Part of the interest in using the iPhone for other applications comes from the news that it runs some form of Mac OS X, although this in itself raises many issues, as the phone itself is said to use an ARM processor (UK readers may remember ARM as the successful processor architecture company spun out of the now-defunct Acorn Computers), and OS X as we know it today (with its open-source Darwin foundation) doesn't support ARM chips. When was the last time you whipped out your Windows or Palm (or Symbian or Linux) powered phone to run a tap-tempo program? And how annoying would it be to be tapping tempo in a session only to have your train of thought interrupted by your mum calling? Not to mention the fact that most professional studios ask you to switch off mobile phones anyway! While there's a temptation to justify writing about iPhone in Apple Notes because it's from Apple and by saying 'but wait, maybe it has a musical purpose!' Let's be honest, it's a phone. In addition to allowing you to make phone calls, the device, which features a completely touchscreen-driven interface, also offers wide-screen iPod functionality and a host of Internet-access tools. This was a little disappointing, given that the occasion was Macworld, and it would have been interesting if more information had been made public regarding the status of the next major version of Mac OS X, or the now-annually-expected (but this year absent) upgrade to Apple's iLife suite of digital lifestyle applications that could have included Garageband 4.ĭespite a brief introduction of Apple TV (the device formally known as iTV, that allows Windows or Mac users to view content from iTunes on a TV) at the start of the keynote, this year's Macworld keynote was all about iPhone, a product Jobs said he'd been waiting two and a half years to introduce.
PhoneworldĪlthough Apple's name change was announced at the end of the keynote, the focus of the event was very much on consumer electronics, with no announcements relating to Mac hardware or software.
Still, Apogee were showing a mobile version of their Symphony system for Macbook Pro users. Since most people always referred to Apple Computer as Apple anyway, this is one Apple transition most users probably won't even notice or care about.Īpple's booth at this year's NAMM show looked much the same as Apple's booth at last year's NAMM show, with no product releases. The reason behind this is obviously to reflect Apple's move into consumer electronics: although these devices are still technically computers, they're not the personal computing products for which Apple were previously best known. In his annual keynote for the January 2007 Macworld show in San Francisco, CEO Steve Jobs announced that the company would be dropping the word 'Computer' from their official name and would now be known simply as Apple Inc.
While there was little that was new from Apple for musicians and audio engineers at the recent Macworld and NAMM shows, announcements from other manufacturers will allow Macbook Pro owners to take advantage of more sophisticated audio and DSP hardware while on the road.Īpple Computer Inc is no more.
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