What will apples stocks do?

Apple released a revolutionary product sometime in July 2007. This changed the face of apple. It was the iPhone. Sometime after that the iPod touch was released and caused stocks to soar. Now recently a new model was born. The iPhone 3G. A more advanced version with 3G cellular speeds. This again caused stocks to rise. During the recent economic downfall apple has tried a few things to keep there stocks up. With the iPhone 3G they also released the iPhone and iPod touch software upgrade 2.0, which not only came with amazing new features, it came with many complications and bugs. Apple has tried to sort that out and recently has with there newest 2.2. I myself have it and it is a much improved version of 2.0. During that time period stocks began to fluxuate due to the defective software. However some people feel that apple will continue to stay strong. There has been rumor that apple may release a new product in January, though this rumor has been tested and seems to be impossible due to some complications. Apple was hoping to rush into 2009 strong but recently there has also been rumor that Steve Jobs has been battling cancer. This poses a threat to apples long term success. This again makes it unlikely that apple will release a new product in January. The question here is what will happen to the company's future?