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'The Beat Goes On' Live Event Coverage

As the event draws near, we will be updating this list with locations for live coverage of the media event. We will post news items as they become available and will also be providing SMS Updates. The event starts at 10AM Pacific, 1PM Eastern.

Live Coverage

The following sites offer text updates (and some have photos).

- Gizmodo
- Engadget
- Macworld
- MacDailyNews
- MacObserver
- ArsTechnica
- SlashGear.com
- Utility Belt
- Svmmac.fr - French
- Cunning.tv
- Apple Gazette
- Stuff.TV

Don't worry, MacRumorsLive.com will return for Macworld San Francisco 2008 with more improvements.

Update: Apple Stores are down.

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