So the Keynote is over. No new products were announced. That means no new iPods, iMacs, Apple iTablet things or that iPhone@home that came from some German site. Which if you were wondering, that “leaked” keynote outline was indeed a fake.

So what did we learn? Of course the iPhone will be released at 6PM on the 29th of this month, so that means no midnight launches. Though I wonder when people will begin camping out. Who knows, maybe there’s someone camping out in front of an Apple store already.
We also now know that the custom applications for the iPhone will all be Safari-based. This is certainly an interesting way to get around the problem of 3rd party applications, certainly not without its benefits and drawbacks. You will be able to test these applications in a Safari Browser on your desktop before testing them out on the iPhone. Distribution will also be no problem. We have also been assured that the custom apps will be able to work seamlessly with other iPhone applications and features. Developers at the show (and elsewhere I’m sure) aren’t happy to hear that they will only be able to create web-based applications.
Speaking of Safari, Windows users will now have the pleasure of using Safari on their PCs. A few years ago I would have laughed at the idea. Why would Windows users even think about using a Mac browser? They’ve got Internet Explorer and Firefox, they don’t need Apple’s fancy browser. Things are much different these days. The prospect of making the switch seems better and better to PC users these days. After all, they already have an iPod that they love, and that iTunes thing is pretty cool, why not try Safari? After they get used to these other Apple products, the switch doesn’t seem like such a big change.
I’m a pretty big gamer, so I’m excited to hear that Apple is really trying to bring gaming back to the Mac. They have teamed up with EA to bring some of their biggest titles to the Mac including Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Need for Speed Carbon, Battlefield 2142 and Command and Conquer 3. They also plan on releasing the latest 2008 versions of Tiger Woods and Madden as well. EA isn’t the only company that Apple is partnering with. They have also announced a partnership with id Games to bring more titles to the Mac.
Who could forget about Leopard? After all, that’s the main focus of the entire WWDC. Steve Went over ten of the 300 new and/or updated features that we can look forward to. That list is below.
- New Desktop
- New Finder
- Quick Look
- Leopard is 64-bit top to bottom
- Core Animation
- Boot Camp
- Spaces
- Dashboard
- iChat
- Time Machine
Our sister-site SlashGear has a great writeup that goes into really good detail of the features that Steve covered. So head on over and check it out. Be sure to check back in for any further breaking news at the WWDC 2007.






