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Steve Jobs has resigned as Apple CEO "effective immediately"

In a surprise announcement Wednesday evening, Apple's Board of Directors announced that Steve Jobs is resigning as CEO of the company. Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, has been named Jobs' successor and plans to begin taking over as CEO effective immediately.

"Steve’s extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world’s most innovative and valuable technology company," Apple Board member and Genetech chairman Art Levinson said in a statement. "Steve has made countless contributions to Apple’s success, and he has attracted and inspired Apple’s immensely creative employees and world class executive team. In his new role as Chairman of the Board, Steve will continue to serve Apple with his unique insights, creativity and inspiration."

In 2004, Jobs underwent a complicated but successful surgery to remove a tumor in his pancreas, and was back at work within a few months. While the procedure is highly successful for the form of pancreatic cancer that Jobs had, it also removes much of the pancreas and some of the digestive tract. This can lead to further complications, such as the dramatic and visible weight loss Jobs' suffered in 2008.

In 2009, Jobs went on a six-month medical leave again; it was later revealed that Jobs had received a liver transplant. All seemed well after his return until January of 2011 when Jobs announced once again that he was going on medical leave—this time, Apple fans had a feeling he might not be back.

Below is the text of Jobs' letter addressed to the Board and the Apple Community that was distributed on Wednesday evening:

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.
Steve

Top Tablets in India thier price and review

Apple, Windows and Google have been putting new thoughts into people's mind by introducing amazing gadgets. The tablet PC can be said as an evolution. This is a PC's miniature which can be used anywhere and anytime. They have great demand among the professionals, students, travelers who liked to be connected to the people, their friends and families all the time.

1.Apple iPad 2:

This tablet is famous for its software compression and acceleration. They are of best quality when compared to any other tablet. It is easy to use. The most interesting applications are available in the iOS when compared to Android or Honeycomb. The dual cameras of 5MP Rear and Front VGA, which allows high definition downloads and recording. The fast A5 processor is the attractive feature of this product. The hardware is not that pleasing but the best quality software used in this device places this on top in the chart. This is the thinner and lighter version of first gen iPad. The 9.7 inch LED-backlit touchscreen display and powered by Dual Core Processors makes it work faster. The tablet is available in black and white color. The price of this device is

39,500 (64 GB).
Samsung galaxy tab 10.1:

This is the hardcore competitor for apple ipad2. If the focus is more on hardware than software this is the ultimate product. This is powered android 3.1 OS, has 10.1 inche

s widescreen with a resolution of 1200x800 and a 4 way rotation facility. The front and rear camera is of 3mp and 2 mp respectively. The RAM is of 1 GB and the storage capacity is of 64GB. The price of this tablet in India is

24, 000

HTC Flyer:

The latest android tablet of HTC, featuring a 7 inch touch screen display 1.5 GHz processor, 5 MP camera, front facing camera and 3G connectivity looks fantabulous and appealing to the

eyes. This comes with a HTC Sense UI and HTC Scribe technology. HTC Flyer also features 1GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, microSD card support, Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS. This tablet is priced at

37,999 in India.

IPAD2 - the complete tablet-pc revealed by steve jobs

Finally its the day when Apple has launched the new iPad 2 at Yerba Buena Center on 2nd March 2011. This was most anticipated after the first generation iPad and we have detailed information on the specifications, features and pricing.

With Sales of around 15 Million units in the month of December 2010, its expected that the new iPad would be beating its own records not just because of the higher configuration but because of the features.

First of all the new iPad ie the iPad 2 has got a new design and a faster performing processor which is the A5 chip and a Dual Core CPU which means that the processing speed is 2 times faster and upto 9 times more graphically faster.
Next the iPad 2 is going to have dual cameras just like the Apple iPhone 4 and also a gyroscope. In terms of the size its more thinner at around 8.8mm from the previous 13.4mm and also it has lost a bit of its weight from 1.5 pounds to 1.3 pounds which is not a real big change again.
The new iPad is going to be available in two colors ie White and Black with both being shipped from day one. Regarding the pricing you need to check out the following tables.

* iPad 2 16GB WiFi version – $499
* iPad 2 32GB WiFi version – $599
* iPad 2 64GB WiFi version – $699
* iPad 2 16GB WiFi +3G version – $629
* iPad 2 32GB WiFi +3G version – $729
* iPad 2 64GB WiFi +3G version – $829

Also the new tablet is going to get a HDMI video out with the help of the cable provided along with which you can also charge the unit. You dont have to setup or perform any configuration for this HDMI mirrored video output and it would cost you $39 extra.
Also Apple introduces ‘Smart Covers’ which allows you to easily put the device in sleep mode and conserve battery while you can also use it as a stand to watch movies or perform easy typing on the device which is normally hard when you type on a flat based unit. The Smart Covers are available in a series of colors.

Now lets discuss about the software part. The new iPad2 would be released with iOS 4.3 which comes with increased safari browser performance. Not only thing you can also use the new iPad 2 as a personal hotspot for the iPhone 4 mobile.

Photo-booth is also available for the iPad now because of the dual-cameras , hence you can use the software to edit and share them. Just make a few touch gestures and manipulate images instantly with different effects.

Apple Smart Covers for iPad2

Apple introduced today the iPad 2 along with some smart covers which are not just some hard body covers, but are actually covers with some useful features. The reason for this is that, they don’t just offer a external cover but you can use them as a stand or even make the device move into sleep mode when its not being used.
It connects to the device using magnets on the surface and would make it go to sleep mode or just cover it completely along with staying connected.

The built in magnets would wake up the device from sleep mode and also increase the brightness on it. Use it for video calling or when watching movies or as a keyboard stand, its all upto you on how you would like to use it.
The iPad and the cover would easily pair because they are designed in such a way that when they are next to each other the magnets would pull them closer and fit them at the right points.

Once you cover the iPad with the smart cover, it goes to sleep mode and when you open it, it wakes up the device along with which the covers are available in two variants ie Polyurethane and Leather with a bunch of different colors available