Farewell, Steve.
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Some weeks ago I wrote a blog post about Apple without Steve Jobs. I considered that he would soon be able to announce new Apple products. I feel bad I didn't see the real reason for his impediment as president of the corporation. He died on October 5, in consequence of a rare pancreatic cancer.
If I had checked it, I would've given a concise statement. The thing is that he acknowledged he was cured from cancer on his Stanford speech to students, in 2005.
It seems like he got the symptoms back in 2009 and endured in a liver transplant the same year. It was supposed to stop the spread of the disease and add more years to his life.
This silent cancer is only known when it's on its advanced stages. He could have lived more, but chances of survival are between 6 and 10%.
I know I enjoyed to see every new product he would bring up. Every professional has something to learn with him.
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Steve Jobs quit, but not the way we think. His illness is the reason why he "leaves" Apple, but soon we gonna see him in October launching the new iPhone and in 2012, offering one more iPad.
His story is quite phenomenal; A garage-company turns to be a big rival of Microsoft.
Tim Cook, the "replacement" person, is someone markets are going to respect, but he doesn't quite properly fill Jobs' shoes.
What we gonna see next is Apple's stocks shaking a bit, but steady, as the second most valuable company in the world.
iPad 3? Already? And a 3D one?
Wow, technology news these days make their way around the globe faster than celebrity gossip - more so if they are rumours - or upgrades.
You know, Im still enjoying my iPad (one).
I was considering the second version, when the tabloids rummoured a new one is on the works.
I then read a piece about iCloud on the local paper today. Steve Jobs came out of nowhere to announce it and make investors happy. Yeah, Apple is also getting ahead on the smartphone battle, leaving Blackberry behind.
Returning to iCloud story. It means to gather all media stuff you have and store it in this cloud. You can access it from your remote Apple devices. 5GB is for free, but service is 25 bucks a year. Brazil is not on the plans to get the service, yet.
There is the new operational system, IOS 5, to launch soon too. 200 (!?) new functionalities, like weather and stock markets on your screen right away.
And I was talking about... iPad 3! Hhm, after all those news, it turned out not to be that interesting anymore. But you can read more here. And here. More stuff here too.
