Weekly Wrap: Steve Jobs, iPhone 4S

08.10.2011
Each week, the Weekly Wrap highlights some of our biggest and best stories from the week gone by. Generally, we aim to inject some lightheartedness into the proceedings. This week, we’re not quite feeling up to that.

Still, it was a week of two Apple milestones. The sadder and more significant one, of course, was the passing of Apple co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs. But, of course, Apple goes on, and the company’s planned launch of the iPhone 4S hasn’t slowed down. Here, a roundup of our stories on those two topics. We’ll start with the easier subject matter.

At , the . (The company also , and announced that and will launch on October 12.)

We’ve compiled a list of . We can also help you —including iPhone newcomer Sprint. Unsure about how to upgrade to the iPhone 4S? And . And if you hate carrier contracts, you can hold out for the .

, leaving behind his wife, four children, and a world made better by his having lived in it. , which form his legacy. We also shared .

New CEO Tim Cook sent . Meanwhile, .

Editorial director Jason Snell titled his Steve Jobs tribute using a phrase often associated with Jobs himself: . Developers, CEOs, politicians, and celebrities alike all .

Senior associate editor Dan Moren expressed that though he never formally met Steve Jobs, he felt .

I tried to express —why the loss feels like a personal one, even to those of us who never stood in the same room with him. Executive editor Jon Seff wrote that . Senior editor Dan Frakes added that . Staff editor Serenity Caldwell concluded that . And Christopher Breen joined Mr. Snell for a .

We'll miss you, Steve. And we thank you.