奧巴馬曾收喬布斯贈送iPad2

Six months ago it was the must-have gadget which some stores sold out of and many had to wait days or weeks to buy.
　　六個月之前，這一必備品在許多商店脫銷，很多人爲了購得它不得不等很多天甚至幾個周。

But Barack Obama get his hands on Apple's tablet device before it even hit the shops - after being given one personally by Steve Jobs.

但巴拉克·奧巴馬總統得到這一蘋果平板設備時，它甚至還沒有發佈，史蒂夫·喬布斯本人親自將它送到奧巴馬手上。

In a recent interview with George Stephanopoulous of ABC News, Obama said: 'Steve Jobs actually gave it to me, a little bit early. Yeah, it was cool. I got it directly from him.'

在最近的一次與美國廣播公司喬治·史蒂法諾普洛採訪中，奧巴馬說：“實際上確實是史蒂夫·喬布斯本人給我iPad2的，比發佈時間早一點點。是的，我直接從喬布斯本人那裏拿到iPad2，這非常酷。”

The revelation by President Obama raises the issue as to whether one of the most powerful men in the world might also be lucky enough to be given a pre-release iPhone 4S.

奧巴馬總統透露的這一消息引出了一個問題：是否這個世界上最強大的男人也能足夠幸運到拿到提前發行的iPhone 4S？

It is no secret that the President is an avowed Blackberry user, but he could be tempted by an early look at Apple's latest handset, which has voice control and a faster chip.

總統先生是黑莓用戶不是什麼祕密，但他也很可能被提前看到的蘋果最新手機所吸引，這款手機可以聲控，芯片運行速度也更快。

The President is clearly a fan of new technology, after he invited the world's biggest internet entrepreneurs to a technology summit in California in February.

在總統先生邀請世界最大的互聯網企業家參加2月在加利福尼亞舉辦的科技高峯會之後，我們可以明顯看出，總統先生癡迷新科技。

Among the guests at Obama's dinner were then Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

奧巴馬的晚宴來賓中有蘋果CEO史蒂夫·喬布斯，Facebook創始人馬克·扎克伯格和谷歌CEO埃裏克·施密特。

The new iPhone is iPhone 4S, not iPhone 5, and the voice-controlled handset is set to launch on October 14. Apple's share price plunged 3 per cent after it was revealed that the new phone would be the 4S, not an all-new iPhone 5

最新的iPhone 是iPhone 4S，而不是 iPhone 5，這款聲控手機將於10月14日推出發售。在蘋果公司透露新手機不是全新的iPhone 5而是iPhone 4S後，蘋果的股價下跌了3%。

While, sadly, Jobs died on October 5th, 2011, aged 56, following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. He has been overseeing the development and masterminding updated versions of Apple’s products, ensuring at least four years’ worth of products are in the pipeline, according to Apple sources.

然而，令人悲傷的是，在經過與胰腺癌的長期鬥爭之後，喬布斯於2011年10月5日去世，享年56歲。根據蘋果公司的消息，喬布斯生前一直在監審、策劃蘋果的各類產品更新及發展，以保證至少未來四年都有產品推出。