Not sold on iCloud yet? Download WWDC 2011 keynote and lose yourself in high-def reality-distortion field

As soon as he took the stage, Apple’s boss noticed someone dear to him in the audience.

If you wanna learn more about iCloud but hate the idea of streaming the WWDC 2011 keynote via Apple’s site due to interruptions and varying image quality, you can now download the entire presentation to your computer and sync it to your favorite iOS device for offline viewing anwyhere, anytime (see the irony of that?). The keynote video is available as an iTunes podcast or as a direct download here. Weighing in at a cool 1.22 gigabyte, the MP4-encoded file in 640-by-360 pixel resolution is probably the highest-quality Apple keynote we’ve downloaded from iTunes to date. If you were wondering why all the fuss about Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud, grab the episode and enjoy in nearly two hours of the uninterrupted reality-distortion field.

Apple’s chief walked on San Francisco’s Moscone West stage yesterday to a noisy applause. Check out journalists and developers in the audience snapping the charismatic CEO using their iPhones and iPads.