> Can I conclude - it got eliminated from his biography on secrecy grounds?
It'd be more accurate to say that biographers would not have heard anything (from Steve or any other in-the-know Apple employees) about any projects that hadn't already been unveiled by Apple.
It'd be more accurate to say that biographers would not have heard anything (from Steve or any other in-the-know Apple employees) about any projects that hadn't already been unveiled by Apple.
Additionally, it seems likely that biographers would've been required to not ask about possible future projects hinted at by public resources like patents: https://www.patentlyapple.com/2023/08/apple-won-a-patent-tod...