Hi GIGi, thanks for posting. Good to have an overview of what is new. I sort of thought that a lot of it might be about the Apple watch, which isn't all that high on my list. :)
Again, thanks for posting this for those of us who couldn't listen to the keynote. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 10, 2015, at 8:19 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Donna > The first thing they talked about was the AppleTV. It's going to have HBO > added to it now. I forgot when is going to come available. > > Next, as far as I can remember, they talked about the MacBook. It's going to > be lighter and the keyboard is going to come out to the very edges of it. > They talked about the changes in the keyboard. They also talked about the > trackpad and how you can press on it differently to do scrolling. The new > MacBook Pros are going to have some of this too. For those partially sighted > among us, the keyboard is going to have LEDs under all the keys. They also > talked about more battery life for the MacBooks. > They talked about programs for the iPhone and health research for things like > Parkinson's disease and diabetes. It was explained how the sensors on the > phone would communicate to researchers the information for them to gather > data. Apple won't get the information. > They talked a whole lot about the Apple Watch. A lot of what they said about > the Apple Watch we heard the last time. We have, by the way, a new update to > the iPhone, version 8.2. It adds for you to pair with your Apple Watch when > it comes out in April. > > I did notice that again Siri did open her speakers and respond when the > presenter held up the Apple watch and said "Hey Siri." So I still haven't > heard it talk yet. If I am in North Park Mall after April whatever, I'll > check it out and let you guys know, unless of course, someone else finds out > sooner. > > I suppose this keynote is now on the web site. > > Gigi > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 10, 2015, at 7:21 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Gigi, >> >> Can you share some highlights? I was traveling all day so couldn't listen. >> Cheers, >> Donna >>> On Mar 10, 2015, at 7:03 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello guys >>> Yesterday I listen to the keynote that Apple did. This time, it worked out >>> real good to do the live streaming. I have never done the live one before, >>> because I'm usually working. First, I was able to call it up on my iPhone >>> this time which I really wanted to do. Last time, I couldn't get it to work >>> on my iPhone. Another thing I noticed, which was really nice, was that >>> voiceover was saying all the little caption things. So when they had a >>> silent music playing film, voiceover was saying all the things that were >>> coming up on the screen. Not all of them were necessary, but it still was >>> interesting that it was happening and a nice touch. >>> Gigi Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
