Each week , the Weekly Wrap foreground some of our biggest and best stories from the week go by . by and large , we aim to shoot some lightheartedness into the minutes . This hebdomad , we ’re not quite sense up to that .
Still , it was a hebdomad of two Apple milestones . The sadder and more significant one , of line , was the qualifying of Apple Centennial State - founder and former CEO , Steve Jobs . But , of course , Apple goes on , and the fellowship ’s planned launch of the iPhone 4S has n’t slowed down . Here , a roundup of our report on those two topics . We ’ll start with the easier guinea pig issue .
The iPhone 4S
AtTim Cook ’s first Apple event as CEO , the iPhone 4S took the glare . ( The ship’s company alsoslightly update some iPod models , and announced thatiCloudandiOS 5will launch on October 12 . )
We ’ve compiled a tilt ofeverything you want to know about the iPhone 4S. We can also help youcompare plan between the carriers — including iPhone entrant Sprint . Unsure about how to promote to the iPhone 4S ? We covered that , too . Andhere ’s what to do with your old iPhone . And if you detest carrier contract , you could adjudge out for theunlocked iPhone 4S coming this November .
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs break down at age 56 , leaving behind his married woman , four kid , and a world made salutary by his having lived in it . We remembered Jobs ’s many achievements , which form his legacy . We also shareda slideshow show Jobs throughout the days .
unexampled CEO Tim Cook senta poignant letter of the alphabet to Apple employees . Meanwhile , mourners flocked to Apple Stores for improvised memorials .
aged associate editor Dan Moren express that though he never formally met Steve Jobs , he feltindelibly marked by the man ’s life . The Macalope shared abbreviated words of his own .
I tried to state why people finger so distressing about Jobs ’s death — why the loss feel like a personal one , even to those of us who never stood in the same room with him . Executive editor Jon Seff drop a line thatSteve ’s influence impact him both professionally and personally . Senior editor program Dan Frakes tot thatJobs humanized engineering and made the magical park . Staff editor Serenity Caldwell concluded that the feel of Steve Jobs populate on . And Christopher Breen joined Mr. Snell for aJobs - focused edition of the Macworld Podcast .
We ’ll miss you , Steve . And we thank you .
