Steve Jobs leaves his CEO position at Apple

Earthquake at Apple! Steve jobs left. It's always a nightmare for big companies when they see their charismatic CEO leave. The success of Apple was really connected with the image of their CEO.
You might know that Jobs already left Apple in 1984. As a results Apple's sales went down and they had to buy Jobs's new company (NeXT) in order to retrieve their CEO and therefore their success.

But this time, things are going to be different. As he mentioned on his resignation letter, Jobs is going to stay as chairman in Apple's board. I don't see Jobs resignation as a real threat to the company. I'm positive his leaving has been fully prepared and I suspect Apple will release a huge piece of news in order to prevent a drop of its shares.



There were an awful lot a rumors for the release of new devices before Jobs quit. The fifth generation of iPhones... the next generation of iPods...
My guess is that Apple needs a major announcement to make people forget about the charismatic former CEO. A product upgrade won't be enough: Apple will announce a real innovation in the next month.

So what could it be? I can see two problems to be tackled: the limited size of phones' screens and adding text on a touch device. Apple might release a touch screen with textures and reliefs in order to provide feedback to users or (let's be crazy) they could announce a bendable touch screen that connects with iPhones... I guess I'm more hoping than predicting...

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