Apple Watch event as it happened: Gold edition to start at $10,000

Tim Cook: The Apple Watch collection starts at $549 and runs upto $1049 depending on the band. The 42mm will cost $50 more in each case. 

Apple Watch Edition (Gold plated) will start at $10,000 and will be available in select stores only. Apple Watch will be available for from 10 April and will ship from 24 April. On the list of countries are Australia, Canada, China, Japan, UK, US, France, Germany and Hong Kong in China.  Apple will expand this list.

Jony Ive in Apple video: The stainless steel used to make the cases becomes up to 80% harder through a specialised cold-forging process.

The full collection of Apple Watches. 

Tim Cook says the Apple Watch will “deliver 18 hours of battery life.” Now that’s a lot. For charging, you’ll need the magnetic charger that automatically clicks into place at the back of the watch. 

Apple Watch app will now be live in iOS 8.2. You can download it to get details about the Apple Watch. 

Uber app for Apple Watch 

The Mickey Watchface seems to be the most interesting Watch face on the Apple Watch. 

Now we’re getting a detailed demo at of the Apple Watch. So far ‘Glances’ is the only new thing that we’ve seen on the Apple Watch. Still no word on the availability and pricing and the battery life but we should get there soon. 

Tim Cook talking about the features of Apple Watch. You will get all alerts on your iPhone, on the Apple Watch. 

Super-model Christy Turlington talking about how much she loves the Apple Watch and how she’s used it in training and ’everyday things.’ 

“You can receive and reply to calls from your phone (thanks to the in-built speaker and mic),” says Tim Cook. He says he’s wanted to do this with his watch since he was five. 

Tim Cook on stage talking about how accurate the Apple Watch is, the kind of Watch faces that are available on the Apple Watch. “Apple Watch has a new feature called Glances,” says Tim Cook. It will show you things you regularly check on your Watch from meetings to calendar to even your heartrate. 

New MacBook with 12-inch screen and Retina Display will start at $1299. Starts shipping on 10 April. 

MacBook Air will also get an update to i5 and i7 processors. 13-inch MacBook Air will get the new Force Touch Trackpad and faster processors, and a 10-hours of battery life.

In case you were missing it, a Jony Ive video is on, explaining the design of the new MacBook. 

The new MacBook also has all-day battery.  And one connector to support charging: USB-C. It supports HDMI, Display, Charging, VGA and more all in one connector. 

The trackpad has a feature called Force Clicking to automatically which will recognise different things depending on how hard you click. For instance it will fast forward depending on how hard you click, if you’re in the middle of a movie. 

A gold-coloured MacBook. Phil Schiller on stage to talk about the new MacBook. It’s only 2 pounds and is only 13.1 mm thick. It’s an all-metal enclosure, full-sized keyboard. It’s also a thinner keyboard, says Schiller. 

Tim Cook is now talking about the Mac. ‘Macs are everywhere,’ says the Apple CEO. ‘We challenged ourselves to reinvent the notebook’ 

We’re seeing apps for Parkinson, Diabetes, Cardio-vascular diseases, Asthama, even for Breast Cancer. It sounds quite interesting and it’s good to see that Apple has chosen to devote some time to these issues. 

Apple announces Research Kit. A software framework made for medical research, where researchers can create apps and then turn your iPhone and HealthKit into a diagonstic tool. Researchers can create apps, tests and you can sign up for research.