You won't have to wait until the 21st to take a look at Apple's iPhone 5, iPod Touch, and iPod Nano. We got hands-on videos with all three devices, as well as the new maps app and the new panorama feature in the iPhone 5.
Let's hope this tides you over until you can hit the preorder button on Friday.
iPhone 5: Maps App
The iPhone 5 is obviously longer, leaner, lighter, and thinner, but while the design is nice, it's iOS 6 that you're really going to interact with on a daily basis. The new maps app in iOS 6 is one of those programs you'll probably use a lot. The Maps App replaces Google Maps and was built from the ground-up by Apple. It has really nice-looking 3-D imaging, as well as a "flyover" feature that lets you zoom in and "fly" around buildings at a bird's-eye view. It also comes with turn-by-turn directions dictated by Siri's voice. Sadly, we couldn't get the turn-by-turn navigation to work for this demo, since, well, we weren't going anywhere.
Let's leave you with a song from the Foo Fighters. Oh yeah, that's right, they showed up at the event:
iPhone 5 photo and videos via Meghan Kelly/VentureBeat