Steve Jobs had his last great year of product launches in 2010: the iPad in January, the "Thoughts on Flash" letter in April, the iPhone 4 in June, the Antennagate press conference in July, and the MacBook Air in October. His black turtleneck keynotes were streamed, live-blogged and dissected worldwide.
- Role
- Co-founder and CEO
- Organisation
- Apple
Known for in 2010
- Introducing the iPad and iPhone 4
- "Thoughts on Flash" open letter
- Antennagate press conference
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iPad
A 9.7-inch tablet nobody knew they needed
Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad on 27 January 2010 and it went on sale in the US on 3 April, selling 300,000 on the first day and a million within a month. It ran iPhone apps and its own tablet apps,...
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iPhone 4
Retina display, FaceTime, and the antenna you could not hold
Announced on 7 June 2010 and on sale on 24 June, the iPhone 4 introduced the 960-by-640 Retina display, a front camera for FaceTime video calls, a 5-megapixel camera with 720p video, and a...
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Steve Jobs publishes "Thoughts on Flash"
In an open letter Jobs explained why the iPhone and iPad would never run Adobe Flash, citing reliability, battery life and touch, and declared HTML5 the future of the mobile web.
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Antennagate: Apple's iPhone 4 press conference
After weeks of reports that gripping the iPhone 4 dropped its signal, Steve Jobs held a press conference, insisted all phones had weak spots, and offered every buyer a free case.
