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Fri, Mar 19, 2010 - 03:20 PM EDT — AAPL: 222.11 (-2.54, -1.13%) | NASDAQ: 2371.92 (-19.36, -0.81%)

Apple iPod honcho Tony Fadell leaving Apple; to be replaced by former IBM’er Mark Papermaster

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 07:53 AM EDT

"Tony Fadell, a senior executive who was instrumental in the development of the iPod, is leaving Apple for personal reasons, people familiar with the matter said. Mark Papermaster, a former executive for International Business Machine Corp., will be joining Apple later this month to replace Mr. Fadell, the same people said," Yukari Iwatani Kane reports for The Wall Street Journal.

"Mr. Fadell is the senior vice president of Apple's iPod division, which designs the popular digital music players. He was also part of the executive team involved in the development of the iPhone, which has become the fastest growing part of Apple's business. People familiar with the matter said Mr. Fadell planned to take time off after leaving the company though he may still keep a role at Apple as a consultant," Kane reports.

"Mr. Papermaster is a longtime IBM veteran, who is known to be an expert in chip design and was one of the main architects behind the Power PC processor. IBM filed a lawsuit against Mr. Papermaster late last month, alleging that he breached a noncompete agreement that he had signed," Kane reports.

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Nov 04, 08 - 09:30 am Comment from: Cubert

Switching from the UI design guy (Fadell) to the hardcore engineering guy (PaperMaster). The evolution of the product.

Nov 04, 08 - 09:35 am Comment from: HolyMackerel

Wow, a Blade iPod! I would never have thought of that…

Nov 04, 08 - 10:40 am Comment from: Philip

I'm not worried. The iPod's too good by now for anyone to mess it up much.

Nov 04, 08 - 10:43 am Comment from: hagar57

The iPhone 5G will have a G5.

Nov 04, 08 - 10:58 am Comment from: Cubert

hagar57,

We can only hope....We can only hope....

Nov 04, 08 - 11:59 am Comment from: ndelc

Isn't he the guy that basically started the iPod? Hmmm...I imagine that it's developed far enough to be OK without him. I sure hope so.

Nov 04, 08 - 03:32 pm Comment from: alansky

According to another MDN article posted a few hours later, Tony Fadell is not leaving Apple:

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/18981/

Nov 04, 08 - 04:04 pm Comment from: CheekyGit

"The iPhone 5G will have a G5."

Wow. That will be one HOT potato.

Nov 04, 08 - 05:50 pm Comment from: freebeer

No matter how exciting a project is, after 5 years anybody can burn out and need something new.

People kept saying iPod is long passe, so what's the big deal?

Nov 04, 08 - 06:17 pm Comment from: DavidEGo

The reason they are leaving is because Apple has thrown some money into the same sex marriage campaign.
A young married couple with young kids, probably conservative Democrats, couldn't get their heads or hearts in the game after that move.

Remember, you heard it from me first.

Nov 04, 08 - 07:04 pm Comment from: auramac

Once again, the inane political non-sequiter. Must be Ballmer. Homophobes can't be Mac people- makes no sense. Then again, neither does Rush Limberger...

Nov 05, 08 - 05:34 am Comment from: kistajk

auramac, I'm homophobic and I'm Mac lover.

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