Unconfirmed word also spread that a private funeral was taking place for Jobs, who died Wednesday at the age of 56 after battling cancer. Apple has indicated that no public memorial is planned.
People touched by the death of the Apple co-founder have made pilgrimages to Apple stores, the company’s Cupertino headquarters, and even his family’s two-story brick home in an old section of the Silicon Valley city of Palo Alto.
Apple security and local police have discretely ringed the house, clearing the way for dark vehicles bearing flowers or friends to get through the barricaded intersection and into a driveway of the corner property.Sallot, who recently turned 65 years old, confided that she was computer illiterate until she got an iPhone.
“I am computer savvy now,” she said with a smile. “I feel so much better about myself, and it’s because he made it easy.”Grim-faced people came and went, pausing to gaze thoughtfully at a growing shrine that included a classic white iPod with the words “Stay hungry” and “Stay foolish” written on it in black marker.Samsung was expected to unveil a Galaxy Nexus smartphone powered by a yet-to-be released version of Google-backed Android software and designed to challenge market-leading iPhone.
Postponing the launch was seen as a temporary truce of sorts in honor of Jobs, who died Wednesday at the age of 56 after battling cancer.It remained to be seen whether the legions of people from around the world touched by the death of Jobs would buy the iPhone 4S in tribute to the man who altered lives with iPods, iPhones, iPads, and Macintosh computers.
Apple did not respond to a request for comment on Friday.
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