Office 2008 for Mac comes in three different flavors. The standard product ($400; upgrade price $240) includes Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008 and Entourage 2008. The Special Media Edition ($500; upgrade price $300) adds the Expression Media digital asset management system, which works with a Microsoft Exchange server. And the Home and Student Edition costs $150, with no upgrade pricing available.

Finally - a way to utilize my Ultimate Ears quality headphones and not lose the phone functionality of my iphone in the process. Griffin’s Smartalk a headphone adapter with a mic and iPhone remote built right in.

Shure showed us 6 types of new earphones named SE series which have isolating system preventing noises. SE110, 210 and 310 have one microspeaker, SE420 has 2 speakers and SE530 and 530PTH have 3 speakers. The picture is the SE530 which price is 499 dollars. They all connect to standard headphone jacks.

This is the big announcement - Rumor sites are vindicated! Steve Jobs just introduced the “world’s thinnest notebook” - the Macbook Air.

It comes with a standard 1.8″ 80GB HD with an optional 64 SSD, an a specially designed Intel Core 2 Duo at 1.66 GHz - 60% smaller than standard Intel Core 2 Duo chips. More specs:
13.3″ screen
LCD Backlit screen
iSight Camera
Full Size Keyboard
Backlit Keyboard

The most exciting thing about this is multi-touch gestures built into the mouse pad. Stay tuned for more info…

iTunes gets a lift today with a new movie rental service. There are a number of movies studios who are partnered… I’ll post up details later today but know that this is available right now. Movies from the library are $2.99 to rent, new releases will be $3.99.Movies

New iPhone features shownNew iPhone features shownThere is a software development kit coming in February but for now Apple is kind enough to give us the following updates for the iPhone

Today - great new features on iphone -
Maps with location.
Webclips
Customizable Home Screens
SMS multiple people at once
Chapters / Subtitles, Languages for Video
Song Lyrics
These are available today as a free software update

Steve Jobs introduced a new product called the Time Capsule right now - it is a Harddrive with a Airport and wireless N built in . “Just Plug it in” he says, and it will backup all your data. There will be a 500GB version for $299 and a 1TB version for $499.

After about a 90 minute wait from outside in the fog, to inside in the press waiting area we are finally inside. Steve Jobs is set to take the stage at any minute now - stay tuned

We are live and direct at this year’s Macworld Conference in San Francisco. The first event doesn’t start until 9am but since our offices are right around the corner, I naturally came a little early. Obviously I wasn’t the only one with this thought - there are already hordes of press lined up outside the Moscone convention center and it seems just as many press. Talking to people I feel that the rumors of new products and expectations aren’t as definite as they were last year - there’s talk of a thin notebook here, beefed up iTunes there - but no one knows for sure. All we do know is “there’s something in the air”

With just an hour to go before Steve Jobs unveils his new products, the crowd at the Macworld conference in San Francisco are both tense with anticipation, while at the same time, look like an excited bunch of teens just before spring break holidays is about to start.

Apple fans and tech junkies alike are all gathered awaiting the string of product announcements from Apple and cool new gadgets and software for Apple devices.

What could it mean? New wireless music kit? iTunes movie rental service? iPhone details? A slim and lightweight MacBook Air? We’ll find out very soon. Stay tuned for the latest coverage, check back regularly. You wont want to miss out on all the excitement that’s happening right here at Macworld ‘08.