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Steve Jobs WWDC 2010 Keynote Live Coverage on June 7th 10AM PST / 1PM EST

We will be doing complete coverage of iPhone 4 on TechzTalk today. Visit the website for in-depth coverage of iPhone 4.

• Steve thanks everyone and walks off the stage. That all from the keynote.
  
• Steve is introducing each iPhone team. He says ""I'm really proud of all you guys, awesome job. This is our new baby, I hope you love it as much as we do."
  
• Steve is now talking about values of Apple. And how hard they work for hardware and software integration. He thanks all of the teams at Apple for hard work over last 18 months of iPhone 4 development.
  
• iPhone 4 will ship in 5 countries on June 24th and 18 more countries will be added in July.
  
• Now Ad video for iPhone 4.
  
• Steve is now showing a video about iPhone 4 development.
  
• iPhone OS 4 upgrade available for iPhone 3GS and 3G owners on 21 June.
  
• Apple will launch iPhone 4 in 88 countries by September.
  
• iPhone 3GS is now available for $99.
  
• Now iPhone 4 price and availability, two colors Black and white, two models 16GB $199 and 32GB $299. AT&T is making an incredibly generous upgrade offer allowing iPhone 3GS customers to get the new iPhone 4 if they bought the iPhone3GS when it was launched last year. The Phone will go on sale on June 24th.
  
• FaceTime demo is over Steve talks about various features of FaceTime. The app is based on open standard like h.264, AAC, SIP, STUN, TURN, ICE, RTP and SRTP. Apple going to standards body tomorrow to make FaceTime an open industry standard.
  
• Steve is showing a video with various people using FaceTime.
  
• Steve says FaceTime will be WiFi only in 2010 "Need to work a little bit with the cellular providers for 3G."
  
• The video call will only work on WiFi, iPhone 4 to iPhone 4. There is no setup required. You just make a call and switch to FaceTime.
  
• Apple is calling the video call feature "FaceTime".
  
• The video quality is good, there is some lag, Steve blames all the WiFi connection in the hall.
  
• Lights are back on and the Steve is now showing a video call with Jony Ive.
  
• That all for iPhone. And Now One More Thing......
  
• Steve says Apple will have 48% of mobile ad market after only 8 weeks of selling iAds.
  
• iAds will launch on July 1st. Already $60 million have been committed to iAds for second half of 2010.
  
• The Ads are really cool and they look more user controlled. Then forced on user.
  
• User can close the ad anytime by clicking the X on the top.
  
• He is now showing Nissan ad. He says Clicking the ad loads a brief video, gives user the option to interact without leaving the application.
  
• It works like flash but are full HTML5 with MPEG4 video.
  
• Nissan, Citi, Unilever, AT&T, Chanel, GE, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, Campbell's Soup, Sears, JCPenny, Target, Best Buy, DirecTV, TBS, Disney and others have signed up for iAds.
  
• 60 percent of iAds revenue goes to the developer and is paid via iTunes connect. (This has changed it was 70% before, but now its similar to what others offer).
  
• He says iAds "combines the motion of video with interactivity of the web." It keeps user in the app without taking the user to a random website when they click the ad.
  
• Now Steve talks about iAds
  
• The three stores have over 150 million accounts making it the biggest online store.
  
• Now iPhone has three stores iTunes, App Store and iBookStore.
  
• Now shows PDF on iBook app, flips pages and shows smooth animation.
  
• He shows how selections are highlighted and how notes can be added to the books.
  
• Steve is now demoing the iBook store on iPhone.
  
• iBook store across iPhone, iPod touch and iPad will sync wirelessly.
  
• iBook Store is coming to iPhone with PDF integration. PDF in a mail message goes right to iBooks in your PDF shelf.
  
• iPhone OS 4 goes gold master today. 100 millionth iPhone OS device will be sold this month.
  
• Apple is adding Bing as a Search option to iPhone, Google will still remain the default.
  
• He now talks about Folders. Steve says the new iPhone OS 4 has multitasking, folders, retina display integration, enhancements to mail, camera and much deeper enterprise integrations.
  
• He is showing multitasking demo by playing music, then opening mail and going back to homescreen to create folder.
  
• Steve quotes Google's Larry Page "On Android software running in the background, that just sort of exhausts the battery quickly."
  
• Steve says their are over 100 new features. He starts with multitasking.
  
• Feature 6 - Is iPhone OS 4
  
• Apple could have password protected the WiFi network, Why keep it open for access.
  
• Steve is back on the stage and asking everyone to turn off WiFi to continue with the demo.
  
• The App will be available on App store for $4.99.
  
• You can export to 360p, 520p and 720p. It looks professionally done. The clip even renders on the iPhone. And as the camera is backlit low-light video recording is also very good.
  
• You can even add music to the clip from iPod library. (I have never seen such a good movie app for a phone)
  
• It has direct recording to timeline, pinch to scale the timeline, animations, titles, transitions, Themes and support geolocation.
  
• Randy Ubillos, chief architect of video applications is on stage demoing iMovie for iPhone. And the app is awesome.
  
• Steve introduces iMovie for iPhone.
  
• The video software offers one share click. You can record HD video, edit it and share it straight from the phone.
  
• The camera can record HD video with 720p resolution at 30 frames per second.
  
• Showing photos taken with the camera, says the quality is incredible.
  
• The size of pixel on sensor is 1.75 micron, it offers 5x digital zoom with tap to focus feature.
  
• Feature 5 - New camera system. 5-megapixel camera with backside illuminated sensor and LED flash.
  
• With Gyro, iPhone 4 has five sensors including accelerometer, compass, proximity and ambient light for better interaction.
  
• He is doing demo of the new Gyroscope, rotation of 3D objects is very smooth. It looks better than on many gaming devices.
  
• Gyro + accelerometer = 6 axis for better motion sensing.
  
• Fourth features - Gyroscope, a 3 axis gyro for pitch roll and yaw.
  
• It has 32GB storage, and 7.2Mbps HSDPA support.
  
• With bigger battery and A4 chip the new iPhone 4 offers 7 hours talk time, 6 hours browsing on 3G, 10 hours on WiFi, 10 hours of video playback, 40 hours of music and 300 hours of standby.
  
• He says the A4 chip is incredibly small, the biggest component in iPhone is battery.
  
• Feature 3 - iPhone is powered by Apple A4 processor.
  
• Steve believes that the new display will set the standard for next 7 years.
  
• Someone shouts "Try Verizon". Steve stops the demo and starts talking about the screen. 326 ppi, 800:1 contrast ratio, IPS panel. He adds " You can't make a OLED display with this resolution".
  
• The network is still not working, Steve apologizing...
  
• He is loading NYTimes, but its loading very slowly. He is now switching to backup and now on AT&T network. It not working error messages coming up.
  
• He is comparing iPhone 4G screen with iPhone 3GS screen. He says Apple has to get special projectors to show just how good this screen is.
  
• Steve is doing live demo now.
  
• Steve says the display has 326ppi. Human retina has 300ppi limit when held 10-12 inches away from the eye.
  
• External design was feature one and now the feature two is new "Retina Display". The new display technology increase pixel density by 4X.
  
• Steve says "When you hold this in your hands, it's unbelievable."
  
• The phone uses stainless steel for strength and glass for better radio transmission. The glass is optical quality and scratch resistant.
  
• He says "Brilliant engineering, uses band as part of Antenna system."
  
• Thinnest smartphone on the planet. It has camera with LED flash, noise cancellation mic. Steve is now showing three black seams (band) on the iPhone.
  
• The front and back is made of glass it just 9.3mm thick, 24 percent thinner than current iPhone.
  
• "This is beyond a doubt the most precise things, one of the most beautiful things we've ever made."
  
• The new iPhone is the biggest leap since original iPhone and it called "iPhone 4". "This is really hot."
  
• iPhone has 58 percent of US browser market share. Steve says iPhone re-invented the phone "It's hard to remember what it was like before the iPhone."
  
• And its Android Vs iPhone. Q1 2010 iPhone has 28 percent market share Android was at 9 percent.
  
• Finally it's iPhone time.
  
• Steve says 5 billion apps have been downloaded and Apple has paid over $1billion to developers. (So basically each download is resulting is 20 cents for developers).
  
• Steve is back on stage. First 30 minutes have gone to apps.
  
• The game will come with tracks from Queen, Rolling Stone and Rise Against. Gameplay is similar to classic game with better graphics.
  
• Now Actvision Senior VP Karthik Bala is on stage. He is talking about Guitar Hero. The new Guitar Hero for iPhone shows 3D rockstars that are fully customizable.
  
• Farmville app will come by end of June.
  
• The applications adds touch interface optimization and push notifications for iPhone.
  
• He says Farmville has over 70 million active users. Now he is demoing Farmville for iPhone. Its same as on the Facebook.
  
• It looks like Apple doesn't have much to show today. Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is on stage. he is talking about Zynga games and claims more people play Zynga games they watch season finales of Lost and 24.
  
• Netflix app demo time. Showing functionality like instant quene and recommendations.
  
• NetFlix CEO coming on stage now. He talks about Netflix App coming to iPhone this summer. (Now you know why AT&T has changed their data plans)
  
• Talks about Ebay app and functionality it brings to Ebay customers. 10 million Ebay apps downloaded and over $600 million in volume in first year and estimated 1.5-2 billion this year.
  
• 95 percent are approved in 7 days. However the top three reasons for rejection are - 1) Doesn't function or do what developer says it does. 2) Use of private APIs. 3) They crash.
  
• App Store has over 225,000 applications and 15,000 apps are submitted every week.
  
• Steve says Apple supports two platforms HTML5 - fully open platform and iPhone App platform "curated platform".
  
• Showing iBook application and shows PDF capabilities of the iBook app. Navigation of PDF works like regular ebook.
  
• US share of iBookStore is now 22 percent in just 8 weeks, over 2.5 million ebooks sold.
  
• Steve says developer of iPad app The Elements earned more on first day than 5 years of google ads on periodictable.com
  
• iPad will be available in 19 countries by end of July, over 8,500 native iPad apps available, 35 million iPad apps downloaded so far. Steve is now showing games available on iPad.
  
• He showing a video about iPad launch in various countries.
  
• Starts with iPad update. Calls it magical again, sold over 2 million and 1 iPad sold every 2 seconds.
  
• Steve welcomes everyone he talks about WWDC being the biggest ever with over 5,200 attendees.
  
• Lights are down. Music is going down. And Steve is on stage.
  
• The friendly Apple announcement "Welcome to WWDC 2010. Please turn off your cellphone." The keynote is about to start.
  

Five more minutes to go everyone settling down.

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We are in the hall, 20 more minutes to go. Everyone is talking about new iPhone. Most believe that it will be same phone that Gizmodo revealed in April.

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Steve Jobs will be doing inaugural keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2010 on Monday, June 7th in San Francisco. It is believed that Steve will announce the next generation iPhone along with few other product updates at the event. We will be doing live coverage of the event bring you minute-to-minute information from the event. Join us on live.techztalk.com at 10AM PST on Monday June 7 for live coverage of WWDC keynote.
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5 Must-have Features For Upcoming Apple Tablet (iSlate)

With the amount of news and rumors floating around regarding the upcoming Apple tablet, it is almost certain that we will very soon see the mythical device. Various blogs have talked about everything from device hardware to the manufacturing plant where it will be made. It is rumored that the tablet will have a 10-inch touchscreen, feature an in-house ARM processor and will be designed for multimedia and eBook content. Most analysts believe that Apple tablet will change the netbook/tablet market like iPhone did with smartphone market. I think the five features discussed below will play a very important role in Apple tablet’s success when it is launched.

1. Operating System: Almost everyone thinks that Apple tablet will have an iPhone like OS only with higher resolution support. But Apple knows better, iPhone OS was designed for sub 5-inch screen size and just increasing the resolution won’t solve many problems. Also using Mac OS X Snow Leopard on the tablet will not work, as the OS is not designed for touchscreen use. The Operating System on the tablet will be Mac OS X derived like the iPhone OS, but very different from both the operating systems. It will have elements from both the operating systems like App Store support from iPhone and run multiple applications like Mac OS X.
2. Longer Battery Life: Most netbooks today offering 5 hours of battery life and if Apple wants to capture some of the netbook market they will have to offer at least 50 percent increase in battery life, say 8 hours or more. Also the tablet is a device that is designed to be used on the move, so if it could offer whole day use on a single charge it would make the device more useful.
3. iTunes Integration: The biggest factor behind iPod and iPhone success has been iTunes. After iTunes online music store was launched iPod growth exploded, and similarly, iPhone sales grew exponentially after iTunes App Store was launch last year. iTunes has played a big hand in success of the two devices and it will again play a very important role in success of Apple tablet. Apple could add an eBook store to iTunes for the new tablet, or offer App Store support for the tablet, or they might even have a totally new idea up their sleeves that we don’t know about.
4. Wireless Sync: Apple tablet like netbooks won’t be the primary device for most users. It will be their second or third computing device and hence data sync between all the computing devices will become very important. Most iPhone and iPod users sync their devices with laptops via USB, but syncing a 10-inch tablet with a laptop would be a problem. This is the main reason why wireless sync becomes very important. Apple could use WiFi pairing that will allow wireless syncing between two devices via a router or directly when ever the two devices are near each other. This will keep the data up to date and offer hassle free syncing.
5. Price: The most important feature of Apple tablet will be price. If Apple is offering the tablet for $800, when netbooks are selling for around $300-$400 most customers won’t care about the tablet, even if it offer better user interface and functionality. Price will play a very important role in success of Apple tablet. iPhone sales more than tripled when Apple lowered the price to $199. Apple could offer the tablet with subsidiary from a wireless carrier, but $60 a month for 5GB of wireless data is just too much. Apple will need to price the tablet in $500-$600 range to gain traction in the market. A price point above $600 will make it out of reach for most customers looking to buy their second or third computer.

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Live Coverage: Apple’s “It’s Only Rock and Roll” iPod Event Wednesday 10 AM PST / 1PM EST

That's all from the live event, we will posted detailed coverage of all the announcements made by Apple later today.

• Steve is back in stage and he thanks Norah Jones. Steve thanks everyone for coming.
  
• So no surprise announcement from Apple. Basically it was just music event with new iTunes 9, iPhone OS 3.1 with Genius Mixes support and new iPods. And the "one more thing" was the most boring ever done by Apple.
  
• It looks like that's it from Apple event as Steve has invited Norah Jones to play some live music on stage.
  
• Apple is showing iPod nano ad. Steve is now showing Environmental checklist for iPod lineup that shows that iPods are Arsenic free, BFR free, Mercury free, PVC free and highly recyclable.
  
• The nano now has 2.2-inch display, polished anodized aluminum casing, microphone and speaker, voiceover, and built-in pedometer. The 8GB model will be $149 and the 16Gb model will be $179. iPod nano is available today in nine colors.
  
• Steve says nano is the most popular player in the world and Apple has sold over 100 million nano. Along with video camera Apple is also adding FM radio and Genius Mixes feature to Nano.
  
• He says we have build a camera into the back of every nano. He compares the size of nano to pocket camcorders available on the market.
  
• Steve is back on stage he says "one more thing". And it's "Video Camera"
  
• Next is iPod classic, it gets 160GB hard drive for the same price of $249. Apple is introducing 5 new colors for iPod shuffle. It will be available in 2GB model for $59 and 4GB model for $79. Apple will also ship a Special Edition 4GB shuffle made of polished steel for $99.
  
• Now he is showing a new iPod touch ad. The ad is dedicated to gaming experience on iPod touch.
  
• Phil adds "we have learned that $199 is a magic price point so that's what we're going to do with iPod touch." 8GB touch will now be priced $199, 32Gb will be $299 and 64GB will be $399. No 16GB model in the lineup.
  
• Phil says iPod touch is more affordable gateway to App Store at $229 and no monthly fees.
  
• Phil is back on stage. It looks like Steve has give full control of the keynote to Phil.
  
• The first hour of the keynote has been all about software, no hardware yet....
  
• EA is showing Madden NFL 2010, it will come to App Store very soon.
  
• Gameloft is showing a FPS called Nova that looks like Halo. The graphics are really good and you can listen to your own music while playing the game and multiplayer is available over Bluetooth and WiFi.
  
• Gameloft is up now. They say that more than 20 million Gameloft titles have been downloaded from App Store and they have 35 titles available.
  
• The game he is showing is Riddim Ribbon, which is like a combo of Wipeout and Rock Band.
  
• Next up Tapulous, Ben Decrem from Tapulous says "when we launched a year ago, our crazy goal was to get 1 million users.. we got that in 3 weeks."
  
• They are showing Prince of Persia. Ben from Ubisoft says "Apple has created a world class gaming experience on this platform."
  
• Now game developers are coming on stage to show their new games. First it's Ubisoft.
  
• Playing a demo video for different games on the iPod touch.
  
• Phil says iPod touch has over 21,178 game and entertainment apps compare to 3,680 for DS and 607 for PSP.
  
• He now compare it to Sony PSP, Nintendo DS and Dell netbook, saying that it bring more functionality than the first two devices and it fits in the pocket.
  
• Now phil is talking how great iPod touch is. He says that customers have figured out that touch is not just a music device but it's a great pocket computer also.
  
• So Apple has sold over 50 million iPhone OS based devices in about 2 years.
  
• Phil says Microsoft has 1.1 percent market share. iPod touch is the fastest growing device in iPod lineup and Apple has sold over 20 million units.
  
• iPod has 73.8 percent market share and Apple has sold over 220 million iPods.
  
• iTunes demo is over Phil and Steve are back on stage and Phil talks about iPod.
  
• It is iTunes Extras feature now showing cast interviews, exclusive clips, behind-the-scenes footage and photo galleries like on DVD or Blu-ray disc.
• Now Jeff is showing iTunes LP features that allows you to view animated lyrics and liner notes, performance videos, artist and band photos and more.
• The iTunes 9 interface is very clean and way easier to navigate. Facebook and Twitter integration is also very intuitive.
  
• He is now showing the new and improved Sync that allows you to do selective transfer of Music, Movies, TV Shows, Audiobook and Applications. You can decided what you want to transfer Automatically and what you want to transfer manually.
  
• Jeff Robbin is now demoing iTunes 9. he starts by showing the new App organization feature.
  
• Apple has also redesigned the store to make it easier to find new artist, songs and movies. And like we wrote before Apple has added iTunes LP feature.
  
• You can now copy songs, TV shows and movies to up to 5 computers in your house. You will see all the computers in iTunes so that you can simply drag and drop content.
  
• iTunes 9 adds App management, improved sync and Home Sharing up to 5 computers
  
• iTunes 9 will have Genius Dj that will play songs from your library that go great together.
  
• Steve says that iTunes is the #1 music retailer in the world and is available in 23 countries. Apple has slod over 8.5 billion songs and they are introducing iTunes 9 (like we said)
  
• Apple is also adding ringtones for iPhone that will be priced $1.29 compared to $1.99 charged by most carriers.
  
• App Store has over 75,000 applications and Apple is introducing iPhone OS 3.1 that adds Genius feature for App Store. That will recommend applications based on previous purchases.
  
• He asks Phil Schiller to join him for the presentation. He announces in 2 years Apple has sold over 30 million iPhones.
  
• He says "I'm very happy to be here with you all. As some of you might know, I has a liver transplant." he thanks everyone at Apple for their support.
  
• So Steve is back and is on stage now.. gets a standing ovation.
  
• The whole atmosphere is of Rock and Roll.
  
• Apple is playing a rock song today.
  
• We are in the hall and the keynote will start in few minutes.
  
• iTunes Extras will bring cast interviews, exclusive clips, behind-the-scenes footage and photo galleries like on DVD or Blu-ray disc.
  
• According to Apple, iTunes LP is a visual experience of the record album. A gorgeous, immersive digital version of select albums that allows you to dive into beautiful animated lyrics and liner notes, performance videos, artist and band photos and more.
  
• The new feature in iTunes 9 are faster navigation, easy preview and buy, iTunes LP, and iTunes Extras.
  
• But like we said in Apple Event Rumor Roundup iTunes 9 will be available as soon as the event finishes.
  
• However, when you click on the download link it takes you to iTunes 8.2.1 download page.
  
• iTunes 9 is already online via this link: iTunes 9
  
• Will Steve Jobs do the keynote, what do you think?
  
• Just twenty minutes remaining.

We have added Apple Event Rumor Roundup that you can read till the Apple Event starts.

Apple invited analysts and media to a press event on September 9th that will be held at Yerba Buena Center for Arts in San Francisco. It is rumored that Apple will launch the next generation iPod lineup with integrated camera and iTunes 9 at the event. There are also rumors that the event won’t be just iPod only and we might see a new device (may a tablet) at the event. We will be doing live coverage of the event at live.TechzTalk.com on Wednesday September 9 starting at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST / 6 PM London. Please join us then to find out what Apple has up its sleeve.

Apple’s “Let’s Rock” Event Live Coverage at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EST

• That's it from the "Let's Rock" event. we will cover each of the product released today in detail, later today.
• Big cheers from the crowd after the song, Jack says "Apple has been really supportive... I wanted to say thank you."
• Looks like this is the end of the Let's Rock event with soft acoustic.
• Steve introduces Jack Johnson as the number one selling male artist in iTunes history. Jack is on the stage performing.
• Back to iTunes and iPods. We've got the best lineup we've ever had. more that 160 million iPods sold.
• It will also include some performance enhancements and will be available on Friday.
• Steve now talks about iPhone firmware 2.1, it will fix lots of bugs. Fewer dropped calls, big battery life improvements, no crashes with Apps and faster backup.
• Steve says "This is the funniest iPod ever. We think people will really like. We've got it in 3 models 8GB for $229, 16GB for $299 and 32GB for $399. all three models are available today.
• Steve is talking about environmentally sound design on the touch.
• Steve is back on stage, iPod touch battery life will be 36 hours of music and 6 hours of video.
• Now he is showing Real Soccer 2009 and the game has impressive graphics. And after Soccer its Need for Speed.
• He demos iPod touch version of Spore, he creates he Creature and then controls it  by tilting the iPod touch,
• Steve invites Phil Schiller on stage to demo some games
• Steve is now demoing the improved iPod touch UI.
• Now App Store it been only 60 days since we opened the App store and it has already sold over 100 million apps.
• The touch will come with built-in Nike+, The receiver is built-in you will just need a transmitter for your shoe.
• Let's move to iPod touch, new iPod touch will use that same display but will be even thinner with contoured stainless steel design. it will also have integrated volume controls on side, built-in speaker and Genius playlist.
• Apple is introducing new in-ear headphones that have two drives one woofer and one tweeter and it will be priced $79.
• Steve introduce accessories for the nano armband, headphones that come with play / pause, volume control and a mic. single click will play or pause, double click will fast forward to next song and triple click will go to previous song. 8GB will be available in store within few days and 16GB will be available with in a week.
• Steve says the Nano will be available in whole rainbow of super bright colors. Bright blue, purple, orange, green, pink, yellow and red. The 8GB model will be priced $149 and the 16GB model will be priced $199.
• Now Steve is demoing the iPod Nano, shows new feature shake to shuffle. you just shake it to change and shuffle songs.
• You can turn the iPod nano sideways for full size album art, photos and video. By holding the center button a popup menu will appear to take you to Genius or main menu.
• The new nano has curved aluminum design with curved glass and enhanced UI with new features. Apple says that they have added the accelerometer and the new Genius function on the iPod.
• Steve show the iPod nano and says it's quite small, extremely thin. You'll be blown away with how thin it is.
• Steve announces the new iPod nano, the pics on the screen looks like the spy shots leaked few days ago.
• Total number of iPods sold are over 160 million. We are upgrading the Classic iPod to 120GB for $249.
• Now lets talk about iPod. He shows a market share chart showing iPod's at 73.4%, Sandisk at 8.6%, Zune at 2.6% and others at 15.4%.
• Steve is demoing the Genius 
• Genius send information about your library to iTunes completely anonymously and combines information from other libraries from other users to get smarter and smarter at recommending good music.
• Genius recommends music based on what you are listening. you can also bring up Genius sidebar which will make recommendations from the iTunes store.
• iTunes 8 will bring HD TV shows , voice over accessibility, new browsing and something called Genius. Old browsing wasn't efficient and so we have added new album cover and this new bar at the top let's you look at anything graphically in little tiles.
• Today we are introducing iTunes 8.
• NBC is back on iTunes
• He says the topic this morning is music. Lets start with iTunes, it offer 8.5 million songs, over 125,000 podcasts, 30,000 tv shows and 2600 movies and 3000 apps for the iPhone.
• Steve is on stage and welcomes everyone
• Lights are down and we are waiting for Steve
• We are in and Announcer has asked to turn off cell phones and PDAs
• It's 20 more minutes
• Apple online store is down

Last Tuesday, Apple had sent out invites for its special event “Let’s Rock” that will take place today at 10 am PDT/ 1 pm EST. Apple will hold the event at the Yerba Buena Center for Arts in San Francisco and we will be doing live coverage of the event at live.techztalk.com. The coverage will start at 10 am PDT / 1 pm EST, be sure to join us for the live coverage of the event.