2. Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was born on February
24, 1955 was an American computer
entrepreneur and innovator. He was co-
founder, chairman, and chief executive officer
of Apple Inc. Jobs also previously served as
chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios.
He became a member of the board of directors
of The Walt Disney Company in 2006 following
the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was
credited in the 1995 movie Toy Story as an
executive producer.
As of October 2009, Jobs owned 5.426 million
shares of Apple, most of which was granted in
2003 when Jobs was given 10 million shares.
He also owned 138 million shares of
Disney, which he had received in exchange for
Disney's acquisition of Pixar. Forbes estimated
his net wealth at $5.1 billion in 2009, making
him the 43rd wealthiest American
On October 5, 2011, Jobs died in California at
age 56, seven years after being diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer.
3. The Apple I, Apple's
first product, was
sold as an assembled
circuit board and
lacked basic features
such as a
keyboard, monitor, a
nd case. The owner
of this unit added a
keyboard and a
wooden case.
4. The first The Macintosh Portable
Macintosh, released in was Apple's first
1984 "portable" Macintosh
computer, released in
1989.
5. The Newton was
Apple's first venture
into the PDA
markets, as well as one
of the first in the
industry. Despite being
a financial flop at the
time of its release, it
helped pave the way
for the Palm Pilot and
Apple's own iPhone
and iPad in the future.
6. The MacBook Pro
was Apple's first
laptop with an Intel
microprocessor. It
was announced in
January 2006 and is
aimed at the
professional
market.
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9. The iPhone first became available on June
29, 2007 for $499 (4 GB) and $599 (8 GB)
with an AT&T contract.
On February 5, 2008, Apple updated the
original iPhone to have 16 GB of
memory, in addition to the 8 GB and 4 GB
models.
On June 9, 2008, at WWDC 2008, Steve
Jobs announced that the iPhone 3G would
be available on July 11, 2008. This version
added support for 3G
networking, assisted-GPS navigation, and
a price cut to $199 for the 8 GB
version, and $299 for the 16 GB
version, which was available in both black
and white. The new version was visually
different from its predecessor in that it
eliminated the flat silver back, and large
antenna square for a curved glossy black
or white back
10. Following complaints from many
people, the headphone jack was
changed from a recessed jack to a
flush jack to be compatible with
more styles of headphones. The
software capabilities changed as
well, with the release of the new
iPhone came the release of Apple's
App Store; the store provided
applications for download that were
compatible with the iPhone.
On April 24, 2009, the App Store
surpassed one billion downloads.
Recently Apple announced the
release of the new iPhone 4s which
retains the same form factor but
includes many upgrades such as the
A5 processor, iOS 5, and an
improved camera.