals faster processing, video for new iPhone
• New iPhone to launch July 17th with new features?
• Those iPod and iPhone earbuds can give you a ’small and quick’ shock
• Developers add questionable content to iPhone apps using easter eggs
• Apple encourages developers to start testing push notifications
• AT&T to offer lower-priced, limited data plans?
• Apple Mulling over Background Processing in the App Store?

This Week’s Top Apple Headlines:

• AT&T Activates 1.6 million iPhones in 1st Quarter 2009
• Apple Denies Rumor of a Netbook
• 1Billion+ iPhone Apps downloaded
• Apple Posts Q2 Financial Results
• Macbooks, MBPs,Pro Apps to be updated at WWDC?
• AT&T Upgrading the data network for iPhones, other devices?
• New Snow Leopard Build with Screen Recording
• Tweetie for the Mac released
• 4 New Get-A-Mac Ads Released

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Here’s a rundown of this week’s top Apple-related headlines:

• Apple Rises in Greenpeace Rating
• Apple ordering Better Cameras for New Products?
• New Snow Leopard Build issued to developers
• Microsoft to Ship Office for the iPhone?
• Woz is voted off Dancing With the Stars
• Second beta of iPhone OS 3.0 was released , and hackers then jailbreak it.
• Apple to Update XServe Soon?
• Skype is Now Available for the iPhone
• Macworld 2010 moved to February
• iLife Update brought Fixes to iMovie ‘09
• Macbook Mini in Russia?

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