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January 06, 2004
MacWorld 2004 Notes
Here are my notes from watching the MacWorld Keynote. I used DeepNotes and exported as a text file.
1 G5 xserve for $3000
2 30 million songs, 70% of the market "It feels great to get above that 5%, doesn't it?"
3 top spender, 29, 500 US dollars in ITMS
4 5000 audio books added
5 gift certificates added in october. sold 100K certs
6 added 25M AOL users to iTunes.
7 iTunes essentials, great guide for people
8 Billboard charts, 1946 to present, top 100; will add each genre; never done before on-line
9 adding 12K classical songs
10 500K songs now available. largest on-line store in the world.
11 Pepsi and Apple giving away 100M songs starting feb 1. 300M yellow cap pepsi; 1/3 a winner; kicks off at the super bowl and runs for 60 days.
12 this is the type of thing to keep market share high.
13 iLife
13.1 iLife 04 launches today. MS office for the rest of your life
13.2 latest version of iTunes
13.3 iPhoto 4 supports 25K photos!
13.4 time based organization; smart albums; enhanced slide shows
13.5 rendezvous photo sharing
13.6 quickly load and rate last roll of photos by moving mouse and picking
13.7 improved slide show
13.7.1 wipe; 2 seconds; pick play list; cube transition is cool!
13.8 integration between iTunes and the rest of the apps
13.9 see in shared photos, can drag to other computer
13.10 books and prints ordering in Japan in jan and Europe in march
13.11 iMovie
13.11.1 trim clips in timeline
13.11.2 alignment guides
13.11.3 new titles
13.11.4 import video from iSight
13.11.5 nondestructive trimming in timeline
13.11.6 audio scrubbing
13.11.7 star wars titles!
13.12 iDVD 4
13.12.1 20 new themes
13.12.2 2 hours on a DVD!
13.12.3 build on one machine and burn on another!
13.12.4 added a map for menus and sub menus
13.12.5 drive in theme; montage; wedding; kids theater; pop art; road trip
13.12.6 slide shows, can add a play list from iTunes and transitions
13.13 GarageBand
13.13.1 mac is a pro quality recording and editing tool
13.13.2 1/2 of households have musician
13.13.3 digital mix of 64 tracks
13.13.4 20 sw instruments
13.13.5 1000 pro loops
13.13.6 record live audio
13.13.7 200 pro effects
13.13.8 sw instruments
13.13.8.1 yamaha grand piano
13.13.8.2 works with a USB keyboard
13.13.9 all in one app
13.13.10 hook in USB or midi keyboard; load sw instrument; have cool sound
13.13.11 has attack and sounds of a guitar
13.13.12 recording looks easy; can't tell about sound on a 56k broadcast
13.13.13 loops 1000 of them; can compose your own music using loops and then have royalty free music for your movies
13.13.14 playing with this could kill MANY hours; must have it or else
13.13.15 effects 6 guitar effects of different amps
13.13.16 new marketing tool -- lock 13 yr. old boys in their room forever with garageband to play with
13.13.17 export to iTunes from Garageband -- cool!
14 all of this would cost $300 on the PC and they don't work together
15 will cost $49 for iLife; free with new Macs
16 runs on Panther and Jaguar; available Jan 16
17 Jam pack for garageband; 2000 more loops; 15 more amps; 100 effects presets; $99
18 49 key USB keyboard for $99
19 sheryl crow digs garageband; 'nuff said.
20 iPod
20.1 sold 730K ipods last quarter
20.2 over 2 million ipods sold
20.3 dramatic sales curve of sales
20.4 market share through nov, #1
20.5 10gig updated to 15gig for $299
20.6 pair of in your head phones for $39; neat box
20.7 new ad
20.8 flash player market
20.8.1 high end flash market hold about 60 songs around $199
20.8.2 they have poor user interface
20.8.3 iPod mini
20.8.4 4 gig of storage
20.8.5 1000 songs
20.8.6 .5" thick
20.8.7 $249
20.8.8 size of a business card
20.8.9 added buttons on the solid state scroll wheel (patent pending)
20.8.10 bottom has the same connector on the bottom
20.8.11 can charge w/ USB2 or firewire
20.8.12 accessories - dock and arm band
20.8.13 comes in colors; gold blue pink and green; silver;
20.8.14 mac or pc
20.8.15 feb in us; april world wide
21 xserve and xserve raid looks cool; $3 / gig of storage
Posted by michael at January 6, 2004 11:35 AM