3. Apple's core product lines are the iPad, iphone, iPod music player, and
Macintosh computer line-up.
4. FOUNDERS
Founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak effectively
created Apple Computer on April 1, 1976, with
the release of the Apple I, and incorporated the
company on January 3, 1977, in Cupertino,
California. For more than two decades, Apple
Computer was predominantly a manufacturer
of personal computers, including the Apple II,
Macintosh, and Power Mac lines, but it faced
rocky sales and low market share during the
1990s.
5. With the introduction of the successful iPod music player in 2001, Apple established it self as a
leader in the consumer electronics industry, dropping "Computer" from its name. The company is
now also known for its iOS range of products that began with the iPhone, iPod Touch and now iPad.
7. IBOOK
The iBook is a line of laptop computers sold
by Apple Computer from 1999 to 2006. The line
targeted the consumer and education markets,
with lower specifications and prices than
the PowerBook, Apple's higher-end line of laptop
computers.
The design was clearly influenced by Apple's
consumer desktop, the iMac. In fact, the marketing
slogan was "iMac to go". The clamshell design also
echoed the eMate 300. Apple continued its trend
of using transparent colored plastics for the shell,
and releasing a product in multiple colors. Like the
iMac, the iBook G3 had a PowerPC G3 CPU, and
no legacy Apple interfaces.
Apple debuted the next-generation iBook G3 at a
press conference in Cupertino, California on May 1,
2001. The previous bold colors and bulky form-
factor were abandoned, as was the handle, the
latchless design and the additional power
connectors on the bottom surface.
8. MACBOOK
The MacBook is a brand of Macintosh notebook
computers manufactured by Apple Inc. from 2006
to 2011. It replaced the iBook series and 12-
inchPowerBook series of notebooks as a part of
the Apple–Intel transition. Positioned as the low end
of the MacBook family, the Apple MacBook was
aimed at the consumer and education markets. It
was the best-selling Macintosh in history, and
according to the sales-research organization NPD
Group in October 2008, the mid-range model of
the MacBook was the single best-selling laptop of
any brand in US retail stores for the preceding five
months.
9. MACBOOK PRO
The MacBook Pro is a line of Macintosh portable
computers introduced in January 2006 by Apple
Inc., and now in its third generation. Replacing
the PowerBook G4, the MacBook Pro was the
second model, after the iMac, to be announced in
the Apple–Intel transition. It is also the high-end
model of the MacBook family and is currently
produced with 13- and 15-inch screens.
MACBOOK AIR
The MacBook Air family is a line of ultraportable
Macintosh notebook computers cre
ated by Apple Inc. Designed to balance performan
ce, a full-sized laptop keyboard design and a
machined aluminium casing with extremely low
weight and thickness, they are available in 11.6" and
13.3" designs and a range of specifications, all
currently using SSD storage and Intel CPUs. In Apple's
product range, they occupy a position between
the tablet computer iPad and iPod touch lines
running iOS and the thicker and higher-performance
Macbook Pro laptops, and inspired a competing
range of Ultrabook computers produced by other
PC manufacturers.
10. IMAC
The iMac is a range of all-in-one Macintosh
desktop computers designed and built by
Apple Inc.. It has been the primary part of Apple's
consumer desktop offerings since its introduction in
1998, and has evolved through six distinct forms.
Apple declared the 'i' in iMac to stand for "Internet";
it also represented the product's focus as a
personal device ('i' for "individual").
12. ORIGINS
In April 2003 at the "D: All Things Digital" executive
conference, Jobs expressed his belief that tablet PCs
and traditional PDAs were not good choices as high-
demand markets for Apple to enter, despite many
requests made to him that Apple create another PDA. He
did believe that cell phones were going to become
important devices for portable information access, and
that what cell phones needed to have was
excellent synchronization software. At the time, instead of
focusing on a follow-up to their Newton PDA, Jobs had
Apple put its energies into the iPod, and
the iTunes software (which can be used to synchronize
content with iPod devices), released January 2001.
13. On September 7, 2005, Apple and Motorola
released the ROKR E1, the first mobile phone to
use iTunes. Jobs was unhappy with the ROKR,
feeling that having to compromise with a non-
Apple designer (Motorola) prevented Apple from
designing the phone they wanted to make. In
September 2006, Apple discontinued support for
the ROKR and released a version of iTunes that
included references to an as-yet unknown mobile
phone that could display pictures and video.
14. Development of what was to become the iPhone
began in 2004, when Apple started to gather a team
of 1000 employees to work on the highly confidential
"Project Purple". Apple CEO Steve Jobs steered the
original focus away from a tablet, like the iPad, and
towards a phone. Apple created the device during a
secretive collaboration with AT&T Mobility—Cingular
Wireless at the time—at an estimated development
cost of US$150 million over thirty months.
On January 9, 2007 Steve Jobs announced the iPhone
at the Macworld convention, receiving substantial
media attention, and that it would be released later
that year. On 29th of June 2007 the first iPhone was
released.
15. IPHONE
CLASSIC
The iPhone was released on June 29, 2007 in the
United States
Apple sold the one millionth iPhone five days later,
or 74 days after the release. After receiving
"hundreds of emails...upset" about the price drop,
Apple gave store credit to early adopters.
A 16 GB model was released on February 5, 2008
Apple announced the iPhone 3G, which began
shipping July 11. The original iPhone was
discontinued at that time; total sales volume came
to 6,124,000 units
16. IPHONE 3G
was introduced on June 9, 2008 at the WWDC 2008 at the
Moscone Center in San Francisco, United States.
The iPhone 3G was internally similar to its predecessor, but
included several new hardware features, such as Assisted
GPS, 3G data and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA. The device also
benefited from software improvements introduced with
iPhone OS 2.0, which was launched at the same time. As well
as other features (including Push email and turn-by-turn
navigation), this new operating system introduced the App
Store—Apple's new distribution platform for third-party
applications.
17. IPHONE 3GS
The iPhone 3GS was made available for pre-order on June 8,
2009 and released on June 19 in Canada, the United States,
and 7 European countries, and on June 26 in Australia and
the United Kingdom. Within the first weekend of its release,
over one million iPhone 3GSs were sold, and August 2010
saw the release of the iPhone 3G[S] internationally.
The new features of the iPhone 3G[S] are mainly internal
changes regarding speed, for which the "S" in "iPhone 3GS"
stands. Though in addition to the upgrades mainly regarding
performance, various software features were also introduced
exclusive to the iPhone 3GS. All of the exclusive features
were incorporated into the iPhone 4.
18. IPHONE 4
The iPhone 4 is a touchscreen 3G smartphone developed by
Apple Inc. It is the fourth generation iPhone, and successor to
the iPhone 3GS. It is particularly marketed for video calling
(marketed by Apple as FaceTime), consumption of media such as
books and periodicals, movies, music, and games, and for
general web and e-mail access. It was announced on June 7,
2010, at the WWDC 2010 held at the Moscone Center, San
Francisco and was released on June 24, 2010, in the United
States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan.
The iPhone 4 runs Apple's iOS 4 operating system.
The most noticeable difference between the iPhone 4 and its
predecessors is the new design, which incorporates an
uninsulated stainless steel frame that acts as the device's
antenna. The internal components of the device are situated
between two panels of chemically strengthened aluminosilicate
glass.[9] It has an Apple A4 processor and 512 MB of eDRAM,
twice that of its predecessor and four times that of the original
iPhone. Its 3.5-inch (89 mm) LED backlit liquid crystal display
with a 960×640 pixel resolution is marketed as the "Retina
display".
19. IPHONE 4S
It became available for pre-order on October 7, 2011 in seven
initial countries (United States, Canada, Australia, United
Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan) with the first delivery
date set for October 14, 2011, and available on that same day
for direct in-store sales in those countries. It was released in
22 more countries
e phone retains the exterior design of its predecessor, but
hosts improved hardware specifications and software
updates. It added a voice recognition system known as Siri
from which the "4S" designator came,[8] and a cloud storage
service named iCloud. Some of the device's functions may be
voice-controlled through Siri. sales started on November 11,
2011. The Associated Press said that AT&T described early
iPhone 4S demand as "extraordinary". Reception to the
iPhone 4S was generally favorable. Reviewers noted Siri, the
new camera, and processing speeds as significant advantages
over the prior model. Four million units of the iPhone 4S were
sold in the first three days of release.
21. IPAD
Apple cofounder Steve Jobs said in a 1983
speech that his company's
strategy is really simple. What we want to do is we
want to put an incredibly great computer in a book
that you can carry around with you and learn how
to use in 20 minutes ... And we really want to do it
with a radio link in it so you don’t have to hook up
to anything and you’re in communication with all
of these larger databases and other computers.
Apple's first tablet computer was
the Newton MessagePad 100 introduced in 1993,
100
which led to the creation of the ARM6processor
core with Acorn Computers. Apple also developed
a prototype PowerBook Duo-based tablet,
the PenLite, but decided not to sell it in order to
avoid hurting MessagePad sales. Apple released
several more Newton-based PDAs; the final one,
theMessagePad 2100, was discontinued in 1998.
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22. By late 2009, the iPad's release had been rumored
for several years. Such speculation mostly talked
about "Apple's tablet"; specific names
includediTablet and iSlate. The actual name is
reportedly a homage to the Star Trek PADD a
fictional device very similar in appearance to the
iPad. The iPad was announced on January 27,
2010, by Jobs at an Apple press conference at
2010
the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San
Francisco.
Jobs later said that Apple began developing the
iPad before the iPhone,but temporarily shelved the
effort upon realizing that its ideas would work just as
well in a mobile phone. The iPad's internal
codename was K48, which was revealed in the
court case surrounding leaking of iPad information
before launch.
23. IPAD 1
Apple began taking pre-orders for the iPad from
U.S. customers on March 12, 2010.
300,000 iPads were sold on their first day of
availability. By May 3, 2010, Apple had sold a million
availability
iPads, this was in half the time it took Apple to sell
the same number of original iPhones. After passing
the one million mark they continued selling rapidly
reaching 3 million sales after 80 days. During the
October 18, 2010, Financial Conference Call, Steve
Jobs announced that Apple had sold more iPads
than Macs for the fiscal quarter. In total, Apple sold
more than 15 million first-generation iPads prior to
the launch of the iPad 2. —selling more than all
other tablet PCs combined since the iPad's release.
and reaching 75% of tablet PC sales at the end of
2010.
24. IPAD 2,3,4
Jobs unveiled the iPad 2 at a March 2, 2011, press 2011
conference. About 33% thinner than its predecessor and 15%
lighter, the iPad 2 has a better processor, a dual core Apple
A5 that Apple says is twice as fast as its predecessor for CPU
operations and up to nine times as fast for GPU operations.
The iPad 2 includes front and back cameras that support the
FaceTime video calling application, as well as a three-axis
gyroscope. It retains the original's 10-hour battery life and has
a similar pricing scheme.
The successor to the iPad 2 was unveiled on March 7, 2012 by
Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
The new iPad sports the new dual core A5X processor with
quad-core graphics, and a Retina Display with a resolution of
2,048 by 1,536 pixels this is over 50 percent more pixels than a
standard 1,920 by 1,080 high definition TV screen. As with
previous iPads, there are two models, in this case a Wi-Fi only
model and a Wi-Fi + Cellular model.
On October 23 2012, Apple announced a new version of the
2012
iPad. The new hardware includes an A6X processor, HD
FaceTime camera, improved LTE compatibility. It also includes
the new Lightning cable. It will be available in the same
storage increments and pricing structure as the Third
Generation iPad in November 2012
25. IPAD MINI
On October 23 2012, Apple announced a smaller
version of the iPad. With a screen measuring 7.9
inches, it is aimed at the emerging sector of smaller
tablets such as the Kindle Fire. The hardware of the
new iPad Mini is similar to the iPad 2, with a 1024 by
768 pixel resolution screen, and with a dual core A5
processor, but 53% lighter and 7.2mm thick. It is
scheduled to be released on November 2, in 16GB,
32GB, and 64GB capacities. There are both WiFi
and 4G versions.