The MacWorld Expo opened just after Steve Jobs’ keynote. The expo is spreaded by two halls: Moscone South (where these pictures were taken and where the Apple booth is as well) and Moscone West. It feels that that is the largest MacWorld ever…

Check out the photo gallery and the full article on Uberpulse

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Original post by Mike

Xavier Lanier has an interesting MacBook Air video that shows how the laptop looks like in the real world.

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The Macbook Air and Apple’s entry in the movie rental business where the big items of that keynote. The thin laptop is great, but I think that the movie rental is a much bigger deal for Apple, in the lengthy term.

Apple stepped in (yet) another business, and while everyone talks about convergence, they actually cash-in by fixing ‘>Apple TV – at least, that is what seems (we have not tested it yet). Being able to rent a movie without the wait date caused by mailing the disc is certainly robust -the Vudu box proved it- and whether there’s something that customers would pay for, it’s convenience.

As more than ever, electronics is driven by consumers and the creation of added-value will shift from the back-end (hardware) to the front-end (user-interface/software). Some companies can’t write software or build hardware to save their lives, so mastering both aspects will supply Apple with an edge that competitors will have a hard moment to match.

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Yes, the rumors were true, Apple has launched the Macbook Air, an ultra-light 13.3” laptop that does not have an optical drive. that will give Sony a much needed competition in the uber-thin laptop category.

Form Factor

• 0.16 to 0.76 x 12.8 x 8.94 inches (0.4 to 1.94 x 32.5 x 22.7 cm)
• 3lbs (1.36 kg)

The Specs

• 1.6 – 1.8Ghz Intel Core 2
• 1.3.3 widescreen LED 1280×800 pixel
• 2GB of RAM
• 80GB HDD or 64GB SSD
• Optional external optical drive
• Integrated Intel Graphics

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Follow the keynote on ubergizmo/live

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Our colleague from Uberpulse is in line to attend the keynote. The press has reached the breakfast table and is getting caffeinated before the show. There are some familiar faces among the attendees and we can’t wait to see what will come out of the keynote. More photos at Uberpulse.

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Take it with a grain of salt, but a forum user from MobileReader reports that the Sony PRS-505 eBook will get a firmware update next month. Here is what he wrote:

“that may not be news anymore, but I confirmed with the SONY Reader product manager at CES that there will be a new firmware for the 505 which will include the ability to properly resize PDFs inside the reader [thus, without using rasterfarian]. I actually saw that PDF functionality and it works much better than on our 500’s!” (link)

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