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I don't understand the following in red. What is it saying?

Steve Jobs tried to connect with the influential ones... Steve called the Daily Show's Jon Stewart when he thought a thought a joke was funny or offensive, and he e-mailed the political satirist Stephen Colbert after he unsheathed an iPad from his jacket pocket at the Grammy Awards---making him one of the first to publicly show one after Steve. The subject line of that e-mail read "Last Night," and the body said only, "Sweet! Thanks!"

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The taking out of the iPad from his pocket made Stephen Colbert one of the first (after Steve Jobs - who had presumably already done this) to publicly show an iPad.
 

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Thank you for the answer.

In "the taking out of the iPad from his pocket...", who does "his" refer to, Steve or Stephen Colbert? I thought it is Steve, but I'm being confused. Maybe I don't understand how "taking out of the iPad from his pocket" could make Stephen one of the first to publicly show an iPad.
 

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Stephen Colbert took his iPad from his pocket in front of the TV cameras. Until that time, vey few people had shown their iPads in public.
 

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