2008


 * January 7: Andrea Jung is elected to the Apple Board of Directors.
 * January 8: The 1st-generation Mac Pro is updated to "Harpertown" Intel Xeon processors (MacPro3,1).
 * January 15: Apple CEO Steve Jobs, in his final appearance at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, announces the MacBook Air. The Apple TV Software 2.0 update is released for the 1st-generation Apple TV.
 * January 29: The first MacBook Air is released.
 * March 6: Apple holds an iPhone Software Roadmap event, where the first SDK for iPhone OS is released.
 * June 9-13: The 2008 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2008) was held at Moscone West.
 * June 9: During the keynote event at WWDC 2008, the iPhone 3G, iPhone OS 2, and the App Store were announced.
 * July 9: MobileMe was launched.
 * July 11: The iPhone 3G and iPhone OS 2 were released.
 * July 15: iPhone OS 1.1.5 was released as the final security update for users who did not update to iPhone OS 2.
 * July 19: The first Apple retail store in Australia was opened in Sydney.
 * September 9: The 2nd-generation iPod touch and 4th-generation iPod nano were released.
 * September 25: The first Apple retail store in Switzerland was opened in Geneva.
 * October 14: The first Aluminum unibody MacBook and MacBook Pro were released.
 * December 6: The first Apple retail store in Germany was opened in Munich.