Macworld Expo 2009 Keynote (Live Coverage)

We’re in line outside of Moscone West for Apple’s final Macworld Expo keynote. Stay tuned to this page to read all the updates as they happen.

6:30 AM: It’s 45 degrees outside. Sixth in line. The keynote will begin at 9 AM, so expect updates to be light until then.

6:42 AM: Apple just entered the building. A steady stream of about 50 Apple security and guides just walked through the front gates. Yes, it’s official, boredom has set in.

7:18 AM: We’re inside.

7:30 AM: It’s worth noting that you can still get a free Exhibit Hall badge on-site, if you’re in the area. Use priority code RDM11000. We tested it yesterday and it works using the badge registration terminals on-site.

7:53 AM: We’re in front of the last door.

8:35 AM: We’re seated. Keynote should start in about 15 minutes. Reuters is running around in front of us, out of battery power already. Fear not, we have three laptops fully charged, and three separate internet connections in the keynote hall.

8:53 AM: Looks like iWork ‘09 has already been leaked. It’s listed on Apple’s downloads page already. (And, it has been pulled back to iWork ‘08 already).

8:59 AM: “Please silence all pagers and devices.”

9:03 AM: Phil Schiller is on the stage.

9:05 AM: Phil’s giving a shout out to the Apple Retail Store team and all the new international locations. 3.4 million customers visit the retail stores each week. 100 Macworld Expos each week.

9:06 AM: “Today is all about the Mac.” 9.7 million Macs sold, growth twice as fast as the rest of the industry.

9:08 AM: 3 new things today. First, iLife ‘09.

9:09 AM: iPhoto ‘09. Faces feature to compliment Events. Sort by face detection.

9:10 AM: Face detection works with face recognition to identify, group, and match photos automatically based on the person. Like Mail’s junk detection, it’s adaptive… you tell it how it’s doing and it improves when you tell it that it got a face right or wrong. Other slideshows dynamically tear apart photo based on analyzing the imagery.

9:19 AM: Slideshows also can now be saved to iPod and iPhone as movies.

9:12 AM: Places feature now uses the GPS data to sort photos based on where they were taken. Uses photo data generated by iPhone 3G and any other EXIM data from the photo. Geotagging is now in iPhoto ‘09.

We just checked with the server team, and we’ve got plenty of server bandwidth and CPU available… so feel free to post comments below while the show goes on!

9:15 AM: Maps in iPhoto (for Geotagging) are pulled from Google Maps, complete with Google Maps data. It looks, walks, and talks like iPhone’s Maps app.

More new features: Facebook & Flickr integration. Geotagging on Flickr also supported.

9:18 AM: Additional new themes in iPhoto slideshow. Works with face detection to center faces in the slideshow.

9:20 AM: Travel books added to the photo books. Works with geotagging. Can also print now on the hardcover of books.

9:21 AM: Demoing iPhoto ‘09 in action. The general interface is the same as iPhoto ‘08, but with all the new features added around it.

923 AM: Demoing Face detection. There’s a Confirm Photos panel that lets you train iPhoto on face detection easily.

9:24 AM: Smart albums also support face detection, so you can dynamically create groups with selected people.

9:25 AM: Demoing Places. You can easily add GPS data to a photo in iPhoto after it has been taken (in case your camera doesn’t have GPS). It uses Google Maps auto location features… so you can just start typing a location, and it will pin the location down.

9:26 AM: You can also have a mini map appear in another window that will dynamically drop pins based on what photos you highlight. And, you can toggle between Google Maps, Satellite, and Street View on the fly.

9:27 AM: A column view for places is also offered, so you can drill down by location and see all the photos fly in from your library of that place.

9:28 AM: “Brand new” iMovie ‘09. “Not every feature was there in iMovie ‘08 that was in previous version.”

9:29 AM: New Precision editor that gives powerful timeline editing without simplistic hinderances. Advanced drag & drop into timeline. Dynamically create your own effects. Animated travel maps using geolocation data.

Automatic video stabilization.

9:31 AM: Randy Ubillos, Chief Architect for iMovie is on stage. Demoing the new features.

9:32 AM: Skimming feature works like iPhoto, drag-and-drop intop timeline allows splicing of audio and video mixture without juggling tracks.

9:34 AM: Unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro has leaked on Apple.com.

Precision editor in iMovie ‘09 lets you have fine grained control over the audio and video separately (something that was a royal pain in iMovie ‘08). “In a Pro Tool this would take a lot more steps, but we did it in an easy yet still professional way.”

9:35 AM: Video stabilization. Demoing a truck ride through Africa. Really jerky video. Stabilization calculations are stored and only need to be done on each clip once. And yes, it works shockingly well.

Much better than any iMovie plug-in released to-date.

9:37 AM: iMovie now has clip inspector that allows for dynamic speed and video controls. Looks like they’re using RT Extreme from Final Cut to do all this in real time.

9:39 AM: Themes use drop zones, but also pull data from the user. Since it’s Phil’s machine, the theme automatically added a “directed by Phil Schiller” to the title.

9:41 AM: New GarageBand ‘09. Many new features, but only one demo. Learn to Play mode. New user interface shows you how to play the instrument that you’ve chosen. Instructor stands above the video talking you through how to play the instrument. You control the speed of the exercise.

9:44 AM: Notation appears below the video, with a keyboard below it. Nine basic lessons for guitar, and for piano are bundled. Artist Lessons take it a step farther with guest stars showing you how to play their songs. John Fogerty, Colbie Caillat, Patrick Stump, Sting, and many more on guitar. Sarah McLachian, Ryan Tedder, Norah Jones on the keyboard. “We’ll continue to add more along the way.”

9:46 AM: Lesson store lets you purchase Artist Lessons, from inside GarageBand. $4.99 per Artist Lesson.

9:47 AM: Demoing Artist Lessons.

Just to note, we’re also pumping free Wi-Fi for everyone into the hall.

9:48 AM: iWeb and iDVD also updated. $79 for iLife ‘09. Family pack $99 for up to five systems. Ships end of month.

9:49 AM: iWork ‘09. This year’s keynote was made using it.

9:50 AM: Keynote ‘09. Magic Move. Dynamically creates powerful transitions based on where you move elements between slides. Demo using automatic stacking of a deck of cards.

Object transitions. Creates dynamic fly-throughs between slides. Basically, it gives you all the ability to have those Macworld Keynote effects that you couldn’t figure out how to do in Keynote yourself.

9:52 AM: Text transitions offer sliding text around without transitioning entire slides. Chart animations added as well.

9:53 AM: Texturing charts now easier, with several new textures. New themes include more iPhoto-style drop zones for setting up slides.

9:54 AM: Keynote remote. App for iPhone and iPod touch to control Keynotes. Wirelessly controls over Wi-Fi via Bonjour. Speaker notes, next slide, and flick to transition. On App Store for $.99.

9:55 AM: Pages ‘09.  Full screen view added. Lets you write documents without having other windows in the way.

9:56 AM: Menus still run above, so you don’t need to exit Full Screen mode to make a change.

Outlining mode revamped. Graphics in-line with outline. Reorganize as easy as in Keynote. Documents can reorganize dynamically based on a separate outline for the document.

9:57 AM: Pages now talks to Numbers for auto-filling info stored in a particular Numbers document. Pages now integrates with MathType, and EndNote. More new templates.

9:58 AM: Numbers. First major revision of app. “Focused on filling out all those features.” Table categories added. Dynamically lets you make a stylized table, and reorganize on-the-fly. Dynamically creates triangle, expand-down lists inside of tables.

9:59 AM: Easy formula writing added. Function is written out in plain english, not a bunch of abbreviations. Fields are also added in their real english names (or cell numbers if not available).

10:00 AM: Trend lines and arrow bars also added to charts. Also, charts are now dynamically linked in Keynote and Pages. When updates are made in Numbers, changes can be updated in Keynote and Pages.

Templates for home finance, education, inventories, etc also added.

10:02 AM: Like before, $79 and $99 for the family pack. Purchase iWork with a new Mac and the price has fallen to $99. Shipping today.

Leopard required for both.

10:03 AM: New product, Mac Box Set. $169 for Leopard, iLife and iWork ‘09. Ships in Late January when iLife is finished.

iWork.com going into beta. Easily share and upload documents, allow them to collaborate. View documents online inside of browser. Add comments and notes online. Users can download copy in multiple formats on-the-fly without need to export.

10:05 AM: Demoing iWork.com. Uploads happen inside the app without need to go to the web site. Conversions are made as the upload happens automatically.

10:06 AM: Web browser support in iWork.com for all major browsers. AJAX interface mimics iWork app interface.

10:08 AM: Shared documents menu item inside of iWork loads iWork.com shared docs. Gives synopsis of collaboration on all documents shared.

10:09 AM: “Beginning of a new service, we’re going to find out all the new features we can do together.” Beta is free, eventually will be a paid service. Also available today.

10:10 AM: The new 17-inch MacBook Pro. Unibody architecture.

10:12 AM: .98 inches thin, world’s thinnest 17-inch notebook. 6.6 lbs, world’s lightest in 17-inch. 1920×1200 resolution, “best display we’ve ever shipped in a notebook.” 60% greater color gamut than previous 17-inch. Glossy and anti-glare options.

10:13 AM: Mini-DisplayPort, 3 USB ports, FireWire 800, Battery status on side. Glass trackpad.

10:14 AM: New Core 2 Duo 2.93 GHz maximum speed, up to 8 GB of DDR 3 RAM. Dual-GPU GeForce 9400M and 9600 GT, same as 15-inch. SSD option. Magnetic latch.

10:15 AM: Longest battery life ever. Video of engineers going over battery life achievement.

10:16 AM: Battery supports up to 1,000 recharges. Bigger battery, more capacity. Battery is completely internal. Lasts up to 8 hours on a single charge with no added cost. Custom shaped cells, using innovations from iPhone.

10:20 AM: 7 hours with GeForce 9600M, 8 hours using the 9400M. 3 hours longer than last gen 17-inch, 60% increase.

10:21 AM: 3X less waste to environment. PVC and BFR free. Take-back program to recycle them now available.

$2799 for 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo, 320 GB hard drive. Ships late January.

EPEAT Gold environmental rating.

10:23 AM: New TV ad for 17-inch MBP now playing. Similar to 13-inch MacBook ad. Boasts “five year lifespan” for integrated battery.

10:24 AM: One last thing. (Yes, last). iTunes. 6 Billion songs sold. 10 Million songs available. 75 Million accounts with credit cards.

10:26 AM: New in 2009. More flexibility on song price. $.69, $.99, $1.29 price tiers for music. More songs will be offered at $.69 than at $1.29.

10:27 AM: 8 million songs now DRM free, starting today. 2 million more by end of quarter, all 10 Million songs DRM free.

10:28 AM: iPhone can now download all songs without Wi-Fi connection. 3G network required. Same price, no extra fee. Same quality, iTunes Plus downloads over 3G. Purchases transfer back to iTunes, just like Wi-Fi, starting today.

10:30 AM: Tony Bennett performing on stage.

10:36 AM: Keynote is over, stay tuned to CentralGadget.com throughout today for photos and details from the show floor. Feel free to post comments below. Special thanks to our server team for handling the load, and of course, for you tuning in to our brand new site.