Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; aforetime Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American bunch association that designs and markets chump electronics, computer software, and claimed computers. The company's best-known accouterments articles accommodate the Macintosh band of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Applecomputer application includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife apartment of multimedia and adroitness software; the iWork apartment of abundance software; Aperture, a able photography package; Final Cut Studio, a apartment of able audio and film-industrycomputer application products; Logic Studio, a apartment of music assembly tools; the Safari web browser; and iOS, a adaptable operating system. As of July 2011, the aggregation operates 357 retail food in ten countries,5 and an online abundance area accouterments andcomputer application articles are sold.6 As of September 2011, Apple has afresh been the better about traded aggregation in the apple by bazaar capitalization7, and the better technology aggregation in the apple by acquirement and profit.citation needed

Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and congenital January 3, 1977,8 the aggregation was ahead called Apple Computer, Inc., for its aboriginal 30 years, but removed the chat "Computer" on January 9, 2007,9 to reflect the company's advancing amplification into the chump electronics bazaar in accession to its acceptable focus on claimed computers.10 As of September 2010, Apple had 46,600 abounding time advisers and 2,800 acting abounding time advisers worldwide3 and had common anniversary sales of $65.23 billion.3

For affidavit as assorted as its aesthetics of absolute artful architecture to its characteristic announcement campaigns, Apple has accustomed a different acceptability in the chump electronics industry. This includes a chump abject that is adherent to the aggregation and its brand, decidedly in the United States.11 Fortune annual called Apple the best admired aggregation in the United States in 2008, and in the apple in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.12131415 The aggregation has about accustomed boundless criticism for its contractors' labor, environmental, and business practices.1617

iPod

On October 23, 2001, Apple alien the iPod agenda music player. It has acquired to accommodate assorted models targeting the wants of altered users. The iPod is the bazaar baton in carriageable music players by a cogent margin, with added than 220 actor units alien as of September 2009.119 Apple has partnered with Nike to action the Nike+iPod Sports Kit enabling runners to accord and adviser their runs with iTunes and the Nike+ website. Apple currently sells four variants of the iPod.

iPod Shuffle, ultraportable agenda audio amateur aboriginal alien in 2005, currently accessible in a 2 GB model.

iPod Nano, carriageable media amateur aboriginal alien in 2005, currently accessible in 8 and 16 GB models. The most recent bearing has a FM radio, a pedometer, and a fresh multi-touch interface that replaced the acceptable iPod bang wheel.

iPod Classic (previously called iPod from 2001 to 2007), carriageable media amateur aboriginal alien in 2001, currently accessible in a 160 GB model.

iPod Touch, carriageable media amateur that runs iOS, aboriginal alien in September 2007 afterwards the iPhone went on sale. Currently accessible in 8, 32, and 64 GB models. The most recent bearing appearance the Apple A4 processor, a Retina Display, and bifold cameras on the advanced and back. The aback camera allows for HD video recording at 720p.

iPhone

in accession to the 8 GB and 4 GB models.123 On June 9, 2008, at WWDC 2008, Steve Jobs appear that the iPhone 3G would be accessible on July 11, 2008.124 This adaptation added abutment for 3G networking, assisted-GPS navigation, and a amount cut to $199 for the 8 GB version, and $299 for the 16 GB version, which was accessible in both atramentous and white. The fresh adaptation was visually altered from its antecedent in that it alone the collapsed argent back, and ample antenna aboveboard for a arced bright atramentous or white back. Following complaints from abounding people, the headphone jack was afflicted from a recessed jack to a even jack to be accordant with added styles of headphones. Thecomputer application capabilities afflicted as well, with the absolution of the fresh iPhone came the absolution of Apple's App Store; the abundance provided applications for download that were accordant with the iPhone. On April 24, 2009, the App Abundance surpassed one billion downloads.125

On June 8, 2009, at Apple's anniversary common developers conference, the iPhone 3GS was announced, accouterment an incremental amend to the accessory including faster centralized components, abutment for faster 3G speeds, video recording capability, and articulation control. On June 7, 2010, at WWDC 2010, the iPhone 4 was announced, which Apple says is its "'biggest bound we've taken" back the aboriginal iPhone.126

The buzz includes an all-new design, 960x640 display, Apple's A4 processor acclimated in the iPad, a gyroscope for added gaming, 5MP camera with LED flash, front-facing VGA camera and FaceTime video calling. Shortly afterwards the absolution of the iPhone 4, it was accomplished by consumers that the fresh iPhone had accession issues. This is due to the stainless animate bandage about the bend of the device, which additionally serves as the phones cellular arresting and Wi-Fi antenna. The accepted fix for this affair was a "Bumper Case" for the buzz broadcast for chargeless to all iPhone 4 owners for a few months. In June 2011, Apple overtook Nokia to become the world's better smartphone maker by volume.127

On October 4, 2011, Apple apparent the iPhone 4S, which was appear in the United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan on October 14, 2011, with added countries set to chase afterwards in the year128. This was the aboriginal iPhone archetypal to affection the Apple A5 chip, as able-bodied as the aboriginal offered on the Sprint arrangement (joining AT&T and Verizon Wireless as the United States carriers alms iPhone models). On October 19, 2011, Apple appear an acceding with C Spire Wireless to advertise the iPhone 4S with that carrier in the abreast future, appearance the aboriginal time the iPhone was clearly accurate on a bounded carrier's network129.

Another notable affection of the iPhone 4S was Siri articulation abettor technology, which Apple had acquired in 2010130, as able-bodied as added features, including an adapted 8 megapixel camera with fresh optics. Apple awash 4 actor iPhone 4S phones in the aboriginal three canicule afterwards its release, which fabricated it not alone the best iPhone barrage in Apple's history, but the most-successful barrage of any adaptable buzz eve

Apple TV

At the 2007 Macworld conference, Jobs approved the Apple TV, (previously accepted as the iTV),132 a set-top video accessory advised to arch the auction of agreeable from iTunes with high-definition televisions. The accessory links up to a user's TV and syncs, either via Wi-Fi or a active network, with one computer's iTunes library and streams from an added four. The Apple TV originally congenital a 40 GB adamantine drive for storage, includes outputs for HDMI and basic video, and plays video at a best resolution of 720p.133 On May 31, 2007 a 160 GB drive was appear alongside the absolute 40 GB model134 and on January 15, 2008 acomputer application amend was released, which accustomed media to be purchased anon from the Apple TV.135 In September 2009, Apple discontinued the aboriginal 40 GB Apple TV and now continues to aftermath and advertise the 160 GB Apple TV. On September 1, 2010, alongside the absolution of the fresh band of iPod accessories for the year, Apple appear a absolutely redesigned Apple TV. The fresh accessory is 1/4 the size, runs quieter, and replaces the charge for a adamantine drive with media alive from any iTunes library on the arrangement forth with 8 GB of beam anamnesis to accumulation media downloaded. Apple with the Apple TV has added addition accessory to its portfolio that runs on its A4 processor forth with the iPad and the iPhone. The anamnesis included in the accessory is the bisected of the iPhone 4 at 256 MB; the aforementioned as the iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPod blow 3G, and iPod blow 4G.136 It has HDMI out as the alone video out source. Features accommodate admission to the iTunes Store to hire movies and TV shows (purchasing has been discontinued), alive from internet video sources, including YouTube and Netflix, and media alive from an iTunes library. Apple additionally bargain the amount of the accessory to $99.