Live Blog of Apple's October 16th Keynote

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Invites members of the press to see the new products and try our Apple Pay. That is it for today!


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Cook thanks his employees for their hard work


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"This is our vision for personal technology, and we are just getting started"


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"Only Apple" can create this super powerful ecosystem with seamless integration of hardware


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Cook is discussing different Apple products and technologies, and how they are used everyday


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Tim Cook is now on stage


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Ships today.


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Mac Mini starts at $499


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Updated with faster processors, improved graphics, faster flash storage, faster 802.11 ac wifi, two thunderbolt 2 ports and energy efficient


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Mac Mini Update!


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iMac with Retina ships today


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New Retina iMac is only $2499


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Thunderbolt 2, standard 1TB fusion drive


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Starts with 3.5ghz quad-core i5. You can upgrade to a 4.0ghz quad-core i7


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Phil Schiller is back on stage


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Brief video playing now on iMac with Retina Display


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5mm thin, Apple had build a new Timing Controller chip, organic passivation, Oxide TFT backlight and more


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14.7 million pixels, highest resolution display in the world! Apple is calling this the Retina 5K display. 7x more pixels than HD TV. 67% more pixels than 4k displays


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27-inch display. 5210 x 2880 pixels


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"There has never been a desktop display like this" -- Phil Schiller on iMac with Retina Display


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All new Retina iMac!


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It's been really fun to watch the migration of the Retina Display


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Mac grew 18% year over year...


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Time to talk about the Mac


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Pre-orders start Tomorrow


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iPad Mini will be $249, iPad Mini 2 will be at $299, iPad Mini 3 starts at $399, iPad Air will run at $399, and iPad Air 2 will run at $499


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Schiller just breezed through the iPad Mini 3 features and pricing


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iPad Mini 3 comes in three new colors.


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iPad Mini 3


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$499 for 16GB, $599 for 64GB, $699 for $128GB


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Phil Schiller back on stage reviewing the iPad Air 2 with Touch ID, improved cameras, display and wireless technologies


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Replay's new version will be available for free, but you can get the current version on the App Store today


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Replay was able to analyze video, add motion graphics, and sync video to music in just seconds.


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Jeff Boudier is up to demo Replay video editing app


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Pixelmator devs demoing Pixelmator for iPad Air 2. They are demonstrating their photo repair tool and it is impressively fast and smooth


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Pixelmator developers demo new app for iPad.


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Phil Schiller talking about Pixelmator developers working on iPad


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Apple Pay is coming to iPad with Touch ID, but you cannot pay at retail stores with your iPad.


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Looks like iPad Air 2 won't have the mute/silent switch


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Touch ID is coming to iPad


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802.11ac Wi-Fi with MIMO. 20 LTE Bands at 150 mbps


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Front facing FaceTime HD Camera is all new and improved with larger aperture


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Slo-Mo is also in the iPad Air 2


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Timelapse feature as well


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43MP panorama images, burst mode is also available.


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New iSight camera: features an 8MP, f2.4, 1.12 micron pixels and shoots 1080p HD video.



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Schiller now talking about the Camera in the iPad


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M8 coprocessor in iPad


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10 Hour Battery life


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A8X processor in the iPad Air 2


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Screen is 56% less reflective


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The screen on the iPad is all new with an anti-reflective coating


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Two iPads stacked on each other are thinner than the original iPad


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Phil Schiller is now on stage. iPad Air 2 is 6.1mm thick, 18% thinner then iPad Air. Thinnest Tablet in the world


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iPad Air 2...in Gold!


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iPad Air getting even thinner


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"How do we make it [iPad] better?"


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iPad is rated #1 in Customer Satisfaction


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As we packed more and more power and more and more performance and more and more capability into iPad our customers and developers have begun to use it in ways we couldn't even imagine.


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The iPad is "Transforming the way we communicate"


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225 Million iPads sold


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Tim Cook is now talking about iPad


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Tim Cook is back on stage


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iOS 8.1 is dropping Monday


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Yosemite will be available TODAY for Free


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Federighi is actually controlling the presentation with an Apple Watch


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When demoing phone calls with Yosemite, Federighi actually calls Stephen Colbert!


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Craig jokes that Stephen Colbert is the new Apple Chief of Secrecy.


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Federighi is demoing Continuity and Handoff with Keynote. He's made a presentation on Secrecy at Apple.


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Continuity now being discussed and ability to make/receive texts


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Federighi notes that you can now AirPlay without Wi-Fi (if the devices are running iOS 8 and Yosemite)


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Now on to iCloud Drive!


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Looks like iWork will be getting an overhaul as well


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Federighi now is going over Maps and Messages


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6x faster than other browsers


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Safari is now faster and gives you longer battery life, according to Federighi


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Now talking about Yosemite's new design and features.


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OS X Yosemite is next


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Camera Roll is coming back for iOS 8.1 as well!


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8.1 will include iCloud Photo Library Public Beta and Apple Pay


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iOS 8.1 finally referenced. "We do get a little bit of feedback" Craig says


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Now talking about Metal and its performance when combined with latest A8 processors.


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Now Federighi is recapping HealthKit


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Federighi is reviewing different iOS 8 features now.


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Craig Federighi is now comparing iOS 8 adoption vs Android


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48% of customers are running iOS 8.


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Craig Federighi is now taking the stage


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Craig is up to discuss Apple's operating systems.


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Tim talking about seamless integration with OS X Yosemite and iOS 8


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Apple Watch is still slated for early 2015


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WatchKit is a way for developers to make new apps, will roll out next month.


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Tim is talking about Apple Watch and its reception in tech and fashion.


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Now on to Apple Watch


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Apple pay will launch Monday


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They will be rolling out support later this year and early next year.


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500 new banks are now signed up with Apple Pay


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Tim is now on Apple Pay


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Excited about launch with 4G LTE network


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Tim is now talking about China iPhone launch


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32 countries by year end


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New record for the first 30 days, "by a whole lot"


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Fastest sell iPhone in history, Tim Cook Says


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Tim is back on stage now
"It's been an incredible year, but we've got a few more things to share with you."



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A video on iPhone 6 launch is now playing


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Lights are dimming. Any second now!


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Just a couple minutes until the event!


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We will be providing coverage of Apple's October 16th, 2014 keynote beginning at 10:00am PST / 1:00pm EST....


The event takes place at the company's Cupertino, California campus. Apple is expected to launch a new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, new iMacs, and OS X Yosemite.

There is also a live stream of the event for those who are able to watch.

Please follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, Google , or RSS for updates!


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