Steve Jobs, man behind iPad and iPhone, dead

Steve resigned from his post in August this year citing an unspecified medical condition for which he took a leave from his post in January. AP file photo.

Tim Cook, who was the company's chief operating officer replaced Jobs after his resignation. AP file photo

Apple announced Steve's death without giving a specific cause. AP file photo

Jobs had battled cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. AP file photo

Jobs started Apple with a high school friend in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976. AP file photo

Jobs' leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world's most innovative and valuable technology company. AP file photo

Steve Jobs, left, chairman of Apple Computers, John Sculley, center,

then president and CEO, and Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, unveil the new Apple IIc computer in San Francisco in 1984. - AP file photo

Steve Jobs introducing the new Apple II computer in Cupertino, Calif in 1977. AP file photo.

Customers wait outside the Apple store in Munich before the start of sales of the iPad2. AP file photo

He helped change computers from a geeky hobbyist's obsession to a necessity of modern life at work and home. AP

Apolline Arnaud, 12, a neighbor of Steve Jobs, writes a message in front of Jobs' home in Palo Alto. AP

Neighbors embrace outside Steve Jobs' house. AP

A hand drawn condolence is shown in front of Jobs' house in Palo Alto. AP

Portraits of the late Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., illuminate computer monitors in an Apple retail store. AP