<P> In a keynote address on June 6, 2005, Steve Jobs officially announced that Apple would begin producing Intel - based Macintosh computers beginning in 2006 . Jobs confirmed rumors that the company had secretly been producing versions of its current operating system Mac OS X for both PowerPC and Intel processors over the past 5 years, and that the transition to Intel processor systems would last until the end of 2007 . Rumors of cross-platform compatibility had been spurred by the fact that Mac OS X is based on OpenStep, an operating system that was available for many platforms . In fact, Apple's own Darwin, the open source underpinnings of Mac OS X, was also available for Intel's x86 architecture . </P> <P> On January 10, 2006, the first Intel - based machines, the iMac and MacBook Pro, were introduced . They were based on the Intel Core Duo platform . This introduction came with the news that Apple would complete the transition to Intel processors on all hardware by the end of 2006, a year ahead of the originally quoted schedule . </P> <P> On January 9, 2007, Apple Computer, Inc. shortened its name to simply Apple Inc . In his Macworld Expo keynote address, Steve Jobs explained that with their current product mix consisting of the iPod and Apple TV as well as their Macintosh brand, Apple really wasn't just a computer company anymore . At the same address, Jobs revealed a product that would revolutionize an industry in which Apple had never previously competed: the Apple iPhone . The iPhone combined Apple's first widescreen iPod with the world's first mobile device boasting visual voicemail, and an internet communicator able to run a fully functional version of Apple's web browser, Safari, on the then - named iPhone OS (later renamed iOS). </P> <P> The first version of the iPhone became publicly available on June 29, 2007 in selected countries / markets . It was another 12 months before the iPhone 3G became available on July 11, 2008 . Apple announced the iPhone 3GS on June 8, 2009, along with plans to release it later in June, July, and August, starting with the U.S., Canada and major European countries on June 19 . This 12 - month iteration cycle has continued with the iPhone 4 model arriving in similar fashion in 2010, a Verizon model was released in February 2011, and a Sprint model in October 2011, shortly after Jobs' death . </P>

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