CNET's Apple event live blog (Wednesday, September 12)

This event has concluded. Apple has officially announced the iPhone 5.

  • Cue says the performance has been improved too. Users can preview songs while browsing, something that works with 90-second previews.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Changes roll out with iOS 6 on Sept. 19
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • by James Martin
  • To iTunes, the App Store and the iBookstore, that is.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Hopefully this leads to better app/media discovery.
    by Scott Stein
  • Now onto iTunes the desktop app.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • 200 million customers now using iTunes in the cloud.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • They've downloaded 15 billion downloads from iCloud.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • New version of iTunes.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • iCloud is built in, Cue says.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Apple's Jeff Robin comes up to give us a demo.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • by James Martin
  • Basically no source list on the left, now it's just a drop-down. Albums expand out like folders in iOS and OS X.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • by James Martin
  • New iTunes looks like a big grid of albums, but track listings pop out of the interface seamlessly when you click.
    by Scott Stein
  • I don't know if this really looks any easier to use if your music library is as wildly messy as mine.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • by James Martin
  • by James Martin
  • In Artist-browsing mode, looks more like current Music app on iPad.
    by Scott Stein
  • iTunes Store integration lets you browse other albums from within an album. There's also a "classic" song list view.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • by James Martin
  • by James Martin
  • Can see an entire music library and the playlist at the same time. Now there's a useful feature.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • When you drag an album from the list, it pulls up a little tab on the right side, aimed at helping people make playlist.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Going through making party playlists, now. Dual-pane viewing.
    by Scott Stein
  • by James Martin
  • Another new feature called "up next" lets you see what songs are up next in a playlist or party mix.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • I like the pull-down "up next" playlist.
    by Scott Stein
  • by James Martin
  • Software lets you queue up songs you want to hear after a song is currently playing.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Robin shows off search now, jumps right to an entire album now. You can also home in on just songs.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Showing Nora Jones. "Little Broken Hearts."
    by Scott Stein
  • by James Martin
  • New mini player for when you want to get the app out of your face, but have it floating on a part of your desktop.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Foo Fighters.
    by Scott Stein
  • by James Martin
  • Puts a lot of the UI in little pop-ups that jut out from the app. But you can also search from the mini player too. That's kind of neat.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Adding Ingrid Michaelson via the mini player.
    by Scott Stein
  • by James Martin
  • by James Martin
  • The mix of iCloud/downloaded media, presented together: I like that. Fits how most people own/store media now.
    by Scott Stein
  • Robin switches to movies, showing that you can see movies from your computer as well as the iCloud.
    by Josh Lowensohn
  • Avengers clip resumes instantly. Hulk smash.
    by Scott Stein
  • by James Martin
  • by James Martin
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