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Live from Macworld 2007: Steve Jobs keynote Apple part 2


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9:29am - “Let me tell you more about what this box does. 720p high def video. It’s got a 40GB hard drive, which comes in handy for something I’m about to show you… and 802.11b/g/n, and an Intel processor. It’s a really cool box. It works with video, music, and photos. You can auto-sync content from your PC, and you can stream content from up to 5 computers.”

 

9:30am - “Let’s examine this in a little more detail. Just like in iTunes you can setup your Apple TV — take my 10 most recent unwatched movies and it’ll automatically stream in the background to Apple TV and be stored on the hard drive. So whenever I got to watch something, they’re there. I can stream wirelessly from five computers. I can watch it from other computers in the house but it’s not stored on the hard drive. PCs or Macs, I just choose the computer of my life.” [A MacBook Pro.]

9:31am - Showing screensaver, shows your photos on your TV. Here’s what it looks like, Movies, TV shows, Podcasts, music… we have all my movies that are stored on my Apple TV. I can also look at theatrical trailers, streaming right from Apple.com.” I’m gonna watch one called the Good Shepherd, let’s watch this… ” It’s demoing live, but somehow we doubt this is 720p, especially on a 40-foot screen. Whatever it is, it looks pretty good. “You can sit on your couch and watch theatrical movie trailers on your Apple TV. Let’s play Zoolander, here…”

9:33am - “So that’s movies, now let’s go take a look at TV shows here. Again, it’s incredibly cool, let’s check out Heroes.” Demoing more video.

9:36am - Still demoing… ok, we’re back. “Well, that’s TV shows. Now let me show you music. Now iTV is– heh, Apple TV… it turns out it’s awesome for listening to music on your home theater system. Let me go down into playlists here, I’ve got a favorites playlist, I’ll just shuffle some songs to show you what it’s like playing some music.” Slick black iPod-like interface on screen, CoverFlow… it flips the image. “It does that so it doesn’t burn a hole in your plasma TV.”

9:37am - “Now let’s go to photos — these are high def, we can see your photos right on your TV. Here’s an example of a photo album I made…”

9:38am - “What I’ve been demonstrating so far is primarily content synced from my computer. Now let’s connect to someone else’s computer… Phil Shiller my neighbor has come over.” Phil’s on stage. Phil’s carrying a BlackBook — showing the streamed interface, looking through 30 Rock.                      http://www.engadget.com

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