WWDC 2007I When: 11 June Where: Moscone Center, San Francisco
What was announced? Apple used WWDC 2007 to show off a feature-complete beta of Mac OS X Leopard, which would be released later that year. Safari made its way on to Windows PCs, and developer tools for the iPhone, which had been previewed in January of 2007 at Macworld, were also shown off. The iPhone launched in the US later that month. There were a record-breaking 5,000 attendees at WWDC 2007.
WWDC 2008I When: 9 June Where: Moscone Center, San Francisco
What was announced? WWDC 2008 was Apple’s first sell-out event. It saw the unveiling of the iOS App Store, the second iteration of iPhone OS (iOS 2), the iPhone 3G and a preview of Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6. Mobile Me was announced as the rebranded .Me.
WWDC 2009I When: 8 June Where: Moscone Center, San Francisco
What was announced? This year’s event was another sellout (a trend that has continued right through to 2015’s WWDC), and was host to the unveiling of iPhone OS 3. Further demonstrations of Snow Leopard took place at the event, the 13in MacBook Pro was unveiled, and the 15and 17in MacBook Pros were refreshed. If that’s not enough, Apple also announced the iPhone 3GS during the event. Apple’s marketing boss Phil Schiller took to the stage to present the keynote in 2009, in the place of Steve Jobs due to illness that caused the cofounder to take medical leave from the company.
iPhone 3GS (left) MacBook Pro (right).
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