WSJ: Steve Jobs return is on track for end of June

In its sometime role as a broadsheet hybrid of Us magazine and the New England Journal of Medicine, we have an update tonight from The Wall Street Journal on the condition of everyone's favorite iCEO. Steve Jobs, according to the story (subscription required on the web, free to read on your iPhone), is recovered from his health crisis and on track to return by the end of June. While some speculate that he might choose to surprise the audience at WWDC with a One More Thing moment, two sources for the WSJ story say that the plan is to wait a bit longer.

Steve's return is likely to be coordinated with a product launch or other public event later in June, say the sources. That event probably won't be the announcement of the next-gen iPhone, which the paper pinpoints for the keynote address on Monday with availability close to the two-year anniversary date for the original iPhone purchasers (pretty sensible; anyone who bought a first-gen for the premium price is a likely candidate to shell out for a replacement). The WSJ cites someone who has seen the new phone in person, reporting a faster processor and the expected video editing capabilities.

Equally importantly, the story points out that the long Steveless months with Tim Cook at the helm have shown investors and customers that the Apple train is still on track. AAPL is up 68% since Steve announced his leave of absence in January, vs. a 24% uptick for the NASDAQ index. Granted, Apple stock took a bit of a hit around the announcement of the leave, dipping to a low of 78.20 on 1/20, but it's up at 143.74 as of today's close.

[via Macrumors]

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ChiarasDad

I agree with Johari. The way Apple can split the difference between Jobs and not-Jobs is for the video demo (assuming there is one) to show a prerecorded-on-iPhone Steve welcoming everyone to WWDC.

June 06 2009 at 2:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

orimental

If Stevie is going to make an appearance on Monday, it'll probably be via some new video feature on the iPhone.

June 05 2009 at 10:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

John Doe

If you're going to scold the WSJ, be careful you don't accidentally turn your acid tongue on ... yourselves! Oops, too late. The first line of your post actually describes *you* as the "hybrid of Us Magazine and the New England Journal of Medicine."

HA!

I'll let the WSJ's own in-house style guru school you on your blunder. Scroll down to the explanation of dangler disease (tee hee) which you seem to have caught:

http://blogs.wsj.com/styleandsubstance/2007/03/23/vol-20-no-3/

June 05 2009 at 10:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Steve the Herring

One way to read "subscription only" content from the WSJ is to search the headline of the article on Google. The WSJ allows Google traffic to read all of their content. So in this case, put "Jobs Ready to Return to Apple Helm" into Google and you'll find a link to read the whole story.

Enjoy.

June 05 2009 at 8:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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lancelott

So Google breaks the law by "linking" to copyrighted content... like The Pirate Bay?

Just had to throw that out there... sorry.
:-)

But yeah can't wait for the Steve man to come back!

June 05 2009 at 11:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jonathan ober

I think he's got a little tom cruise going on too!! As far as the surprise goes. Steve will be back for the big snow leopard announcement; since a lot of rumblings are leading up to that *cough* software updates/hardware boost *cough*

June 05 2009 at 5:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

karinatwork

Does anyone else think he looks like Ashton Cutcher in this picture?

June 05 2009 at 2:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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brian

i was thinking the same thing
it kinda does

June 05 2009 at 4:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Maddy

who has seen the new phone in person, reporting a faster processor and the expected video editing capabilities?

June 05 2009 at 1:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

William Brawley

MacBook tablet? MacBook "nano" (aka netbook)??? If there is any hugely anticipated Apple product, one of these would be it. It would seem appropriate for Jobs to usher in a new line of Macs. fingers crossed.

June 05 2009 at 12:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Joseph

iMovie on the iPhone?

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