Thanks to bad WiFi receptions, bandwidth hog and some other factor, I didn’t get to connect to the internet at MacWorld.
Ayway, two new products from Apple announced by Steve Jobs.
- Apple TV
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
Priced $299 (U.S.) and will ship in February.
As expected, it has 40GB hard drive for local caching and storage.
“It is a cool product, but not necessarily a must have product at this point. I will find out more before making any purchasing decision.” - Apple iPhone
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
Tentatively scheduled for released in June 2006 (U.S.)
GSM Quad Band (no 3G) and EDGE
Cingular exclusive (for U.S.)
$499 (4GB) and $599 (8GB) with 2 year contract.
3.5 inch screen at 3:2 ratio (landscape)
Operating System: OS X
iPod capability
Built-in 2.0 megapixels camera
802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
“Yikes! It is basically a Mac. I’m surprised that it’s not called MacPhone. One thing that might stop me from getting this so called phone is the price with 2 year contract. Now I have to wait till June to spend my hard earned money.”
Apple also shows off the newly redesigned and updated Airport Extreme Base Station.
http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/
It now officially supports 802.11n protocol, offering up to five times the speed and twice the range compares to 802.11g protocol. It has one WAN port and three LAN port. It also has one USB 2.0 port that can be used for printer sharing or USB mass storage sharing.