Jobs reveals iTunes Movie service, new AppleTV
Cory Bergman January 15th, 2008
At Macworld, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off iTunes Movie Rental service with 1,000 movies from Touchstone, Miramax, LionsGate, Fox, Warners Brothers, Walt Disney, Paramount, Universal and Sony. “We have every major studio,” Jobs said. After download, users can watch it for 30 days. Pricing is $2.99 for older movies, $3.99 for new releases and $4.99 for new HD movies. The movies began playing 30 seconds after the download is initiated. The service will go live by the end of February. Also, Jobs admitted that AppleTV is not meeting expectations, and he announced a cheaper verson ($229) that will allow you to download movies to your TV set.
For gearheads, Jobs unveiled the MacBook Air, which measures only .16 inch thick (with an optional flash memory drive) and .76 inch think with the standard 80-gig hard drive. Here’s a guy demo’ing it. Ok, that is thin.
For all the play-by-play, visit Engadget’s coverage of today event.
3 Comments Add your own
1. Charles | January 15th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
That is a VERY thin laptop. Although, only one USB port? Really?
And I did like how the justification for not having an optical drive is that they expect people to buy or rent from iTunes. (In part, to be fair.) But all in all, it looks like a very beautiful machine. My hat is off to the development team!
2. Joe - fourhman.com | January 16th, 2008 at 11:14 am
“After download, users can watch it for 30 days…. The movies began playing 30 seconds after the download is initiated”
From Apple: “You have thirty (30) days after downloading a movie to begin viewing. Once you begin viewing, you have twenty-four (24) hours to view the movie (the “Viewing Period”). You may view the movie an unlimited number of times during the Viewing Period. Movies are not viewable after the thirty (30) day period. Stopping, pausing or restarting a movie does not extend the available time for viewing.”
3. Casey | January 17th, 2008 at 10:28 am
I think it’s .16 to .76 inch think. It’s wedge shaped from the side so, thinner on one the front than the back.
All the Dude ever wanted was a 12″ MacBook Pro.
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