Apple Inc. By surferbeesh Apr 1, 1976 Established in Cupertino, California Jul 1, 1976 Apple I goes on sale for $666.66 Jan 3, 1977 Incorporated Apr 16, 1977 Apple II is introduced for $1295 May 1, 1980 Apple III introduced Jan 24, 1984 The debut of the Macintosh for $2495 Sep 1, 1985 Apple sells 500,000 Macintosh models Nov 10, 1997 The Apple Online Store was introduced Aug 15, 1998 Introduction of the all-in-one computer: the iMac May 19, 2001 The opening of the first official Apple Retail Stores in Virginia and California Oct 23, 2001 Apple announces the iPod Nov 10, 2001 Begins selling the iPod Jan 1, 2006 Apple's market cap surpassed Dell's Jan 10, 2006 The new MacBook Pro and iMac become the first Apple computers to use Intel's Core Duo CPU Jan 1, 2007 Apple announces the iPhone Jan 9, 2007 Apple Computer Inc. became Apple Inc. Jan 1, 2008 Named the most admired company in the United States by Fortune Magazine Period: Jan 1, 2008 to Dec 31, 2012 Named the most admired company in the world by Fortune Magazine Jun 19, 2008 The iTunes store hits over 5 billion downloads Jan 27, 2010 The anouncement of the iPad Apr 3, 2010 The iPad is launched Jul 1, 2011 364 retail stores in thirteen countries as well as the online Apple Store and iTunes Store Aug 1, 2011 The release of iCloud Aug 24, 2011 Steve Jobs announces his resignation for CEO for healh reasons Oct 4, 2011 Apple unveils iPhone 4s Oct 5, 2011 Steve Jobs dies at age 56 Sep 1, 2012 Estimated value of $626 billion Sep 12, 2012 Apple introduces iPhone 5, the lightest and thinnest smartphone in the world Sep 14, 2012 Online pre-sales exceed more than two million orders within the first 24 hours Sep 21, 2012 The iPhone 5 is released around the world Oct 23, 2012 Rumored: Apple to announce new iPad Mini
