Who will tell me what I want to buy now?
That was my first reaction to Steve Jobs' passing away on Wednesday.
I wasn't the only one who didn't think I needed a tablet last year. Then Jobs told us how magical the iPad would be.
I wasn't the only one who didn't think a phone without buttons could be a practical device when the iPhone rolled out in 2007. Now it's hard to find a smartphone that isn't navigated by touch.
Apple
Maybe Jobs wouldn't have been able to sell the iPhone 4S any better, but now we'll never know.
I guess I'll have to decide what I want to buy next on my own.
Briefly in the news
And now let's take a quick look at some of the other stories that shaped our week.
- It was a good week for beaten-down stocks to shine as buyout candidates, as Akamai
, Research In Motion(Nasdaq: AKAM) , and Yahoo!(Nasdaq: RIMM) all received plenty of press playing them up as acquisition bait.(Nasdaq: YHOO) -
Zumiez
was one of the week's biggest retail winners. The edgy mall chain delivered same-store sales growth of 10.1% for September, more than triple the comps the market was expecting.(Nasdaq: ZUMZ) -
OmniVision
shareholders cracked a smile after analysts generally agreed that it's the company behind the camera chips in Apple's new iPhone 4S.(Nasdaq: OVTI)
Until next week, I remain,
Rick Munarriz