• Bertrand Serlet’s accent is too strong for a keynote.
• Bertrand advanced to the slide with Snow Leopard’s price before he said the price out loud. He did that several times. He should have said the price as he put it on screen, not before.
• The guy who did demos for Bertrand had his back to the crowd. Demonstrators never did that before, they were always facing to the side.
• None of the presenters handled applause very well. They either weren’t prepared for it or waited for it and it never came.
• I loved the reaction when Scott said “support for MMS is coming later this summer on AT&T.” Everyone understood that AT&T was the bad guy.
• Why did everyone laugh when Scott said Safari?

I visited an Apple Store Friday night for the inevitable purchase. I knew I liked Apple and their products, and everything about the experience has confirmed that. The only bad thing is that the purchasing experience is so laid back, and I’m so shy that it is hard to make the first step and approach a salesperson. Once I did, I loved the tiny little box that Rory came in. It was heavier than I expected. I love that I didn’t need a shopping bag; the salesman put a Thank You sticker on the box so the folks at the door knew I had paid. The thing fit in my pocket. I didn’t have to carry a receipt home with me, it was in my inbox waiting for me.

The unboxing ceremony was equally pleasure filled. Just a few tiny pieces in the box, very little waste, very little wasted space, and very little box. The device itself has everything I’ve always asked for and complained about my previous devices: Nice large screen, no physical keyboard, no softkeys, no stylus. Only the good stuff; only what matters.