As expected, the next gen iPhone (iPhone 4) hogged all the limelight in Apple's WWDC event. But apart from Steve Jobs and iPhone 4, there were other interesting things that were noteworthy. Here are a few key stats from Steve Jobs' keynote at the WWDC 2010:
General Stats
- 5,200 attendees
- 57 countries at this sold out event
- 2 million iPads sold
- 19 countries will have iPad by end of July
- 8,500 apps for the iPad now
- 35 million native iPad apps downloaded so far
- 17 apps per iPad
- 5 million books downloaded in first 65 days
- Apple now has 22% of the US ebooks market
iBooks
New to iBooks today will be Notes, Bookmarks and a page "displaying notes and bookmarks". PDF viewing also built in to the app.
- App Store now offers 225,000 apps
- 15,000 apps submitted weekly
- 5 billion apps have been downloaded via the App store (as of last week)
- Apple has paid out one billion dollars to developers
iPhone
- iPhone is second biggest mobile OS after RIM
- Observes "58.2% of US mobile browser usage"
- 2.5 times more than Android
iPhone 4
- New iPhone - 9.3mm thick, 24% thinner than the iPhone 3GS
- 7 hours 3G talk, 6 hours 3G browsing, 10 hours WiFi, 300 hours of standby
- iPhone 4 - black or white. $199 for 16GB or $299 for 32GB model
- AT&T upgrade offer. If your existing iPhone contact is set to time out any time in 2010 you can immediately get an iPhone 4 (for $199 or $299)
iAds
- $60 million worth of ads booked for the second half of 2010
- 48% of mobile display ads market
FaceTime
WWDC attendants also witnessed an App for the next generation - FaceTime. It is a video chat app that will enable video calling in your iPhone.
iPhone 4 FaceTime commercial Ad
Video Demo of iPhone 4 running FaceTime
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