Macworld 2009 Keynote [Spoiler Warning!]

Ok so I have ben able to watch the key note almost live, so I figure I'll jot down some of the Cool things that are being announced.

first is the iLife programs are being updated to become iLife '09.
What's new? here:
iPhoto has been updated with new browsing techniques.

• Last year they introduced Browsing by Events, This year they've added a new way to categorize. By Faces. that's right, iPhoto now has some rudimentary facial recognition in there so that now it will identify who is in what picture and if you want to see just that person just type in the name you assigned to that face and iPhoto will pull up every photo with that person in it where you can clearly see their face! They admit "Face detection isn't perfect, but this is incredibly good."
  Another new browsing method is by Places.
• The places feature utilizes GPS geotagging that can be used on many new cameras. (geo tagging places the gps location of the photo taken into the metadata of the photograph in the digital camera) and in the even that your camera doesn't have the geotagging feature you can manually place a pin in the iPhoto map to where the picture was taken. By integrating geotagging they have also integrated Google Maps so that hen you get home and are looking at your pictures in iPhoto you can simply click on the location to be taken directly to a map of the area courtesy of Google maps.
• Also integrated is support for Facebook and Flickr uploading directly from iPhoto. Facebook users will enjoy being able to add names to people in pictures on Facebook and have the info from the web transmitted back to iPhoto for later reference. "Places can show a map with all photos taken in the specific area."
• iPhoto slideshow themes allow users to style their slideshows for the particular event you're using the slide show for, whether it's just showing off vacation pictures or presenting a portfolio for potential customers. you can even save these slide show in a format for viewing on your iPod Touch or iPhone. Slideshows now have the face detection integrated so that it will find the faces in the photo and center it for you.

iMovie '09
New in iMovie '09

• Precision editor
• Advanced drag & drop
• Maps (2D and 3D) in your movies.
• Very much improved image stabilization
• New video effects such as Cartoon, x-ray, and Aged Film
• Transition themes

Garageband '09
What's New:

• Learn to play - This is an actual video instructor who teaches you how to play an instrument. (for demo purposes they used guitar) The top half of the video shows the instructor, while the bottom half shows the fret board for the guitar.
• 9 Bundled basic lessons for guitar and Piano
• Artist Lessons - Actual celebrity artists enlists by Apple to help teach you to play a song, examples given: "John Fogerty, Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy),Norah Jones, Sara Bareilles & Sting"
• Built in store to buy more lessons from different Artists
• Price for new lessons: $4.99

And that's iLife '09

• $79 - Upgrade
• $99 - Family pack
• Ships on All new macs
• Due out Late January

iWork '09
This is a completely new version of iWork.
Keynote '09

• Magic Move
• Object Transitions
• Text Transitions
• Chart Animations
• New Themes
• New Keynote Remote app for iPhone and iPod Touch

Pages '09

Numbers '09
(Sorry I stepped out for moment during Pages and Numbers. I will update when I get the recording)
That's the new iWork '09

• $79 - Single User
• $99 - Family Pack
• $49 - with purchase of new Mac

Leopard is needed for new iLife and iWork so for those still on Tiger Apple has created a new Mac Box Set which includes a copy of Leopard, iWork, and iLife for $169.

"There's one more thing we want to talk about: iWork.com. We're going to announce a beta so we can get feedback." look out Google Docs, There's a new suite in town.
iWork.com provides a full feature web application with all the same features and layouts as the programs on your hard drive, but enables access to them while on the road and is compatible with any computer. You can even use iWork on a windows computer within a browser.


Macbook Pro 17" - "it's the world's lightest and thinnest 17 inch notebook."
New features:

• Unibody frame
• 1920x1200 resolution Display
• 700:1 Contrast Ratio
• 60% greater color Gamut
• Matte Display
• a $50 Antiglare Option is available
• 2.66 Intel Core 2 Duo / 6Mb L2 Cache
• 4Gb 1066MHz DDR3 RAM - Can support up to 8Gb of RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
• NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT / 512Mb
• 320Gb HDD - HDD Upgradable to a 256Gb SSD.
• New longer lasting battery can last up to 8 hours
• Battery is no longer removable - reason is that by removing the removability Apple was able to make the battery larger without wasting space and making the frame bigger enabling the longer battery life.
• New MacBook Pro 17" starts shipping at the end of January
• Price starting at $2799

One last thing, iTunes!

• They've sold over 6 Billion Songs making it the largest Library in the world
• There are over 75,000,000 Accounts with Credit cards
• New Pricing
  "Over the last six years songs have been $0.99 -- music companies want more flexibility. New pricing, $0.69, and another tier at $1.29." (New prices effective April 1, 2009)
• iTunes Plus - Higher Quality DRM free music
• By the end of the Quarter all 10 Million Songs will be available DRM Free
• Music Store not only available on Wifi but also over 3G for iPhone users. (starts Today)
  
  Well that wraps up my Semi- live notes of the Macworld 2009 Keynote address fro Phil Schiller.
  There was no Mention of the Mac Mini, iPhone Nano, or even updates to the iMac series. Maybe we'll hear more about them in the coming months as Intel continues to work on it's new Core I7 technology, but who knows.
  Thanks for reading, Here's a link for you to download or watch the recorded keynote on your computer.

$2799, lol.

Honestly, I think this year was a fairly ok. But I think Apple couldn't done a little bit more for its final MacWorld Year.