Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg said the release of Keynote and Apple's Web browser show that the company is "serious at not relying on Microsoft to deliver key applications to the Mac OS platform." But these products also put the Mac in a precarious position, he said, particularly if Microsoft sees these new products as a reason to slow down how quickly it releases the latest versions of Internet Explorer or Office for the Mac. Keynote will be available starting Tuesday for $99.
The program also supports Adobe's PDF and Apple's QuickTime formats. "Keynote imports and exports PowerPoint," Jobs said. The program conceivably would compete with Microsoft's version of PowerPoint for the Mac. "We built this for me, and so I wanted to share it with you," Jobs said, adding that he used test versions of the software for all his Macworld presentations in 2002. Safari is available as a free download starting on Tuesday and runs on Mac OS X version 10.2.Īpple also introduced a new presentation application, called Keynote.
"We want the contents of the page to be the star here."
"It's a very minimal" user interface, Jobs said.
The bundling began in 1997, when Apple cut a five-year technology agreement with Microsoft that expired last year. It's "three times faster than (Internet Explorer) on the Mac."īefore the announcement, IE for the Mac had been the default Web browser on new Macs. Speaking at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Jobs demonstrated an Apple-developed browser called Safari that he claimed is the fastest available. Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday unveiled a new Web browser and said software innovation has placed his company at the forefront of digital entertainment in the home.
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