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Apple Keynote video for iPhone5 introduction is live
- fumar 14y agoI used to like watching the keynotes. Mr. Jobs is gone. Without, his salesmanship, the keynotes are not as interesting. That might not be the right word. I actually can not put my finger on it.
- grecy 14y ago> I actually can not put my finger on it. I think it's exactly that reason that made him such an interesting person
- TillE 14y agoJobs had an infectious, natural enthusiasm for his products. Tim Cook just sounds like he's giving a rehearsed performance, no real emotion. It's fairly dull to watch.
- tomkit 14y agoFor the first 12 minutes, Tim Cook sounds like he's trying really hard to mimic Jobs's style, albeit unsuccessfully.
- recoiledsnake 14y agoI came here to post exactly that and was wondering if anyone else felt that. I wish Tim Cook would speak in his natural style, whatever that is. On the flip side, other companies' announcements are similarly boring, so that's not saying much.
- caycep 14y agoyeah, its too bad. Cook is a genius in his own right, but maybe there's a better person to give keynotes
- padobson 14y agoAnybody know how I can watch it from Linux (Mint - Cinnamon)?
- amphigory 14y agoYou could always install OS X as a Virtualbox instance.... ;-)
- niels_olson 14y agoWait a couple hours until it gets transcoded and uploaded to YouTube?
- wlesieutre 14y agoNopal suggests opening this in VLC: http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/129opiygabsdvibsdfobsd/sl_vod_mvp.m3u8 http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/129opiygabsdvibsdfobsd...
- PhrosTT 14y agoQuicktime eh? not this man.
- DannoHung 14y agoMost undersold new thing is finally revamping iTunes. Hopefully it's actually faster now too.
- aes256 14y agoAmen to that! This revamp is long overdue. Plus, you never know, some rogue developer might have given in and added FLAC support.
- frewsxcv 14y agoHow embarrassing, Apple still requires QuickTime
- mtgx 14y agoIt's the end of 2012. Use a proper media player, Apple, either Flash or a h.264 one. Just something that actually works in a browser. This is ridiculous. And if you want as many people to actually watch this, you may want to even consider uploading it to Youtube.
- nopal 14y agoI'm not sure how to get VLC to work with the browser, but Apple's using an HTML5 video tag that embeds this url: http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/129opiygabsdvibsdfobsd/sl_vod_mvp.m3u8 http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/129opiygabsdvibsdfobsd.... If you open that in VLC, it plays fine. Here's the relevant HTML: <video id="movie" class=" video" src="http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/129opiygabsdvibsdfobsd/sl_vod_mvp.m3u8 http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/129opiygabsdvibsdfobsd... x-webkit-airplay="allow" autohref="true" width="848" height="480" jsonurl="/apple-events/scripts/ac_media_jsons/september_2012_event.json" expectingmoviejson="true" spec="" style="width: 848px; height: 480px; "></video> Here is a list of clients that support HTTP Live Streaming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming#Clients http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming#Clients
- danilocampos 14y ago> Just something that actually works in a browser. Working fine in my browser.
- cooldeal 14y agoWhat a throwback to the days of "Best viewed in Internet Explorer 5" that held the web back.
- revelation 14y agoApple, of course, is using the new fancy HTML5 <video> tag! But its referencing some QuickTime playlist, with a bunch of extra magic attributes. That shit is not one inch better than <embed>.
- jiggy2011 14y agoI am using Ubuntu 12.04 and I can't get this to work. Why is it that just about every company on the planet can happily stream video to me, but the only ones who seem to consistently fail at it are technology companies?
- mikemoka 14y agoOk so just to recap the differences with the iPhone 4S: -taller screen -4g lte connection -better camera -better earphones -better graphics -new connector: no backwards compatiblity -new software: no jb for a while, apple maps still less reliable than google maps, apple youtube app removed and the new google one can't play videos in the background -no nfc
- bobbles 14y agono backwards compatibility on the connector as shipped, but adapters available ($29)
- SquareWheel 14y agoJust a heads up, new lines requires double line breaks on HN.
- saturdaysaint 14y agoyou're missing some of the more notable changes: - %20 lighter (under 4 oz is actually pretty stunning) - 2x as fast CPU - more microphones (and, it sounds like improved software) for better call quality - HD front facing camera On paper, it's kind of boring, but I think it will seem insanely light and fast compared to everything on the market when you have it "in hand" at an Apple store.
- MikeCapone 14y agoI think what will make it a success or not is not a list of stats but rather if users like it significantly more than the previous model. I believe they will.
- mikemoka 14y agoYes but I can't believe that this is the phone J. spent the last months of his life co-designing. This product has a "more of the same" feel to me, I would call it iPhone4SS actually. ps.if you prefer android just read the name in a l33t way.
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- sbochins 14y agoI'm not really impressed with the new phone. It seems like Apple will need to come up with more cool features if they want people to keep buying iphones. I'm not sure if I'm going to get the Galaxy SIII or the iphone 5 at this point. I need a new phone and was expecting to go with the iphone. But, I'm sort of underwhelmed at this point.
- deveac 14y ago>I'm not really impressed with the new phone. It seems like Apple will need to come up with more cool features if they want people to keep buying iphones. I think they need more cool features for people to say that they are really impressed with the new phone. But they don't need to iterate more than they have been to keep people buying them. Apple had its paradigm shift with the phone. You can't just have those every year. Outside of the initial introduction of the iPhone, and then allowing apps, it's really just iterating, and I don't see how one could expect much different. Their competitors certainly aren't shifting any paradigms with their competing offerings. I think the biggest splash Apple (or others) will be able to get for a bit will have to come from a stylistic redesign (Lumina got many nods for this). Outside of that, it's just the march of the features, apps, and ecosystem.
- sbochins 14y agoI guess I'm not really talking about a paradigm shift. I'm just talking about cool features. For instance, I would consider Siri a cool feature. Even though it isn't really anything new and on Ice Cream Sandwich you're basically getting the same functionality sans some nice cute NLP stuff. A parad would be if you could plug your iphone into a monitor and use a bluetooth keyboard and have a partially functioning desktop. I think this probably where we're heading. It would be nice if Apple or someone made a convincing product that did this. I think there is going to be a Ubuntu version that runs on android phones and basically does this if I remember correctly.
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- WildUtah 14y ago1. No information about the price of the iPhone 5 (I think they'll ask $650 like the old 4S price -- the 4S is now announced to cost $550). 2. They say there's a multi-standard radio in each phone but Apple lists three different incompatible models for USA, CDMA, and Germany/Japan carriers. 3. The iPod Touch upgrade looks really good. It's even more impressive than the iPhone 5 it's based on. (Still no GPS, though)
- ihuman 14y ago1. The prices are on the apple website. They are the same prices as the 4S was.
- WildUtah 14y agoThose prices on the apple site only include carrier subsidized carrier-locked prices. The real prices are not listed anywhere yet.
- kennywinker 14y agoOn the .ca site it says: "From $699" http://store.apple.com/ca/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone http://store.apple.com/ca/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iph...
- snogglethorpe 14y ago> The iPod Touch upgrade looks really good. It's even more impressive than the iPhone 5 it's based on. (Still no GPS, though) Yeah, I'm most glad they upgraded the ipod touch—I find the idea of an independent device which has some the neat features of the iphone without being tied to my phone contract, or incurring sometimes-scary phone charges, pretty appealing. The old ipod touch was pretty nice, but had some big flaws, like the fairly lame camera. The new one not only seems to have a decent camera, but despite having a larger screen, is actually lighter than the already-featherweight ipod touch 4! Everybody I've mentioned this to has said "oh they'll probably get rid of the touch anyway, they want everybody to buy the iphone instead" which made me sad—but apparently it's not true! :] Lack of GPS is a shame though. Even cheapo phones have GPS these days, so it wouldn't appear to be a cost issue; I guess they are still trying to push the iphone... [An android version might be even nicer, but as far as I've seen, Apple's the only one even attempting to address this niche...]
- cageface 14y agoSure feels like skating to where the puck is already.
- StacyC 14y agoWhy don't they allow controls on the video?
- StacyC 14y agoOK, I tested this. No video controls in Safari or Chrome (Mac), but I get them in Firefox. How profoundly stupid that I cannot pause the video in Apple’s browser, I have to use Firefox to do that. But the video quality is reduced in that browser.
- twodayslate 14y agoI really dislike the two tone backs on the iPhone. Having gloss and the matte looks pretty terrible. Why couldn't they make the entire back matte like the iPod?
- NeilRShah 14y agoMy favorite part BY FAR was when Tim Cook introduced the Foo Fighters like they were an Apple product. Skip to the end if you haven't seen it. Definitely worth it. I couldn't stop laughing.