After doing some research on these two
websites
I was able to find some timelines of Apple products that have been released over the years. I chose some of the popular ones in my timeline below. Apple began
in 1976 and products are still being released today in 2012.
1976 - Apple I was created by
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
1977 - Apple II – plastic
case with color graphic
1983 - Apple started
selling the “Lisa” - desktop computer for businesses with a graphical user
interface
1984 - Apple starts
selling Macintosh personal computers
1985 - Jobs left Apple due to a power struggle but returned to Apple in later years
1991 - Apple introduces
PowerBook 100 - the first portable computer
1993 - Apple introduces
Newton Message Pad- the first hand held device with a touch screen.
1997 - Jobs becomes an Apple’s interim CEO
1997 - Jobs introduces
Macintosh Computer G3 and a website that allows people to order directly from
Apple.
1998 - Apple introduces
iMac desktop computer
2001 - Apple introduces
iPod - a digital music player
2003 - iTunes store opens: Users can buy and download music, audiobooks, movies, and TV shows online.
2004 - Jobs underwent
surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his pancreas
2005 - iPod is able to
play videos.
2005 - Apple introduces a portable iPod shuffle and sleek iPod nano
2007 - Apple introduces a iPhone with a virtual keyboard
2008 - Apple opens an App store - an update to iTunes
Jan 2009 - Job takes a
break from Apple for a liver transplant
June 2009 - Job returns
2009 - Apple introduces iPhone
3GS
2010 - Apple introduces
iPad- a touchscreen tablet
Jan 2011 - Jobs takes
another medical leave
Feb 2011 - Apple introduces MacBook
March 2011 - Apple
introduces iPad 2 – a sleeker lighter version of its tablet
Oct 2011 - Jobs passed
away
Some other popular Apple products that
have been released after Jobs’ death are
Oct 2011 - iPhone 4
Oct 2011 - MacBook Pro
2012 - iPad 3
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