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Jobs Is On the Job - Signaling Apple Tablet?

By Michelle Menga
August 30, 2009

The return of Apple chief Steve Jobs to the company campus is not just a sign that things may be back to business as usual: It could be an indication that not only is Apple planning to launch its long-rumored tablet PC, but that the company's chief visionary is again calling the shots on its development.

Jobs came back to the Apple campus in June following a liver transplant and six-month medical leave. Since then, he's been exclusively focused on development of a rumored Apple tablet, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

If reports are true, the Apple crew is once again getting used to Jobs on the job --overseeing all matters involved in the product strategy. "People have had to readjust" to his presence, the Journal said, citing a person familiar with the matter.

The report also suggests that the amount of attention Jobs is paying to the tablet is directly proportional to how important it will be for the company, as a wireless tablet PC marking another new direction for the computer maker turned consumer electronics giant after the success of the iPod and iPhone.

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