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 22: A pink version of the 3rd-generation iPod nano is released.
 * January 29: The 1st-generation MacBook Air is released.
 * February 5: A 16 GB version of the 1st-generation iPhone and a 32 GB version of the 1st-generation iPod touch are released.
 * February 11: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Leopard) is released, along with a Leopard Graphics Update for users of certain GPU cards.
 * February 19: The 2 GB version of the 2nd-generation iPod shuffle is released. Xsan 2 begins shipping.
 * March 6: Apple holds an iPhone Software Roadmap event, where the first SDK for iPhone OS is released.
 * March 28: Apple TV Software 2.0.1 is released.
 * April 8: Final Cut Server is released.
 * April 11: Apple Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio is robbed by burglars.
 * April 23: Apple acquires P.A. Semi, a fabless semiconductor company.
 * April 28: John Patrick Crecine, former board member of NeXT, passes away.
 * April 30: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.0 is released with support for Mac OS X.
 * 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.