One More Thing... The Apple Renaissance Podcast

Apple achieves rare air with the release of the MacBook Air. The most influential laptop ever? Most laptops are still cribbing from it today.

The iPod Touch debuts. Steve Jobs gives up and decides to allow third party apps on the iPhone. Plus: Apple versus The Beatles.

At last, the secret identity of Fake Steve Jobs is revealed. The aluminium iMac is released, with a design so classic it basically persists to the present day. Plus: Steve Jobs changes his shoes.

After a race to finish it, the first iPhone goes on sale on June 29th, 2007.

This is it. The big one. Steve Jobs introduces the iPhone to the world.  No one suspects the impact the iPhone will have. Not even Apple.

Apple covertly builds the first iPhones in China. Steve Jobs and Scott Forstall go to Vegas. Plus: The iPod faces it greatest challenge yet. Microsoft’s Zune.

A change of pace as we take a break to look at how Apple came up with the iPod. If you prefer video, this episode is also available at our Unintentional Architects channel on Youtube. Check it out.

Steve Jobs sets in motion his plan for a new headquarters for Apple. Within Apple’s current campus, the transition from PowerPC to Intel processors is completed. Plus: Who is Fake Steve Jobs? If you like Apple history in video form, check out our YouTube channel. It’s called Unintentional Architects. There you’ll find the Secret History of the iPod, with more cool stuff coming soon. 

The internal battle of the iPhones reaches endgame. Jon Rubinstein & Avie Tevanian, two of the heroes that saved Apple, depart. Plus: The debut of the iPod Hi-Fi. Oh well, they can’t all be revolutionary winners.

Disney acquires Pixar from Steve Jobs, but not before Jobs reveals a dark secret to Disney CEO Bob Iger. Plus: The first Macs with Intel chips are unveiled.

The secret development of the iPhone continues, with the trials and tribulations of text entry without a keyboard dominating. As the competition between P1 and P2 heats up, only one finds a solution to the keyboard conundrum.

We go behind the scenes for the making of the iPhone inside Apple. It’s the iPod Phone vs the Mac OS X phone. Plus: Tim Cook makes the iPod Nano possible.

This is Steve Jobs’ Apple at its finest. Switching from PowerPC to Intel chips. Working on the iPhone. Steve Jobs’ classic Stanford commencement speech. Sit back and marvel.

Apple goes small with the introduction of the Mac Mini and the iPod shuffle. Plus: Apple's phone has an early roadblock to overcome. 

Flushed with the success of the iPod, Apple begins working on a phone. You might have heard of it. Plus: Special guest appearance by U2.

Phil Schiller delivers the keynote at Apple Expo Paris 2004, in the absence of Steve Jobs. Jobs has undergone major surgery to remove his pancreatic cancer. During surgery, doctors note Jobs’ cancer has metastasised to his liver. Jobs tells the world he is cured. He isn’t.

Project Q79, the touchscreen tablet, falters. Processing power, battery life, thermals, operating system, cost. You name it, everything was a problem.

The iPod Mini debuts, bringing a lower price and vibrant colours to the iPod range. Meanwhile, Apple’s mysterious touchscreen tablet project progresses.

Steve Jobs receives devastating news about his health.

Apple unleashes the Power Mac G5, as it struggles to keep pace with Intel’s processors. Apple has turned to IBM as a chip supplier after Motorola failed to produce the goods. Plus, Apple’s research into touchscreens becomes project Q79, an initiative to create a tablet Mac.

Apple makes the move that will turn them into the biggest seller of music in the world, much to their surprise. Bonus: A small group within Apple begins experimenting with touchscreens for the Mac. Little do they know it will end up on a revolutionary phone.

With Apple firing on all cylinders, Steve Jobs delivers a classic keynote presentation. Plus, a behind-the-scenes look at the origin of the Safari web browser. 

Hell freezes over as Apple releases an iPod for Windows. Behind the scenes, the top secret Project Marklar continues to port Mac OS X from PowerPC to Intel chips.

This is the most offbeat episode ever: Apple and Enterprise. The 2 went together like oil and water. Just not what Steve Jobs was interested in. Bonus: a young man by the name of Tim Cook makes his first onstage appearance at an Apple event.  

The iPod is available! Next Apple releases an entirely new iMac. With its distinctive sunflower-inspired design, the G4 iMac is an instant classic. Apple is operating at a level unparalleled in the computer industry.