Saturday, June 30, 2007

Welcome to the iPhone timeline!

Browse through hordes of speculations, rumours and the true stories leading upto the launch of the iPhone. Listed below is a 'significant landmarks' timeline:

Dec 1999: Dec 14. Apple acquires the domain name www.iphone.org, which to this day directs visitors to the main corporate page.

April 2001: April 16. Infosync posts a photo of what many believe to be the iPhone.

2002-2004: Apple applies for iPhone trademark in various countries including, the US, UK, Canada, Singapore, India

2005: March 28. Business 2.0 Magazine publishes an article based on analysts’ comments about what is next for Apple. The iPhone is in the top five potential products, along with a wireless iPod, video iPod, media center and an enhanced iPod product for the car.

2005: June. iPhone proof in new iTunes.

2006. July. iPhone clues in new iPod software.

2006. September. Apple projects 25 million iPhones in 2007.

2006. October. Apple patent for a new Speech Recognition System.

2006. November. Apple signs deal with Cingular.

2007. January 10. Jobs announces iPhone in keynote address.

2007. June 29. iPhone releases worldwide!