Apple Keynote 2008

It would be remiss of me to not mention Steve Job's new announcements at the 2008 Macworld Keynote Address today, particularly that of the "world's thinnest notebook", Apple's new MacBook Air. No, it's not a sneaker with ties to a certain Chicago Bulls hall of famer, it's a laptop designed for nothing but portability and "built for the wireless world".

"Thinnovation" is their key word. Not only is this thing ridiculously small, it's ridiculously light (under 3lbs.). Amazingly, it has no optical drive. It has a USB port and a new DVI port, so you can connect an external if you want, but the really cool feature displayed was the wireless access of a shared optical drive from some other computer nearby.

I'm not in the market for a laptop, but if I were, I'd have to give this some consideration at least.

Another announcement was a (long overdue) iPhone update. No, it still can't play Flash content in Safari, nor can it read my mind yet, but it does now include some useful new features, including the ability to customize your home page and the ability to "pin" where you currently are in Google maps. For a complete overview, check out the iPhone update page.

Everyone seemed to want to get this update at once. I waited a loooooooong time before the servers cleared up enough for me to get this update, but so far it's been fun to play with the new changes.

There is still as of yet any word on Apple's progress on personal androids and flying cars. Damn...