WWDC updates gathered from various sites

Here are just some of the sites I am gathering info from, feel free to check out on my opinions of what will be announced tonight at the same time!

Gizmodo Meta Live Blog 

The Verge Live Blog

iMore Live Blog

9to5Mac Live Blog

Digital Life Facebook - For Singaporeans mainly lol

Click on for more. If I have any live readers lol, keep refreshing!

Just remember that all the times stated here is in Singapore time. Event is starting 10am June 11 local time. 

12.25am - Crowd is going in!

Looks like Mountain Lion is confirmed as expected, which probably means the MacBooks as well. - The Verge

They even have the good old covered banner, wonder what it hides. iPhone 5 maybe lol? - Cult of Mac

12.35am - Crowd is inside! - The Verge

CEOs of both Intel and Yelp have also been spotted at the event - Gizmodo

Pre-event snacks anyone? - 9to5Mac


12.59am -  We may actually have a live feed! Check out here - http://www.ustream.tv/ltktv


1.00am - Event starting with a joke session from Siri, cool! - The Verge

Siri: "I'm looking forward to the next Samsung Not the phone. The refrigerator." Wow, attacks, lol


1.03am - Tim Cook takes the stage

1.05am - Starting off with info on the app store, basically stats on number of developers and apps, 30 billion apps downloaded, woah. Gonna stop providing sources, mainly will be from the live stream and The Verge, Verge is most updated so far.

Over 5 billion paid to developers. Apps supported in 120 countries with 32 more to come 


1.07am - Video on blind dude using Siri to walk through the jungle. Voice honestly reminds me of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also moves on to India with people using apps to teach. At least I think its india. 

Now talking about AirBnB, allowing people to use apps and easily rent out places for tourists, even staying in places like Treehouses (wow, didn't know we had that)


1.12am - Tim Cook is back out. 

1.18am - Phil is on stage presenting MacBook Air with specs. USB 3.0 as well

$999 and $1099 for 11 inch and starts shipping today, cool!

Updates for MB Pro as well.


Prizes staying the same. 15 inch comes with quad core. Same amount of 7 hour batt. Shipping today as well. 

1.25am - New MacBook model mentioned by Phil

Super thin! At 0.71 inches, and under 4.5 lbs

15.4inches, 2880 x 1800 pixels, WOW

Apps also all updated to take in the retina display. x4 resolution for you to play around your photos with. Safari, iMovie, iPhoto, Aperture, Final Cut Pro. 

Photoshop and several other 3rd party developers involved to make the update work out as well

Guts displayed, mainly taken up by the battery


Quad Core i5 or i7, 16GB ram (crazyiness), 768GB SSD (More crazyiness) 

Squeezing in lots of ports. MagSafe has also been made smaller.


2 Thunderbolt ports for 2 accessories lol. Thunderbolt to Firewire and Ethernet
Dual Mics and FaceTime HD


1.35am - Video on new MacBook showing

Quote: Jony: "It's built for extreme performance, but it's remarkably portable. We changed our approach to the design of the display. We eliminated the need for a separate cover glass."


Jony: "In most fans the blades are positioned symmetrically, but we positioned ours asymmetrically, which makes it quieter." 


1.42am - Phil is back with prices. $2199 USD

It is even green, woah. And available today!


1.44am - Craig is out to talk about OS X Mountain Lion. New features!

First up is iCloud. Documents in the cloud. Hopefully it works without having to manually download the documents like previously

1.48am - Demo time

Notes and reminders with sound and images supported. 

iMessages updated, looks like images support, looks good


Documents for the cloud seems to update automatically without having to download or anything. Finally!


Notifications changes

Notifation center changes made with a disable option, looks good.


Next up, dictation for your Mac, supports 3rd party apps, such as Microsoft Word


Sharing also directly enabled inside apps.

Safari updates. iCloud links bookmarks and history

Now demo time for new feature in Safari, Tabview

Basically you can zoom out further on websites until you can see all your tabs at 1 go. Not bad.


System wide sharing button, linked in with the notification center. You can also tweet directly into notification center without having to open the app. Craig demoes dictating for the tweet at the same time.


New feature, Power Nap.
Allows you to sync and update your stuff even while you sleep. Including time capsule backup

Airplay Mirroring confirmed! In Retina Display to boot

Gamecenter updates to support across multiple platforms. Showing a live game demo for a racing game between a iPad and Mac at the same time

Other new features such as Launchpad Search, Offline Reading list. 
Additional new updates for China, with Chinese dictionary, Safari Baidu support, multiple chinese fonts.


OS X Mountain Lion at $19.99, available next month. Upgrade available for multiple Mac users even. And of course if you buy the new Mac, the update is free


2.09am - Scott is out talking about iOS!

Jab at Android for their installation rate for the new OS

Someone should show this to the guys making the new data plans at Singtel
Some figures on Twitter and Gamecenter


Scott: "I'm happy to announce iOS6"


Updates to features, first up, Siri!
Demo time!


Now you can ask about sports, getting scores and asking about player averages, etc. Good, but once again, not really something for us foreign users. Crazy how you can even get info on players height and stuff. 

More info on restaurants... With direct links to review sites and sites to make reservations. Once again, not really for foreign users.

Movie info anyone? Once again... Ok, you get the message. It links directly to trailers though, thats not bad

Siri to launch 3rd party apps! Thats good!

New Siri feature, Eyes Free
Think, button to activate Siri on your steering wheel. Cars to slowly appear over next 12 months.

Loads of new language support for Siri. Korean, Chinese for Taiwan, Cantonese, Italian. Hurray for asian support!

Siri for the new iPad, good stuff here.

Thats it for Siri. No controlling of Bluetooth and other settings i guess.

And now, FB integration finally in. For Notification direct status adding, contacts, etc

Phone app updates for direct reply with messages or reminders to call back. Reminders even comes with location based reminder, cool!

Do Not Disturb setting. Lots of crazy settings you can do, such as only accepting calls if people call 3 times, only accepting from favorites, etc.

FaceTime over Celluar, finally.

Quote: "Also, we're unifying your phone number and Apple ID. So if someone calls you on your phone number for Facetime, you can answer it on your iPad or Mac. And we're doing the same thing with iMessage."


Safari updates, with iCloud tabs and offline reading. Not really exciting. Photo uploading from Safari is good though. 

Smart app banners

Next up, Shared Photo Streams
Lets you share photos with friends, add in comments for those photos. Sounds like FB/Pinterest though

VIP settings for Mail

Easy photo/video insertion into mail (finally!)

Comes with password protection. Also now has pull to refresh mail


New app, Passbook!
Links across other apps to store passes for coffee, movies, air tickets etc. Sounds like another for USA users only kinda thing though. Well, too bad, not useful for Singaporeans.

Pretty cool stuff though. It even geolocates, so it will notify you when you are near a starbucks, etc. Also will auto update for air tickets if gate changes etc.


New function, Guided Access. 
Allows you to disable various buttons, including your hardware home button, etc. I can see this being used especially for people in restaurants. 

2.39am - New Maps app! Goodbye Google Maps. (Singapore was mentioned lol)

Links up with Yelp for reviews, gets traffic data. Yup. 
Turn by turn navigation!!!

Works in the lock screen and integrates with Siri too. Good stuff


New function, Flyover
Maps even changes to 3D, 2D, satellite view. Really beautiful.

You can even rotate, change angles, zoom in and out. Performance looks fast. Wow, really looks beautiful! Hope other countries get this as well. 


Turn by Turn totally reminds me of Google's navigation. Instructions seem clear enough in the simulated demo.

General summary of many new features. Lost Mode to send a phone number to get the person to call you back, if they are nice enough that is.


Again, new features for China, basically same as Mountain Lion.


iOS 6 SDK beta available as of today. Final iOS 6 will ship in fall. Supports iPhone 3GS, iPad 2 and later.


2.51am - Tim Cook back on! One more thing???
Basically summarizing all the new things announced today.

Tim Cook: "Only Apple could make such amazing hardware, software, and services. We are so proud of these products. They are perfect examples of what Apple does best. Ultimately, it's why people come to work at Apple, and with Apple. To create products that empower people. To make a difference. The products we make, combined with the apps that you create, and fundamentally change the world."

Tough luck, thats the end of it, no one more thing for anyone today.
Thats the end of it folks! Will try and do a summary post over the next few days. Goodnight everyone!