SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs poked fun at reports of his poor health at a new product presentation on Tuesday, walking by a screen that said, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
Jobs introduced an upgraded iPod nano, the thinnest music player the company has produced.
He appeared thin but jaunty as he walked around the stage in his trademark outfit of jeans and long-sleeve black shirt.


Concerns about Jobs' health ballooned in June, when he appeared leaner than usual while introducing the latest model of the iPhone at a conference in San Francisco.

In 2004, Jobs, 53, said he had undergone successful surgery to remove a rare type of pancreatic cancer.

Apple stock slid $3.50, or about 2.3 percent, to $154.20 in afternoon Nasdaq trading.

(Reporting by David Lawsky and Eric Auchard, writing by Peter Henderson, editing by Maureen Bavdek)
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Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs displays a redesigned iPod Nano at Apple's "Let's Rock" media event in San Francisco, California September 9, 2008. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith