Products Introduced by Apple @ MacWorld ’06:
1: More Video To iTunes
Yes, it is here, the Saturdaynight Live (SNL) skits and commercial parodies. Now available right on your Mac!
2: iPod Remote + Remote
Finally an easy way to listen to radio stations on your iPod! This handy little remote control allows you easy access to an FM station in your area.
3: iLife ’06
The handy set of “Anti-Production” tools. This new release includes some new features, and even a new Application!
– iTunes: Your favorite (and really only way) to listen to your music on your Mac.
– iPhoto: A great way to store, edit, show, share, and create with your pictures. This version got even better, Store – this version allows you to store over 250,000 pictures. Steve says that is would be like if you took 1,000 pictures every month for 20 years. Show – this version of iPhoto allows you to edit pictures in full screen mode, with photo comparison. Share – great new tools to share your pictures, are you getting tired of email pictures? Then… just create what Apple call’s a “PhotoCast”, this is really a great new way to share photos, if you are a member of .Mac (dot mac). Just tell iPhoto which album you want to create a photocast of, and it will send your pictures to .Mac, and when you allow someone to join, the pictures (all of them in that album that you created a photocast of) will automatically get downloaded on their computer. Create – new books, and added by request, Cards, and Calendars!
– iMovie: The new iMovie is really great, it now adds support so that you can open more than one movie at a time! Some of the new features includes an all new introduction tool, which you can use to create a title movie for your DVD’s. I really like this.
– iDVD: New templates and new Magic DVD allows you to create the best DVD’s ever!
– Garageband: All new in this release, “PodCast Studio”! Steve showed off this program by creating his own fake-podcast. The PodCast started out, “Hi, this is Steve, and welcome to my podcast, ‘Super Secret Apple Rumors’. I have a lot of friends inside Apple, and here is what I am hearing, the next iPod will be huge, an eight pounder with a ten inch screen.” I really like the Podcast feature, and will be starting my own podcast too!
– iWeb: This is the newest member of the life suite. What is it you might ask? It is a completely new way to create and publish your Photos, Videos, and Podcast on .Mac (dot mac). Simple one button publishing will make this easier for a whole new generation of bloggers, and people that want to make a website of their own pictures.
4: iWork ’06
Apple also released their new version of the productivity suite, “iWork ’06″, which is a set of two applications, Pages, and Keynote. While not demoing iWork, Steve announced that he used the new Keynote 3 to create the slides for the Apple event.
5: Intel Update
Steve also talked about Intel Macs, when right then, the CEO of Intel walked out suited up, with a silicon wafer in his hand, and said “Intel’s Ready!”. Steve looked at him, and said “Apple’s Ready Too!”
6: iMac
Yes! The first of the new Intel Macs have arrived, and yes, it is the iMac!
7: MacBook Pro
Steve got to talking about the PowerBook, and stated that it is done, they are “Taking the power out!”. The MacBook Pro will be taking the PowerBooks place. This is a really nice laptop, little pricey, but really Great! Apple will be shipping these notebooks with the built in iSight, and Front Row (with remote) In February.
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