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Qualcomm Chief Executive Paul Jacobs generally has the latest and greatest cell phones. But he’s never owned the uber-trendy Apple iPhone. “Not until they put a Qualcomm chip in it,” Jacobs said in a September interview. It could soon be time for Jacobs’ first Apple phone. The company is widely rumored to be planning an iPhone nano, a smaller touchscreen version of its popular phone. One industry analyst says it will run on Qualcomm chips. The weeks leading up to the annual Macworld conference are typically filled with rumors of expected product announcements.

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Rumor Mills Buzz Over Qualcomm-Chipped iPhone Nano

Who can replace Steve Jobs? When Apple needed a substitute after its iconic CEO backed out of delivering his annual keynote at the upcoming Macworld conference, it tapped Phil Schiller, its senior vice president of worldwide marketing. The announcement last week that Schiller will fill in for Jobs at next month’s event begs a larger question: Who might step into Jobs’ shoes when he eventually departs Apple? Jobs has been the public face of Apple for more than a decade, and there’s no reason to assume the man in the trademark rimless glasses and black mock-turtleneck shirt will leave any day soon.

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Musings on Apple’s Next CEO

Steve Jobs needs to take a page from Fidel Castro’s book and give a speech. A big long one. At Macworld. When Fidel was running Cuba and rumors put him at death’s door, he’d give a two-hour talk to reassure his subjects. Fidel had the May Day parade. Jobs has Macworld. But Jobs’ people say there will be no Jobs at Macworld 2009. And the last thing the public relations folks at Apple want you to think is that the move has anything to do with Jobs’ health. Which is why they won’t say a thing about his condition. Not a hint. Not a clue. Not a peep.

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How Steve Jobs Can Put an End to All Those Personal Questions

Where were you in January 2007 when you first learned that Apple was going to release an iPhone? I remember very well where I was: sitting glumly at my desk looking through the window at the snow on the ground and wishing I was at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. A friend, a fellow tech journalist called — from the floor of the rival expo CES — very excited about the news Steve Jobs had just announced. It was all that people were talking about, he told me. He too wished he had gone to Macworld.

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Is the Sky Falling - or Has Apple Outgrown Macworld?

The silver Macbook spins slowly in front of an all-white background, as it has in previous Apple television commercials. But this ad’s overall spin is different — instead of talking up digital media, faster processors and more memory, this one mentions toxic chemicals, recyclable aluminum and glass, and energy efficiency. “The new Macbooks. The world’s greenest family of notebooks,” says the voiceover in the commercial, which began running in network prime-time slots this week. Also released this week: the 10th version of Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics.

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Greenpeace Drizzles on Apple’s New Green Ad Campaign