VentureBeat WWDC Livestream

how'd we do - MG Siegler

hey it's like risk :) - MG Siegler

It's a small world playing - MG Siegler

LOTS of countries - MG Siegler

people clapping along to song - MG Siegler

yes Latvia! - MG Siegler

is that the annoying small world song? - Frederic

I can has iPhone nao? - Andre Heinrichs

35 and counting - MG Siegler

44 - MG Siegler

50 - MG Siegler

Lalala. Something to hear... - Andre Heinrichs

everywhere? - Frederic

so many african countries - MG Siegler

can anyone see if Colombia is in the list? - felix

cheers for india australia - MG Siegler

Please, people don't scream that loud. - Andre Heinrichs

70 countries - huge - MG Siegler

@felix - I've already seen a bunch in Colombia :) - Frederic

I'm SOO waiting for September when this baby launches in India! - Parth Awasthi via twhirl

Did I hear 70 countries? - Andre Heinrichs

@Frederic, ahh nice! When I went last year wasn't so good... Glad it'll be better next time! Hopefully AT&T makes some deals with them. :) - felix

@Parth, who's gonna retail it? Vodafone or Bharti or both? I hope not the CDMA companies. - Subhasish Das

Crap, not yet in Israel... At least not here: http://www.apple.com/iphone/co... - Eitan Burcat

@Subhasish Vodafone's press statement a couple of months back was generic w.r.t. SE Asia which was assumed to include India. Bharati made an official press release with Tim Cook that they will be launching in India in partnership. What puzzles me is the speeds that they will be able to support on their networks. popular high speed 3G technologies are CDMA based, UMTS & HSDPA: http://www.apple.com/pr/librar... Though this was in the print edition of yesterdays BS, I can't find it online. - Parth Awasthi

Very tempted to get a $199 iPhone now!! $299 one is even *more* tempting with 16GB storage - Susan Beebe

I haven't run into problems with my 8G iPhone either, however, I'm not loading apps on it. The apps will use space to store their stuff. I think the 16G for me. - awilliams via twhirl

the $199 one - don't tell my wife - Noah Carter

16gb in black i shall acquire, hopefully. - John Milner

$199. - Jason Kaneshiro

Will it have a vid camera? - Jeff B

Why can't we have a $299 iPhone in black? What's the point of this limitation? - Mo J.

The 16GB $299 iPhone 3G does come in black (and white). The 8GB $199 iPhone 3G only comes in black. - Delete Me

while its tempting...the price...the features...im still a believer in ze ANDROID :P now digg me down :P - krz9000

Black, so I won't see minor blemishes and scratches as much as a white. - Mike Reynolds

actually, if its like my experience with iPods the white will look better over time than the black. Due to the reflection of the black it will show finger prints and scratches more so than the white. - Delete Me

I'm ready to buy the $199 now. But since I have to wait a month til July 11, it will give me more time to save enough to buy the $299, Sweet! - Danny M

I'd get the $299 phone; not sure about which color - Albert Willis

I'm not sure I'm going to get either. Even for $199, I'm not sure if it is compelling enough to upgrade from my current iPhone. - Andy Roth

seems like all those people who were worried about the cheap price ruining some of the exclusiveness of the device will opt for the white one :) - MG Siegler

I'll get the 16gb model in magenta. OK, just kidding. The 16gb in black. - Mike Reynolds

16GB iPhone 3G in black FTW! - Joe D'Andrea

@frederic also true, we need answers, encore steve, encore - MG Siegler

I do wonder how costly the new plans will be. Worse than current? - Steveo

It's bad that phones are binded to one carrier and it seems Apple is trying to force that approach to most countries where it can be legally made. - Daniel Schildt

I am going to guess the rates will go up. - Kevin D. White

@Daniel Because Apple is getting a cut of every monthly check. - Kevin D. White

UK *IS* subsidised but no price up yet - Phill "Snowman" Price

@Kevin i don't think apple is getting any revenue-sharing off monthly bill this time around. i read somewhere saying that explicitly. initial subsidization by AT&T -- YES, monthly revenue-sharing -- NO. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-1... - Lawrence Leung

29 countries in europe - MG Siegler

Okay, I heard correctly - Andre Heinrichs

lots o' carriers - MG Siegler

"really soon" - Andre Heinrichs

they beat the stretch goal by a little :) - MG Siegler

I hope they don't forget Canada... hello Rogers! - AJ Batac ♘

does anyone have the list of countries for the july 11th launch? Not sure if it shown on a slide at WWDC. Hoping Singapoe is one of them... - Christian Cadeo

@Christian There are 70 countries total & the phone will launch in all at the same time. http://www.apple.com/iphone/co... And besides, you work for Microsoft. You are going to get sooo busted. - Kevin D. White

@ Kevin - LOL - it is called competitive testing. - Christian Cadeo

That was a great way to experience the keynote and share opinions with other fanboys, err watchers - Blake Burris

Must agree. FF & Everyone on it really shined today. That is the Social Media news for today: FF is liveblog heaven. - Kevin D. White

I enjoyed the interaction here as well, great feedback and debate! - Joe Dawson

ahahaha - Robert Seidman

Exactly... - Delete Me

No, not anymore. Small glitches here and there, but mostly stable. - Don Thorp

i've been having problems posting from twirl, but that's it - Eric Eldon

it seems ok now. had a few probs some hours ago - Denis Eggert

LOL, "Who cares"...exactly the way I feel Steve - Bwana McCall

what's twitter? - Anthony Citrano

I Plitter .. Plurk+Twitter - Mardee Thompson

It got slow, but Twitter and Summize stayed up - Albert Willis

Sorry, @scobleizer :-( - Jesse Stay

Damn! - Steve Rubel

so much for 10 million sold huh - MG Siegler

Yay! Just in time for my vacation! - Kevin D. White

Okay, I want one. Oh, well, I'll take two ;-) - Andre Heinrichs

damn - one more month... - Frederic

Where do I sign up? - Tom Landini

Is it locked - sirish

ouch. - Jason Kaneshiro

@sirish Well, yea. Its AT&T. - Chris Ridenour

Aw! I was hoping for today but didn't expect it. First one rolled out on a Friday, too. - Akiva Moskovitz

Quality, going to have to hound O2 now as my contract doesn't finish until August/September... - Joe Dawson

Glad, its coming to India. - Subhasish Das

does anyone know if unlock version will also be available at higher price point? - Christian Cadeo

@Christian Not a chance in the US. AT&T has an absolute lock for a few more years yet. - Kevin D. White

@Kevin that is too bad. I would not mind paying $500 for an unlock version. - Christian Cadeo

Iphone 3G now on the Apple Store website.. - Mardee Thompson

And the Apple web site goes to a crawl, and failed loads... should have saw that coming. It's a want of service attack. - Mardee Thompson

no mention of a GPS yet, though - Frederic

@MG FYI this is proving faster than Gizmodo's live coverage. Plus there are fun comments. Although - Gizmodo does have pictures. - Jason Kaneshiro

Dodgeball done better? - Nick Dynice

Much faster than Techcrunch, too - Andreas Thut

"you never have to eat lunch alone again" - this one looks like a winner - Frederic

available for free when app store launches - MG Siegler

Loopt? Never heard of it. Is it like brightkite? - Gez

Did I just make myself look stupid? - Gez

Does this mean trouble for Brightkite? - ha3rvey (That One)

@gez - kind of like brightkite yes, location based service - MG Siegler

its all about the software..,, - Ed Dale

iphone rev 2.0 will have the ability to levitate on command - sean percival

@christian - i like throwing twitter in there. all this killer stuff then twitter. you know I love it, but i doubt that would be a main focal point - plus, would jobs okay it with all the downtime woes? imagine him seeing that whale on the big screen :) - MG Siegler

There will be an app to allow us to view ten seconds into the future! - Joe Dawson

@sean - is that really a prediction, that's a given - MG Siegler

It'll have a twitter app, but you're right, there is no way in hell Jobs demos it on stage. It sure would be funny to see how he'd handle a thirty foot whale on the screen :) - Christian Anderson via fftogo

I think .Mac will be updated. Hopefully it'll be in my price range (ie it'll be free). @christian @MG Didn't Flickr fail while Jobs was debuting the new Apple TV? He just glossed over it, what a pro! - Mike

dotmac update, iphone 2, 10.6 demoed, maybe new laptops - matthew

How about just simple MMS? - Michael Pardee

two versions of 3g iPhone one with GPS, one without it. - ahmet bulent

I predict a major "holy crap" factor that ends up not being related to the iPhone. I think Stevie throws a bigtime curveball and blows everyone away with a new device that 'almost' (not quite) completely overshadows iPhone 2. I also predict .Mac becomes Me.com, and Apple also announcing some sort of new software application that's coming soon. (not AppStore) - John Reese

Like John I think there will be some other major announcement. I think the iPhone will NOT be released today (just not enough evidence saying they've arrived in stores) but will be announced. - Brandon Titus

Steve Jobs will announce that FriendFeed is acquiring Apple. - Amit Patel

iChat AV allowing for iPhone-to-iPhone or iPhone-to-Mac conferencing seems appleish enough - Nicholas Molnar

Apple announces the addition of the iCafé to every retail location. The menu will include such items as the iLatté, the iTurkey wrap, and of course the Apple apple iPie. iPhone 3G owners will be able to order directly from their device even from outside the iCafé. The built-in GPS will ensure that the order is not prepared until the patron is within a certain distance of the store. A location based delivery option will be rolled out later this year. - Kevin D. White

I predict a big announcement - Phil Maxwell

we're doing pretty well on our predictions so far... - Christian Anderson

What about all the predictions to do with the mac, mac mini updates and so forth? Harumph! - Tadhg Kelly

thanks for the updates MG! - Frederic

you bet, was fun - MG Siegler

Steve did it again - sirish

Thanks MG. - Chris Ridenour

great job - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Thanks, MG. This was awesome. I am glad we stayed fast the whole time ;) - Bret Taylor

thanks! - Lizunlong

thanks again ! - Graham Garland

Thanks MG... awesome coverage - Bwana McCall

Yeah, great job Bret and FriendFeed team. Simply awesome tool for this. - MG Siegler

Thanks MG...this was great. And to the folks at FF...you RAWK! - JA Castillo

I think FriendFeed worked better than any other method I've used in the past to keep up with a Keynote... - Delete Me

Cheers MG :D - Joe Dawson

Great coverage, thanks so much MG! - Adam Darowski

Awesome :D - EvilChick

glad you did this MG and glad that FF held up so well - nobody else was faster getting updates out and having the comments added a while new dimension - Frederic

Thank you, MG! I appreciate you doing this! - Cap'n Andy Tinkham

Fun hanging out with you all here. - Tom Landini

Thanks MG! - Kreg Steppe

thanks everyone for tuning in, hopefully we'll do more of these - MG Siegler

Excellent coverage via FF rooms - Jican

Thanks MG - Kevin D. White

Great Job! I was enjoying keynote! Awsome! - Kazutaka Goto

Thanks MG! - Robert Seidman

This was a great way to get up to the minute updates. Thanks to all. - Kevin Shannon

Thanks, MG - Kenichi Matsumoto

thank u - sirish

Thanks!! - Roberto "Maverick" Bonini

bows - Phill "Snowman" Price

Good job MG, much appreciated. - Gez

Probably too early to see too much about it. - felix

It is OS X 10.6 just to be clear - MG Siegler

I preferred Lolcat. - Andre Heinrichs

but it won't be part of the keynote - right? sounds like he said 'after lunch' - Frederic

@frederic - correct, after lunch says steveo :( - MG Siegler

I've heard 10.6 isn't going to be about new features; mainly just security and stability....any truth to that? - Benjamin Golub

I am happy for them to stabilize a little. Leopard is less stable that I am used to from Apple :) - Dion Almaer

@ben not sure yet, but i would guess yes with the "snow leopard" name - MG Siegler

I hope that Apple continues to make base system better more than just trying to add features (to get it sold). - Daniel Schildt

same time rollout- JULY 11 - MG Siegler

;/ - Graham Garland

8 gigabytes - MG Siegler

BOOM - Caleb Elston

Wow! - Benjamin Golub

yes, the 3G one - MG Siegler

now that was a BOOM - Frederic

Okay, I'll take one. - Andre Heinrichs

bang - Dobromir Hadzhiev

affordable to almost everyone - MG Siegler

Holy Hell! - JA Castillo

Yes! - Mike Doeff

DAMN! - Delete Me

16 gig: $299 and in WHITE - MG Siegler

Subsidized? - Cyndy

That means Touch will be cheaper, too - Andre Heinrichs

Yes, - Ben Parr

Incredible. I will get two. - Lars Trieloff

one for the wife - one for me - Frederic

wOOt! who's shorting NOKIA :p - Blake Burris

was hoping for 16 (or 32) but oh well. Still getting one - Jason Kaneshiro

when will it ship? - Andre Heinrichs

stocks heading up - Frederic

I think I can see why they dried up the channel a month ago. Nobody can complain they *just bought* a $399 iPhone. - Kevin Fox

The contract lasts your lifetime and the lifetime of your children though. Gotta read the small print. - Chris Ridenour

BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! - Tadhg Kelly

finally an affordable version of the phone - Chris Jones

FF needs a Super Like for things like this. - Stanton Champion

That sound you heard was Twitter crashing as everyone simultaneously typed "$199!!!" - Ken Sheppardson

omg - Alexander Marktl

wonder if this involves a rebate - Nicholas Molnar

I want one of these. - Andre Heinrichs

no rebates - sounds like that's the price - Frederic

If only the service wasn't twice as much as what I pay for exactly the same thing. Sprint gives me 3G, unlimited data, unlimited text for $30 / month. The only thing that sucks is I'm using Windows Mobile and not an iPhone :( - Benjamin Golub

Reminder: 199 USD that is 126 EUR. - Lars Trieloff

@Ben That includes voice?? - Cyndy

"introducing the new iPhone -- 3G" - MG Siegler

slick commercial - MG Siegler

Gee. You know what? That might just be true. - Andre Heinrichs

industry leading 3g talk time - MG Siegler

5-6 hours of high-speed browsing - MG Siegler

video 7 hours of play time, audio 24 hours - MG Siegler

5 hours of talk - damn. I don't want to talk to anyone for 5 hours. - Kevin D. White

beat you frederic :) - MG Siegler

You are faster than any of the sites. - Steve Rubel

GPS - Andre Heinrichs

That's a Nerdgasm I'm hearing - Andre Heinrichs

FF has best WWDC coverage. So much faster than any other sites - Ken Burbary

true - Alexander Marktl

MG has a wire plugged directly into his brain piping to FF - Jason Kaneshiro

Didn't they say 5 hours out of the MacBook Air too? - Chris Ridenour

dunno, but i get 5 hours out of my macbook air if i am careful. - Sam Pullara

location services is going to be a really big deal - MG Siegler

see: my posts on venturebeat :) - MG Siegler

GPS FTW! - Mike Doeff

combining gps data iwth wifi and cell towers - MG Siegler

WPS & GPS location services! kick ass! - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

tracking is now available - MG Siegler

lombard street- right near my home! - MG Siegler

now I feel good for sitting out the first generation - Frederic

Sounds like a whole lot of Rumours was right. - Andre Heinrichs

rub it in MG - rub it in :) - Frederic

showing it go down the crooked street - MG Siegler

@Frederic - ditto! - JA Castillo

I wonder if they have the same GPS apps Google was showing last week on the iPhone. - nadim

Okay, Steve. When can I get it? - Andre Heinrichs

sweet - Christian Van Der Henst

ff is working well for this.. nice work - Travis Parsons

2.0 Software. Will take a bit of time. - Andre Heinrichs

everyone is going to buy this thing - MG Siegler

This sounds like an Intro to OMT - Andre Heinrichs

it's beautiful, side profile, thinner at edges - MG Siegler

"And today we're introducing the Ip--" *crushing cheering so I can't hear what it was* :-) - Kevin Fox

full black plastic black - MG Siegler

same 3.5 inch display - MG Siegler

GOTTA love it - Rachael

flush headphone JACKS! - MG Siegler

improved audio - MG Siegler

feels even better in your hand - MG Siegler

"Today w'ere introducing the iPhone 3G." - some people almost had a heart-attack. - AJ Batac ♘

metal buttons - MG Siegler

i hope introducing == "selling" and selling means it's got iPhone2 on board... - felix

that was quite a built-up - Frederic

Mommy, when? - Steve Rubel

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/s... - Tom

@mg, time to give me more shit for buying an iphone in march - Eric Eldon

I'd like to see anyone else get that sort of applause from "flush headset port" ;) - Blake Burris

Flush headphone jack, dammit I paid £70 quid for earphones that fit this thing! - Gez

http://live.gizmodo.com (pictures) - Don Thorp

The rumors are almost head-on this year... - AJ Batac ♘

21 seconds on 3G, but on EDGE... - MG Siegler

still going... - MG Siegler

this is taking a while - Frederic