Live Blog: Apple’s iPhone OS 4.0 announcement

It’s that time again, folks. The day that is looked upon with excitement by fan boys and cynics alike: it’s an Apple announcement day.

Apple has already made it perfectly clear that today’s announcement will bring details about iPhone OS 4.0 – but what ever will they be? Will it multitask? Will there be interface overhauls? Will this new OS singlehandedly eliminate world hunger, disease, and flash floods?

We’re in Cupertino to find out – join us after the jump for a constant stream of updates from our live blog.


The event begins at 10 A.M. Pacific. We will be fielding questions and providing commentary/image from the Apple campus in the time leading up to the event. If you’re just looking for the main event, tune in at 10 A.M. sharp.

10:07: 250,000 iBooks on day one. 600,000 iBooks downloaded since. 3.5 million apps downloaded so far

10:06: They sold 350,000 iPads on launch day, and 450,000 total so far

10:05: He’s quoting some of the iPad reviews. Hes quoted Walt Mossberg and Ed Baig so far.

10:04: We’ve got something to share today that we’re very excited about. That’s iPhone OS 4. But before that: something we just shipped recently: the iPad.

10:03: The lights are dimming, Jobs has entered.

10:02: We’ve just been seated

10:01: Our live blogging system just crumbled under the weight of many thousands of people try to refresh repeatedly. We’re switching to manual mode for the time being, please follow along below. We’ll switch back to automatic mode if the system restores itself.

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