First pic of gaunt Jobs caught ... on iPhone

[nickh]

An iPhone-toting amateur pap has managed to capture the first photograph of Apple CEO Steve Jobs since he went on medical leave in January for a liver transplant.

The celebrity gossip website TMZ.com, fresh off a big win last month when it broke the news of Michael Jackson’s death, snagged the shot of Jobs as he left Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, at 3pm on Wednesday.

Aptly, the shot was taken with an iPhone.

Jobs has been back at work for about a month but he has yet to make a public appearance, leaving tech industry watchers and, particularly, Apple’s shareholders, to speculate on the state of his health.

The iconic iPod creator is seen as Apple’s visionary and so integral to the company’s success that even baseless rumours about a possible return of his pancreatic cancer, first diagnosed in 2003, have caused Apple’s stock price to fluctuate wildly.

The speculation has been fuelled by Apple’s secretive company culture.

When Jobs took an extended leave of absence in January, Apple said only that he had a ‘‘complex’’ health issue related to a hormone imbalance.

It was only revealed that he had had a liver transplant when the news was reported in The Wall Street Journal.

Steve Jobs Looks Gaunt In iPhone Photo

[StealthBravo]

Glad to see Steve back but man he is skinny. Someone get that dude a sandwich.

[nickh]

LOL, & a new T-shirt, does he ever take that black one off??

[StealthBravo]

^ lmao

His closet has nothing but black sweaters and jeans

[dale1v]

It's a known fact that Steve Jobs doesn't walk; he flies on a magical iMac. So until I see that iMac, this pic is fake.

[StealthBravo]

^ lmao. dale1v its magical and invisible

[nickh]

You would like to think with all that $ you could splash out on a new wardrobe, but then again each to their own.

[one1]

Fake. The iphone doesn't take a mosaic image and the only reason to do that is to expand and blur the pixels to manipulate it and cover up edits.

Phail.

[ianbroste]

^who else would be wearing a black longsleeve turtle neck and jeans in 80 degree weather haha