Steve Jobs active at Apple, still working on tablet-sized device
Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 2:20PM Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs is still very much involved in his company’s direction even as he recuperates at home — and is said to be on track with a new portable device larger than the company’s handhelds.
Those reportedly aware of Jobs’ position have told the Wall Street Journal that, as promised, he’s regularly overseeing projects and has guided some of its most recently publicized work.
In particular, Jobs is understood to have been instrumental in shaping the interface of iPhone OS 3.0, which adds copy-and-paste text as well as device-wide search.
More importantly, the executive is still believed invested in long-term strategy. While new iPhones are to be expected, the newspaper also understands that Apple is as focused as ever on producing a portable device that sits in between the small, pocketable designs of the iPhone and iPod touch but not as large as existing MacBooks.
