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To: Marc Newman who wrote (24710)	5/10/1999 1:28:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

WWDC Keynote pdates pbsource.com The keynote address has finally begun, albeit a few minutes later than anticipated. A new version of the HAL 2000 routine began the show, and Steve Jobs is now giving the audience a breakdown of just who registered for WWDC '99. Several hundred student developers registered for the event. Jobs is quickly covering Apple's last year, beginning with the iMac intro on May 6, 1998. 3,106 new Macintosh applications have been anounced since then -- Jobs thanks the developers for their hard work and commitment to the Mac platform. Dragon Systems will finally be bringing their speech-recognition technology to the Mac OS, with an intial US public release planned for the end of this year, followed by an international version later on. Jobs officially announced the new Lombard/101 PowerBooks, running at 333- and 400-MHz, which will feature 5-hour single battery life (although the 'Book can accomodate two batteries). Jobs noted that he looks forward to telling us about the upcoming consumer portable "some time later this year." The new Lombard PowerBook weighs just 5.9 pounds, and is about 20% thinner than previous "Wall Street" models. The prices on the new model PowerBook G3 Series laptops are expected to start at $2499 and $3499 respectively; they should be available around May 20 in stores. Jobs gave away two of the high-end models to attendees, while on stage, and Apple will give away forty-eight more throughout the conference. With the PowerBook raffles, Jobs ended his overview of the company, as well as his discussion of the PowerBook platfdorm, and turned to Mac software. We will have full links, specs, and pricing info posted on the PBS main news page as soon as they are available. Apple has yet to update their web site, or make the new PowerBook available at the Apple Store, as of this posting. Beginning on Memorial Day, Sears will distribute iMacs -- a first time for everything! Jobs and Tevanian went on to highlight OpenGL and Java support in the Mac OS; the former is now available for download from the Apple web site. Jim K.