MacWorld Reading Recommendations

MacWorld kicks off tomorrow with Steve Jobs’ keynote speach. So here are our recommendations on where to go during the day for the best coverage.

  • MacRumors – traditionally good coverage direct from the floor. (Thanks DoctorQ!)
  • MacNN – usually has coverage from the floor and keynote in a feed.
  • MacWorld – should have regular updates from the show.
  • MacTeens – cool site, has correspondents in SF to cover developments as they happen.

Live coverage will not be easy to come by tomorrow primarily because Apple will not stream the event live (like they used to) and so many people will be on the Mac sites that getting a decent connection is difficult. If you are having trouble getting onto any of these sites, then you might be best just waiting it out until the main Mac news hubs update.

  • AppleInsider – Blow-by-blow coverage with great editorial. Best bet for in-depth analysis.
  • ThinkSecret – Usually offers a good roundup of releases – they probably know about half of the gear that’s coming tomorrow! ;)
  • Spymac – Typical roundup of main stories.
  • MacDailyNews – Offering live coverage on a ‘lite’ page.
  • iPodGarage – Bill Palmer will be updating direct from the show floor.

Aside from these, keep your eye on the various blog engines and community sites for news and reaction.

  • Engadget – Coverage from the show floor. (Thanks dssaylor!)
  • TUAW – Engadget’s sister-site, will also offer news from MacWord. (Thanks Jim Lind!)
  • Digg – Should be frantic with updates tomorrow!
  • Technorati – Get reaction from blogs across the web.
  • Yahoo! News – Great for catching all the product announcements from the show floor.
  • Google News – They’re just ok. ;)
  • CNET News – These guys usually have decent coverage with video clips of key moments in the keynote.
  • BBC News – UK news authority, had a live stream of Apple’s last special event.
  • Time – Has been known to accidentally leak Apple secrets (iMac G4 for example).
  • Newsweek – Another trusted source worth checking into.
  • MSNBC – Often manages an interview with SJ.

Don’t forget about Apple’s website. Later in the day they will probably release the recorded keynote, possibly here? Never seen a MacWorld keynote before? Try these out, they should be enough to tide you over until tomorrow.

The Keynote starts tomorrow, Tuesday 01/10/2006, 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM.

I’m sure there are a lot of sites that I’ve missed out on, but these should have all the bases covered whether you manage to get a live feed or have to wait for the dust to settle. Any suggestions? Add a comment. :)

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6 Responses to “MacWorld Reading Recommendations”

  1. Damonic Says:
    January 9th, 2006 at 8:42 pm

    I cant believe you left Engadget off the list! They had LIVE CES coverage and will be providing the same for MacWorld!!!

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  2. admin Says:
    January 9th, 2006 at 8:56 pm

    Thanks Damonic … I’ve added them to the list.

    What else needs to be on there?

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  3. Jim Lind Says:
    January 9th, 2006 at 9:04 pm

    http://www.tuaw.com is a sister site of engadget, so almost all the big Apple articles are the same.
    The difference bieng you won’t have as many articles about big TVs and Robots.

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  4. admin Says:
    January 9th, 2006 at 10:17 pm

    Just added TUAW … thanks Jim! :)

    OK … so where else will be worth visiting tomorrow?

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  5. Bill Palmer Says:
    January 10th, 2006 at 1:51 am

    iPod Garage will be at the Keynote tomorrow, and we’ll be providing in-depth coverage of the iPod-related announcements. We’ll be posting live updates from the Keynote if net access isn’t blocked in the Keynote Hall (in other words, we’re in the same boat as everyone else who’s attending).

    We’re going to leave the Macintosh stuff to the great sites you’ve listed above.

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  6. Doctor Q, MacRumors Administrator Says:
    January 10th, 2006 at 4:37 pm

    A slight correction: We will not be closing the MacRumors forums during out live coverage of the keynote. As we did last year, we use multiple servers to keep the forums going at http://forums.macrumors.com/ as well as our live coverage at http://www.macrumorslive.com/.

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