Steve Jobs Dies: Apple Chief Created Personal Computer, iPad, iPod, iPhone

Steve Jobs, the mastermind at the back Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died, Apple said Jobs was 56 Jobs died "peacefully" surrounded by family members, his family said in a declaration neither Jobs' family nor Apple exposed where Jobs died or from what cause, though in recent years he had fought a form of pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant.

"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," read a declaration by Apple's board of directors, "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the foundation of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives the world is infinitely better because of Steve his furthermost love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his strange gifts."

The homepage of Apple's website switch to a full-page image of Jobs with the text, "Steve Jobs 1955-2011", "Apple has lost a visionary and original genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being," the text read, "Those of us who have been providential enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor steve leaves at the back a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."

Without Jobs, Apple must show it can still deliver

With Steve Jobs bowing out as CEO, Apple Inc. should persuade investors and consumers that it doesn't need the force behind the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad in charge to remain the technology hits coming, Tim Cook, his hand-picked successor, have handled the top job repeatedly in the absence of the ailing Jobs, who resigned as chief executive Wednesday and be elected chairman of Apple's board though not nearly as recognizable as Jobs, Cook have been running Apple since January the company's stock has risen 62 percent during that time.

Jeff Gamet, organization editor of Apple-focused news site The Mac Observer, said Jobs' departure has additional sentimental than practical significance, He said he have been telegraphing the change for several years,"All Apple really have done is made official what they've been doing administratively intended for a while now, which is Tim runs the show and Steve gets to do his part to make sure the products approach out to meet the Apple standard," he said.

But Trip Chowdhry, an analyst through Global Equities Research, said Jobs' maniacal attention to detail is what has set Apple apart he said Apple's product pipeline may be secure for another few years, but he predicted that the company resolve eventually struggle to come up with market-changing ideas, "Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs is Apple, and Steve Jobs is innovation," Chowdhry said, "You be able to teach people how to be operationally efficient, you can hire consultants to tell you how to perform that, but God creates innovation Apple without Steve Jobs is nothing."

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Handset world: Don't speak for us, Steve Jobs

It might be true that no cell phone is great, but the handset world isn't taking too gently to Apple CEO Steve Jobs' public declaration that other Smartphone’s bear from the same antenna and signal problems that have been widely reported regarding the iPhone 4. In addition to, in what's twisted into an ugly back-and-forth PR mud fight, Apple is firing back by making its inner signal test results public to insist that it's not just pulling rivals' flaws out of thin air.

Hui-Meng Cheng, chief monetary officer at HTC, told The Wall Street Journal on Monday that "the response problems are certainly not general among Smartphone’s," and a envoy from Samsung said that it "hasn't received significant customer view on any signal reduction issue for the Omnia 2," one of the phones that Apple singled out as suffering from similar reception issues if held in a way that blocks the antenna.