Steve Jobs dies at age 56

wow! I mean wow! is this real? I've just come into work and this is the first thing I hear? I almost don't believe my work mates, come on techspot and its here to?

R.I.P. Steve, You have changed the way I've thought about phone, the reason I moved from Sony Mini Disc to iPod. You have shaped Apple to what it is today.

Tim Cook, Make Steve Proud, keep Apple alive...

That photo of him that surfaced that everyone said was photoshopped was probably the real deal. I'm pretty sure he knew a few months ago, and he wanted to spend time with his family, and not hasten his death by dealing with the stress of running a multibillion dollar company.

I cannot imagine the stress that he went through on a daily basis. It may not be a stretch to say that the last decade secured his legacy as a computer pioneer that will be talked about for many years to come, but at the cost of his health.

May you rest in peace Mr Jobs ... like all geniuses you will be forever remembered!

What a shame. What a rotten way to die.

This is sad news. I was never a fan of Apple, but this man was a pioneer. May his soul rest in peace.

rip.

Terrible news. The poor man was only 56. He could have accomplished so much more.

Rest in peace, Steven Jobs.

Although I've never liked the man I did respect him, the tech world won't be the same without him. May he rest in peace in the big icloud in the sky.

Rest in peace Steve'e boy! You done a mans job!

may he rest in peace

he will be missed

As I walk in to work today with a heavy heart. I notice a little less pep in my voice and less zip in my walk! I will never forget where I was when I heard the news of your passing! Your were a true leader and visionary. I as the rest of the world will truly miss you!

Rest in Peace my friend! You have earned it!

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Steve, Thanks for all you have done for so many people. Have fun on the other side.

As much as I'm a droid user and not an iPhone user, Steve Jobs was still an innovator. Without people like him, we wouldn't have so many different choices on technology.

Because of Jobs and Woz, I would never have learned how to program an Apple ][+ and //e, which probably means I would never have found my love in programming.

Thanks Steve!

RIP

I'm not a big Apple fan nor do I like how totalitarian Apple has always felt to me, especially under Steve Jobs. but Jobs did introduce and push many innovations into the market. Jobs direction made Apple what it is today. I feel Apple really changed how people look at portable devices in general.

I agree! We probably wouldn't have Android phones if it wasn't for the IPhone... Wish Palm caught on more though.. I remember when they were huge and it was simmilar... IPhone just made it popular... (apps I mean). I remember having the Palm 3 color and downloading apps that made it a remote for my tv and games ect... some of the games I think were better than some of the android games.. (good times) Anyway getting back.. Steve will be missed and wish more companies would push inovation more. Like say the PS4/xbox 720 should come out... This way we can have game developers make more detailed games...

I became enamored with his creations.

(Starting with the ][+ even going so far as to solder hundreds of tiny circuit board dots for a huge16kb)

I became ensnared within his insidious cult of personality.

(Many of my artistic hires would "only work with Macs")

I became enraged with his devious methodology of proprietary products.

(iTunes, 'nuff said)

Is the final chapter on Steve finally in?

The fanbois can still hold their collective breath and wait for the announcement that it's all just a clumsy, awful hoax to generate publicity for the delayed iPhone 5 disaster.

In 30 years as much as I've come to despise Apple The Infernal Company and Steve The Jobsian Monster, they collectively were, beyond a shadow of a doubt, pure masters of the marketing game and know all too well the methods of manipulating the masses.

I'm half-expecting a product rollout, concurrent with the funeral, replete with the as-yet-unannounced 64GB iCoffin (with unprecedented 16MB cameras so that we can all be safe & sure the dead is dead; via the Limited Jobsian-Edition iZombie app, of course). Soon everyone will be tenting outside funeral homes ready to pay (brains through their noses) for a two-year, premium iDied 4G contract. Everyone will eventually forget about the enormous iSick fail (with blame squarely placed on a counterfeit iLiver).

As long as our iPhone can direct us to the next hot restaurant and iPod can play our favourite music in blissful isolation, we all can live easier with false-flag terror, erosion of basic liberties, extra-judicial killings, illegal wars, drug-dealing gov't and the slow death of the republic, ad nauseum.

No matter what I or anyone thinks of this contemporary Willy Wonka, he and his dastardly evil machine called Apple were, in the end analysis, certainly exceptionally good for the industry as a whole.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming including apoplectic concern about the future of our little consumer entertainment devices...

Steve's life and vision has certainly impacted my life and many others I know. He will be missed.

I may not have embraced his work (honestly I never preferred Apple products) but that doesn’t stop me from recognizing his intelligence, undying passion, nor his unmatched salesmanship.
I’m a PC, but today I stop and remember a truly great man who has left behind a legacy none can ever match. Farewell Steve, may you rest in the peace.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise; He is always ready to go. R.I.P JOBS