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9:37 am iTunes Movie Rentals

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9:38 am Touchstone, Miramax, MGM, Lionsgate, Newline, FOx, WB, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Sony all on board

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9:38 am Every major studio is on board

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9:39 am Over 1000 movies (available 30 days after DVD release)

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9:40 am Watch instantly (30 seconds with modern broadband) 9:40 am Watch anywhere (Macs, PCs, all current iPods and iPhone

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9:40 am Rules: 30 days to start watching. 24 hours to finish

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9:41 am Library titles: $2.99, New Releases: $3.99

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9:42 am iTunes Movie Rentals launches today in the U.S. International will launch later this year. Software updates for iPods and iTunes will be forthcoming

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9:44 am What about the flat screen TV? "we have all tried to get movies on a flat screen TV, and we all missed."

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9:44 am Podcasts = audio and video 9:44 am Apple TV Take 2. No computer required. Rent movies on Apple TV. DVD quality AND HD + Dolby 5.1

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9:45 am Photos from Flickr & .Mac (the flickr part is cool, I started an HD group with flickr)

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9:46 am HD rentals are $4.99. 100 titles today 9:46 am Synching with iTunes.

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damn that is cool. I was waiting until they went HD.

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9:48 am Can preview movies from the interface, and see what other users who have rented that movie have rented

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9:51 am Steve demoed starting a movie just after having rented it. Note he has an extremely fast connection. The movie was downloading at 1% per second.

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9:57 am Photo screensavers can be retrieved from .Mac web galleries

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10:00 am The new Apple TV is a free software update. 10:00 am Demo over, reviewing features. 9:59 am Music can be bought from within Apple TV

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10:01 am Apple TV price drop. Entry price drops from $299 to $229 (nice)

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10:02 am 20th Century Fox was the first studio to sign up for movie rentals. Jim Gianopulos, Chairman and CEO of Fox is taking the stage 10:01 am New software will be out in 2 weeks

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:wtf:

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lol.

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apple tv still not worth it imo.

the movies in itunes is cool. especially with all major studios on board.

rest of the updates - not applicable to me.

would be cool if the iPhone had gps.

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10:03 am Gianopulos: Fox wanted to make great movies, and get it into as many people's hands as possible. Consumers wanted the same thing

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[QUOTE]apple tv still not worth it imo.

the movies in itunes is cool. especially with all major studios on board.

rest of the updates - not applicable to me.

would be cool if the iPhone had gps.[/QUOTE]

This Summer/Fall Jenks.

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10:05 am Gianopulos: Video rentals aren't a new thing, but Apple is doing it in an intuitive, insightful, etc way. This will be a transformative version of the rental model.

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10:07 am Steve has re-taken the stage 10:07 am Gianopulos: Of course, DVDs will still be with us for a while. Digital Copies will be on disks going forward. The first iteration is the Family Guy: Blue Harvest DVD, which contains an iTunes compatible digital copy

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10:08 am As you know, Apple makes the best notebooks in the industry. Today, we are introducing a third kind of notebook. It's called the MacBook Air 10:08 am 4th thing: There's something in the air (OOOO! OOOO! OOOO!)

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10:08 am "The World's Thinnest Notebook"

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10:10 am Most people think of Sony TZ series when they think of thin notebooks. Competition specs: 3 lbs, .8-1.2 inches, 11 or 12" display, miniature keyboard, and slower processor

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10:10 am We thought 3 lbs is a good target weight, but there was too much compromise with the other features

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10:12 am MacBook Air is 0.16" to 0.76". The thickest part of the MacBook Air is thinner than the thinnest part of the Sony. It fits inside a envelope

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10:12 am Magnetic latch, 13.3" widescreen display