Yesterday Apple released the Apple TV product and the iPhone. We luckily had an affiliate at Mac World to give us a first hand report. Exclusively from Josh Porter:
“They did it! Apple made an iPhone! Just as cool, Dad, Ed, and I were among the first public eyes to see it unveiled by the hand of Steve Jobs himself in the Keynote address at MacWorld here in San Fransisco in the Mascone Center! The foyers were filled with giant posters of a silhouetted Apple icon and the logo “The first 30 years were just the beginning. Welcome to 2007.” It was just exciting to walk into the room where a small stage was surrounded by three giant screens with the Apple logo and lots of energy with all 4,000 Mac users in the room, waiting for Steve to come out. An added anticipation was there for this much rumored device over the last year and especially the last few months. When Steve came out, (this was the first time I saw Steve Jobs in person) the crowed cheered and he was very happy to say, “Were going to make history together today.” The crowed cheered even louder. Some guy behgind me said, “Don’t tease me, Steve!” He talked about the iPod growth, then he introduced the Apple TV, and showed us the pretty cool features of it.
Then he mentioned how in 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh (which presentation I viewed on You Tube just a few days earlier, which was funny to see people’s amazement to what we consider commonplace now..the first consumer GUI[Graphical User Interface] computer.) Then Steve spoke about in 2001 when they introduced the iPod. So he was lining up the history of how Apple has introduced these revolutionary products. It was cool to reiew how they had innovated these products we use now. Then on his Keynote he pulled slide up with the Apple sillotte. Now people were really in suspense. But then he said they were going to unvile three new products today. A new iPod, a Phone (people really cheered…Our hopes and dreams were finally confirmed!), and mobile internet device. Again the crowed cheered. Then he said all three of these new products were in one device!
