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There have been almost as many Steve Jobs health scares over the last few months as there have been announcements of how many gazillion programs have moved thorough the App store. One (quickly disproved) even nearly caused a run on Apple’s stock. However, those of us who have been watching his appearances (and have knowledge of how these things look) have been growing more and more concerned.

Jobs’ decision to skip the MacWorld keynote caused much speculation which most of the best blogs downplayed as baseless, but now Gizmodo is running the following rumor, from a source they say is connected and impeccable….

Steves health is rapidly declining. Apple is choosing to remove the hype factor strategically vs letting the hype destroy apple when the inevitable news comes later this spring.

This strategic loss will be less of a bang with investors. This is why MacWorld is a no-go anymore. No more Steve means no more hype. Saying they are no longer needing [MacWorld] is the cover designed by the worldwide "loyalty" department.

That Gizmodo is reporting this causes me to pause and consider…and it certainly fits with the sparse facts as we know them….especially as Apple has misinformed about Jobs’ health in the past. Of course, it is no ones business and I wish him long life and the best of health, but it does make one stop and wonder what sort of effect the retirement of such an iconic figure from the tech scene will have.

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By day a department manager and writer for a major network device vendor...by night Zealot stalks the mean magnetic streets, striking fear into the hearts of bandwidth abusers and theme park mascots. Zealot has been involved with mobile devices for more than a decade now, starting off with dumb phones, moving to PDAs and then to smartphones, notebooks and netbooks with the odd PMP thrown in. Most of his mobile time currently is spent on a Treo Pro, Zune HD, Thinkpad T61, Gigabyte M912M or a Hackintoshed Compaq Mini 704. He proudly groks the Geek community and considers himself a Neo Maxi Zune Dweebie (thanks Will Wheaton!).