Why Steve Jobs will Show Up
Forget iPhones, Snow Leopard, and iPhone OS 3.0 -- the biggest question out there for this year's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is whether Steve Jobs will make an appearance today. Ever since the Apple CEO stepped down for health-related reasons, rumblings have pointed to WWDC as the most probable date to kick off his comeback. Here's a breakdown of major events that point to a Jobs appearance at WWDC.
Steve Jobs steps aside
In January, Steve Jobs stepped down from his post as Apple CEO for "issues related to a hormone imbalance." At the time, Jobs said his health problems were more complicated than he anticipated and needed to take some time off to recuperate. In a letter to Apple employees, Jobs indicated that he would remain involved in Apple's major strategic decisions and would return to the helm at 1 Infinite Loop by June 2009.
Questions over Jobs' health had been going on for several months, and some wondered if Jobs' announcement meant the end for both Jobs and Apple.
Calling it in
A little over two weeks after Apple announced the dates for this year's WWDC, The Wall Street Journal in April ran a report that Jobs was working on major Apple products from home as promised. The WSJ said those products included a new iPhone, the user interface for iPhone OS 3.0 and the mysterious Apple tablet. At the time, Apple had not announced its keynote speaker for WWDC, a spot traditionally reserved for Jobs. So many Apple pundits -- including myself -- wondered if Jobs would swoop in at WWDC to lead the keynote address once more.
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