Apple announces new iPhone 4: the Steve Jobs keynote

Steve Jobs took the stage at Apple Inc. Worldwide Developers Conference to announce new features and products from the company.

The chief executive began by giving an update on the iPad. The tablet computing device sold 2 million units in the first two months since its debut and has 8,500 apps on Apple online store. So far, 35 million apps have been downloaded, he said, which breaks down to 17 apps per iPad.

In an update on the iPad built-in book software, Jobs said the iBookstore platform had sold more than 5 million books in the first 65 days — or about 2.5 books per iPad.

Further, Jobs said that for five of the six largest publishers, about 22% of e-book purchases are being sold through the iPad bookstore.

In an addition to the iBook reading app functionality, the app will allow users to do inline note-taking.

10:21 a.m. – Netflix

Jobs also invited Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to the stage to announce a new, free Netflix application for the iPhone. Hastings said the Netflix app for iPad has been among the most popular apps in Apple App Store, and No. 1 in the entertainment category.

“It been a tremendous success for us,” Hastings said. “It our fastest growing platform.”

The Netflix iPhone app will be available starting this summer.

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