iSad: Rest in Peace Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

1. Apple I (1976): Home computing

The Apple-1 had only 8k of memory and was sold by the Apple boss from his parents garage in California in 1976. The machine sold for $666 then - an early model sold recently for £133,000 at Christies in London

2. Apple II (1977): Mass-market PC

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs introduces the new Apple II in Cupertino

3. Apple 1984: The 'graphical' PC 

The 1984 Apple MacIntosh launched with a Superbowl commercial directed by Ridley Scott. The hit 'graphical' computer continued to sell well into the Eighties

4. Pixar (1986): Digital Effects

After leaving Apple, Jobs founded Pixar - and helped launch the era of digital effects in films. Jobs had left by the time hits such as Toy Story came out, but was behind the early successes of the company

5. NEXT (1989): Dawn of the web

After being pushed aside in 1985 by Apple's board of directors, Jobs founded NeXT, a computer platform development company - its computers offered the first web browsers

During the low point of the NEXT years, Fortune magazine described Jobs as either a 'visionary' or 'a snake oil salesman'

6. Apple iMac (1998): 'Lifestyle PCs' 

The colourful iMac - the design team 'got inspiration' by going to a sweet factory - heralded Jobs's return to Apple

7. iPod (2001): Digital music

The first-generation iPod offered a mere 5Gb of memory - smaller than even the cheapest iPhone model today

8. iTunes Store (2003): The download era

The launch of iTunes store was a new era for media - turning Apple into the biggest music company on Earth

9. iPhone (2007): Smartphones

Companies such as Sony Ericsson had touchscreen phones on the market before the 2007 launch of iPhone - but iPhone conquered the market

10. iPad (2010): The post-PC era

Apple's iPad ushered in a new era of slim touchscreen devices - now being copied by every computer manufacturer on Earth

 

Apple computers - a timeline

Some that didn't work quite so well...

Every genius has his 'off' days - and some of Steve Jobs's most recognisable products weren't QUITE as successful as the others... 

The puck mouse for Apple's iMac computer looked pretty, but was almost unusable - and the G4 Cube was prone to overheating and unpopular with fans, despite walking off with design awards

Few people know this, but iPhone was not the first 'iTunes phone' - this monstrosity was. A partnership with Motorola, the ROKR worked with iTunes, but was far too fiddly

SOURCE: Daily Mail

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Ubunifu au Uhalifu: Wachina na Malls Feki za Apple zenye Bidhaa Feki za Apple

Usanii wa Wachina katika kufoji umekwenda hatua ya juu zaidi baada ya bloga mmoja kugundua maduka makubwa (malls) matatu ya bidhaa za kampuni ya Apple (inayotengeneza iPhone,iPads,nk).Kichekesho ni kwamba maduka hayo ni feki kwa vile hayana kibali cha kampuni ya Apple.Lakini to make matter even worse,biahdaa zote za Apple zinazouzwa kwenye maduka hayo nazo ni feki pia.Kama hiyo haitoshi,hata wafanyakazi wa maduka hayo nao "waliingizwa mjini" kwani siku zote walikuwa wanaamini kuwa wao ni waajiriwa wa Apple ya Marekani.

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iPhone glitch leaves scores late to work

Scores of iPhone users were late to work on Monday, after a bug in the software meant the device's alarm clock feature failed to adjust to Daylight Saving Time. Skip related content

Hundreds of angry comments were posted on the social networking website Twitter about the glitch on the Apple device, which occured even though the rest of the phone's features updated the time automatically.

"Well done Apple - you've made me decide I need to use a proper alarm clock rather than relying on my iPhone," one user tweeted.

"Stupid iPhone alarm clock went off an hour late. What a great start to the week," said another.

Australian iPhone users experienced similar problems three weeks ago, although alarms went off an hour early there rather than an hour late.

Apple said at the time that a software patch was being developed to resolve the issue. The technology giant has not yet issued an official response to the British version of the glitch.

The popular gadget has suffered a turbulent year. The latest iPhone 4 model has been blighted by problems with its antennae, proximity sensor and security system.

The latest fault can apparently be avoided by using one-off alarms instead of pre-set daily wake-up calls.

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