14 DAY TRIAL // Apple has posted the Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 keynote address online allowing everyone with QuickTime player installed to watch Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller and Scott Forstall unveil the company’s latest software products.
While iTunes is yet to show availability via the Apple Keynotes podcast, Apple appears to have set up a new web page entirely dedicated to Apple Events.
On it, the latest keynote address bears the following description: “See OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud unveiled at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.”
Available for watching at this here address, WWDC 2011 was also covered by Softpedia here with all major announcements listed in a timely manner.
Apple’s first announcement was OS X Lion, or the polished version to be precise.
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is the eighth major release of Apple’s operating system with more than 250 new features and 3,000 new developer APIs.
The software will be available to customers in July as an exclusive download from the Mac App Store for $29.99.
iOS 5 comes up next, with Apple’s Scot Forstall (SVP of iOS Software) showcasing a plurality of cool new features.
These included Notification Center, iMessage (a new messaging service for all iDevices that works over WiFi and 3G), Newsstand (a new way to purchase and organize your newspaper and magazine subscriptions), Twitter integration, an updated Safari browser and Mail application, and much more.
iOS 5 is deemed PC-free as users will now be able to activate and set up their iOS device right out of the box, as well as get software updates over the air (OTA).
The third major segment leading up to the end of the WWDC 2011 keynote address is reserved for the iCloud announcement.
Apple describes the product as “a breakthrough set of free new cloud services that work seamlessly with applications on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and automatically and wirelessly push it to all your devices.”
And by content, Apple means virtually anything that can be made up of bits. iCloud will be available this fall, alongside iOS 5.