Seth Weintraub

Apple has hired a leading webOS architect across from the remains of Palm.

Rich Dellinger — the man behind the banner notification system used in webOS — has joined Apple as the company

Apple just announced its Apple Design Awards winners according to MacStories, which lists the following winners:

 – Financial Times FT

– Doodle Jump from Lima Sky

– Brushes for iPhone  by Steve Sprang

– TabToolkit from Agile Partners

– Articles for iPhone by Sophiestication 

Hard Candy, a case designer for Apple’s iOS devices, is profiled by Forbes below.  By comparing leaked images of the new iPhone 4 with the 3GS, they were able to wager the dimensions of the new iPhone 4s, and have their cases ready for launch.

http://www.forbes.com/video/embed/embed.html?show=44&format=frame&height=496&width=336&video=fvn/tech/apple-iphone-4-steve-jobs&mode=render

Talk to Forbes about Flash

 

 

After a few fits and starts, Safari 5 is ready for download here.  We’re not exactly sure what happened but the image we captured above might have something to do with the delay.  

Press release below:

 

SAN FRANCISCO, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R) today released Safari(R) 5, the latest version of the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser, featuring the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30 percent performance increase over Safari 4,* and the ability to choose Google, Yahoo! or Bing as the search service powering Safari’s search field. Available for both Mac(R) and Windows, Safari 5 includes improved developer tools and supports more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies that allow web developers to create rich, dynamic websites. With Safari 5, developers can now create secure Safari Extensions to customize and enhance the browsing experience.

“Safari continues to lead the pack in performance, innovation and standards support,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari now runs on over 200 million devices worldwide and its open source WebKit engine runs on over 500 million devices.”

Safari Reader makes it easy to read single and multipage articles on the web by presenting them in a new, scrollable view without any additional content or clutter. When Safari 5 detects an article, users can click on the Reader icon in the Smart Address Field to display the entire article for clear, uninterrupted reading with options to enlarge, print or send via email.

Powered by the Nitro JavaScript engine, Safari 5 on the Mac runs JavaScript 30 percent faster than Safari 4, three percent faster than Chrome 5.0, and over twice as fast as Firefox 3.6.* Safari 5 loads new webpages faster using Domain Name System (DNS) prefetching, and improves the caching of previously viewed pages to return to them more quickly.

Safari 5 adds more than a dozen powerful HTML5 features that allow web developers to create media-rich experiences, including full screen playback and closed captions for HTML5 video. Other new HTML5 features in Safari 5 include HTML5 Geolocation, HTML5 sectioning elements, HTML5 draggable attribute, HTML5 forms validation, HTML5 Ruby, HTML5 AJAX History, EventSource and WebSocket.

The new, free Safari Developer Program allows developers to customize and enhance Safari 5 with extensions based on standard web technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. The Extension Builder, new in Safari 5, simplifies the development, installation and packaging of extensions. For enhanced security and stability, Safari Extensions are sandboxed, signed with a digital certificate from Apple and run solely in the browser.

Pricing & Availability

Safari 5 is available for both Mac OS(R) X and Windows as a free download at www.apple.com/safari. Safari 5 for Mac OS X requires Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 or Mac OS X Snow Leopard(R) 10.6.2 or later. Safari 5 for Windows requires Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista or Windows 7, a minimum 256MB of memory and a system with at least a 500 MHz Intel Pentium processor. Full system requirements and more information on Safari 5 can be found at www.apple.com/safari. The Safari Developer Program is free to join at developer.apple.com/programs/safari.

*Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection and other factors. All testing conducted by Apple in May 2010 on an iMac(R) 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo system running Mac OS X 10.6.3, with 4GB of RAM. JavaScript benchmark based on the SunSpider 0.9.1 JavaScript Performance test.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II, then reinvented the personal computer with the Macintosh. Apple continues to lead the industry with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system, and iLife, iWork and professional applications. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store, has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

(c) 2010 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, Leopard and iMac are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE Apple

/CONTACT: Khyati Shah, +1-408-974-1330, shah@apple.com, or Monica Sarkar, +1-408-862-3204, monica_sarkar@apple.com, both of Apple

/Web site: http://www.apple.com

 

After many rumors about Safari 5 being released today, Apple chose to exclude it from the keynote, and focus on iPhone 4. Now, Apple has officially released Safari 5 and it’s complete with Safari Reader, 30% speed bump over Safari 4, Bing search, and….. Extensions! Hit the break for the full PR text.

Apple hasn’t thrown up an updated Safari 5 site with a download link yet, but when they do you can find it here.

via MacRumors

 

Apple Releases Safari 5

SAN FRANCISCO, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/

Though they weren’t demonstrated at today’s event, you may, for better or for worse, be able to use iWork apps like Keynote on your iPhone. As Macrumors notes, the iPhone 4 Mail page demonstrates the ability to open a presentation in Keynote – on the iPhone.

AT&T just released their official iPhone 4 pricing information.  You already probably know most of the details but here’s all of the fine print (below).

AT&T to Offer iPhone 4 on June 24

Best Pricing Immediately Available to Any iPhone Customer Eligible for Upgrade in 2010

Preordering for iPhone 4 and New $99 iPhone 3GS 8GB Available June 15 at AT&T Retail and Online Stores

DALLAS, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T*, the U.S. smartphone leader, today announced it will offer iPhone 4, the thinnest smartphone ever with all-new design, FaceTime video calling, Apple’s stunning new Retina display, 5 megapixel camera and HD video recording. iPhone 4 will be available for a suggested retail price of $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model, in company retail stores and online at www.att.com/iphone, plus business channels, beginning June 24. Customers can preorder starting June 15.

To let current iPhone customers quickly upgrade to iPhone 4, AT&T will make its best pricing immediately available to any iPhone customer who would be upgrade eligible for a discounted device by the end of 2010.

“This is another very exciting day for AT&T customers,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “By teaming with Apple to deliver an extraordinary device over the nation’s fastest 3G network, we’re enabling our customers to access their favorite social networks and favorite business applications.”

“We know that people are eager to get iPhone 4, which is why we moved up the upgrade eligibility date for current iPhone customers by up to six months. This move, combined with the new wireless data plans we announced last week, will make it more affordable for more people to purchase an iPhone and enjoy the benefits of the mobile Internet.”

In addition, a new iPhone 3GS 8GB for $99 will also be available on June 24.

Pricing

iPhone 4 and the new iPhone 3GS 8GB will be available at a variety of attractive price points for customers:

All new and current iPhone customers who are upgrade eligible, plus existing customers who choose to upgrade early must agree to a two-year term commitment, and select an eligible voice and data plan for iPhone. No commitment pricing does not require a two-year term commitment, but does require both voice and data service.

AT&T will also offer current iPhone 3GS 16GB and 32GB models at new, lowered price points of $149 (16GB) and $199 (32GB), with a two-year term commitment plus voice and data plans, while supplies last.

Eligibility

Existing iPhone customers eligible for an upgrade between today and the end of this year have been made immediately eligible for AT&T’s best pricing for iPhone 4 with a new two-year term commitment.  Consumers can verify upgrade eligibility atwww.att.com/iphone today. Business customers can verify upgrade eligibility at AT&T’s Premier site,https://www.wireless.att.com/business/.

Preordering

Consumers may preorder iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS 8GB at AT&T retail stores or online at www.att.com/iphone beginning June 15. Business customers can preorder through their AT&T sales representative or by visiting AT&T’s Premier site. For greater convenience and faster delivery, preorders can be shipped directly to a customer’s home or business for delivery as early asJune 24. Customers can also have a preorder shipped to their local AT&T store for pick up on or after Friday, June 25.

AT&T stores will operate on a first-come, first-served basis, and will accommodate as many customers as possible.

Consumer Plans

AT&T customers can choose from several monthly plans that start as low as $54.99 per month for individual plans with voice and data. For families, customers can now add additional iPhones to their FamilyTalk account for as little as $24.99 per month, providing voice and data service. All iPhone plans include nationwide long distance and domestic roaming, Visual Voicemail, Rollover, and unlimited Mobile to Mobile calling.

Business Plans

Small business customers may qualify for AT&T BusinessTalk

It looks like Apple took a queue from Google last month who had the same wireless issues on the same stage at Mosone.  Whoops!

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Thanks to Engadget’s handiwork, we now have a stat breakdown of the iPhone 4 vs. the older model.

Standout Numbers:

• Quadband HSDPA.  That means likely T-Mobile 3G compatible. 
• Wireless: 802.11N finally – though iOS 4 might enable it on the 3GS
• Gyroscope will do some interesting things.  Air mouse for instance – perhaps gaming on AppleTVs in the future?
• Facetime is now an open standard which means Apple and partners will be building for other platforms like gulp* Android.
• More Battery life, up to an hour of talk time more – that is a big one over Android who already lags in battery.
• It weighs a few gams more but now is less than a centimeter thick!

We’re rolling out our good ol’ fashioned 9to5mac Livepanel which will be circulating the best feeds throughout the WWDC Keynote. As you might remember, this framed page shows four of the best feeds at once and is refreshed every 15-30 seconds so your mouse button finger doesn’t have to bleed. It works best on large (24″+) monitors and uses 1990’s html frames technology to bring sweet, sweet iPhone 4/HD information to your eyes as quickly as possible.

We are also Tweeting the bigger announcements on the 9to5mac twitter account and trying to find an audio or video feed of the event. We’ll just pop it in if we find one. Have fun!

Update: Woops!  Someone may be losing his touch!

One last quick bit before the show:  Daring Fireball has the following quote:

 ..a few short hours before the keynote, and what strikes me about this year