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wired.com - 11/4/2008
Inside Look at Birth of the IPod
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The iPod's development is shrouded in secrecy and rumor; but for the first time, an insider has agreed to tell the story of the device's development. Ben Knauss is a former senior manager at PortalPlayer , the company Apple Computer approached to help develop an MP3 player that would ...
apple.com - 11/4/2008
Mark Papermaster Joins Apple as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering
— apple.com — CUPERTINO, California November 4, 2008 Apple today announced that Mark Papermaster is joining the Company as senior... vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, reporting to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Papermaster, who comes to Apple from IBM, will lead ... (more) Mark Papermaster Joins Apple as Senior Vice President of ...

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forbes.com - 11/3/2008
Crashing The iPhone
— forbes.com — An Italian programmer discovers a bug that can crash Apple's mobile devices and maybe some computers.... (more) Crashing The iPhone

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wired.com - 11/4/2008
Straight Dope on the IPod's Birth
— wired.com — Thanks to Apple Computer's penchant for CIA-like secrecy, there are several myths concerning the birth of the... iPod. One of these myths is that the iPod has a father -- one man who conceived and nurtured the iconic device. Steve Jobs, of course, is one ... (more) Straight Dope on the IPod's Birth

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Gizmodo:  iPod Creator Tony Fadell Abandons His Children, IBM Chip Guy New Head of Devices [IPod]

GMSV:  Apple iPod chief votes for change

Core77:  Blast from the past: A crucial piece of Apple (and product design) history

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iPod Creator Tony Fadell Abandons His Children, IBM Chip Guy New Head of Devices [IPod]
Gizmodo — ... While you might think that Apple products emerge from Steve Jobs' head, fully formed and perfect like any other offspring of gods, the inventor of the iPod was actually Tony Fadell (along with former Apple hardware chief of engineering Jon Rubinstein). Fadell, who took over the iPod division from Rubinstein in 2006, is leaving his position to take a "reduced role" ...

iPod Creator Tony Fadell Leaves Apple [IPod]
Gizmodo — ... While you might think that Apple products emerge from Steve Jobs' head, fully formed and perfect like any other offspring of gods, the inventor of the iPod was actually Tony Fadell (along with former Apple hardware chief of engineering Jon Rubinstein). Fadell, who took over the iPod division from Rubinstein in 2006, is leaving Apple. ...

iPod Creator Tony Fadell Abandons His Children [IPod]
Gizmodo — ... While you might think that Apple products emerge from Steve Jobs' head, fully formed and perfect like any other offspring of gods, the inventor of the iPod was actually Tony Fadell (along with former Apple hardware chief of engineering Jon Rubinstein). Fadell, who took over the iPod division from Rubinstein in 2006, is leaving his position to take a "reduced role" ...

Apple iPod chief votes for change
GMSV — Apple iPod chief votes for change Posted by John Murrell on November 4th, 2008 at 11:42 am | Categorized as Uncategorized Tony Fadell — who with Steve Jobs and Jon Rubinstein shepherded the iPod from concept to phenomenon , went on to help shape the iPhone, and held a place on the short list of possible Jobs successors — is quitting as Apple’s senior VP of the iPod Division to spend more time with his young family. And in a remarkable coincidence, his wife, Danielle Lambert, Apple’s vice president of human resources, is doing the same ...

Blast from the past: A crucial piece of Apple (and product design) history
Core77 — ... It's worthwhile to look at a Wired story (published more than four years ago) about Fadell and the original iPod, an object that arguably pushed the company into its current iteration. An excerpt: ...

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Apple's iPod chief to step down — CNET News.com 11/4/2008
The company says Tony Fadell, a longtime executive who headed the iPod division, will step down and be replaced by IBM's Mark Papermaster.
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The WSJ reports that senior executive Tony Fadell leaves Apple. Tony Fadell is senior vice president of Apple's iPod division and also known as Father of the iPod. Mr. Fadell has apparently approached Apple with the idea of a portable digital ...
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Video: Daily Debrief: Father of the iPod steps down — CNET News.com 11/4/2008
As the man considered the father of Apple's iPod steps down, it becomes clear why the company was eager to hire Mark Papermaster, an IBM chip designer. On this Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss the reasoning behind the move and ...
New Apple leader sets stage for the future of the iPod — CNET News.com 11/4/2008
Chip design wizard Mark Papermaster is taking control of Apple's iPod and iPhone hardware engineering as the portable music player of the last decade becomes a computer.