Brazil Pays Tribute To Apple Co-Founder By Naming Street Steve Jobs Avenue

Steve Jobs Avenue in Jundiai is located near Foxconn's new iPhone plant.

Brazil’s Jundiai city council has paid tribute to Apple’s late co-founder and former CEO by naming one of its streets Steve Jobs Avenue. The council actually announced that it would commemorate Steve with a street a day after his passing last year, but city officials only confirmed the name this week.

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Best Fake Market Finds (Android iPhone, Anyone?) From Brazil [Gallery]

The São Paulo electronics stores are set up like mini-malls. @Nicole Martinelli.

São Paulo, Brazil - The arrival of the much-awaited Brazilian iPad may be in doubt – although our trip to the Foxconn factory showed that an local iPhone is in the works – one thing is certain: there’s a huge market for gadgets here.

Brazilians pay some of the highest prices in the world for their iDevices, but many of them buy alternatives – black or gray market goods and fakes.

Commerce hub São Paulo has a whole neighborhood dedicated to selling these off-market electronic items called Santa Ifigênia, where I paid a visit with Alessandro Salvatori of Blog do iPhone.

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