Apple WWDC Highlights

Notebooks
– New 15” MacBook Pro with same battery tech from current 17”
– Price Cuts on MacBook Pros and Air SD Card Slots
– New 13” MBP

Snow Leopard
– Exposé now in Dock
– Faster Software Install
– Handwriting Recognition on Trackpad
– Safari 4 now fastest browser, plug-in crash should not crash browser. Available today!
– Stacks now delve layers deeper
– Exposé tricks that work in Mail and Safari
– QuickTime editing now open to all
– System apps now 64-bit
– Better thread usage for multi-core CPUs
– New OpenCL will drive graphics and is open standard to be supported by graphics card manufacturers
– Exchange Support in Mail, Calendar, and Address Book
– Priced at $29! Ships in September.

iPhone OS
– Sold over 40m iPhones and iPod touches
– More than 50,000 apps and over 1 billion downloaded apps.
– Features: copy-paste, shake to undo, landscape mode, MMS (end of summer for At&T), 3rd party connection via dock connector
– Spotlight searches everything on phone
– Rent and purchase movies from iTunes directly from iPhone
– Tethering phone to computer (for 3g wireless data) available (but likely not from AT&T)
– Autofill forms in Mobile Safari
– Find lost phone and erase data via MobileMe
– TomTom GPS software is ready for iPhone!
– ZipCar as new hap to show nearest car.

New iPhone 3GS
– 2x faster processor
– Faster modem (7.2Mbps HSDPA) but speeds to limited by carriers
– 3 megapixel autofocus camera: zoom, tap to focus, macro
– Records video: 30fps, VGA, with audio, auto focus, auto white balance, 3rd part apps access
– Voice control: make calls, control iTunes
– Compass: will orient the maps to the way you are facing
– Support for Nike+
– Hardware encryption
– Improved battery: up to 5 hours 3G talk time, 9 hours of WiFI internet
– 16GB– $199, 32GB– $299  Drops on June 19th!
– 8GB iPhone 3G dropped to $99!