Papermaster

Papermaster's exit from Apple was cultural, not iPhone 4 specific

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Aug 9, 2010 a 7:23 am

The Wall Street Journal (and the often informed Yukari Iwatani Kane) are reporting that while it's unknown how much iPhone 4 antennagate and white iPhone 4 delays played in SVP of mobile hardware, Mark Papermaster's exit from Apple, there were broader cultural issues at play:

Mark Papermaster, head of iPhone hardware, leaves Apple

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Aug 7, 2010 a 7:30 pm

Mark Papermaster, whose departure from IBM for Apple led to some high profile legal wrangling, has now left Apple -- chronologically following the antennagate saga, though no direct correlation has been reported. Apple spokesman Steve Dowling told the New York Times:

Rumor: $800 iTablet to Use Custom Apple Chipset?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 a 8:46 am

Following up on rumors of a $800 Apple netbook, MacBook, iTablet, etc. VentureBeat reports that Apple might also use the new platform to introduce their long-rumored custom system-on-a-chip.

Mark Papermaster Litigation Done -- to Head up iPhone, iPod Hardware April 24

By Dieter Bohn, Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009 a 4:08 pm

The long-running dispute between Apple and IBM over Apple's hire of Mark Papermaster has come to a close, according to Apple PR:

Judge Blocks Papermaster from Joining Apple

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Nov 11, 2008 a 10:00 am

According to Apple Insider, US Federal District Judge Kenneth Karas has issued an order preventing Mark Papermaster from taking his new position as a vice president at Apple, pending a decision over IBM's "no compete clause" inspired lawsuit.

Apple and Papermaster have responded, but Daring Fireball doesn't think they have much to worry about, give "Application Group, Inc. v. Hunter Group, Inc., 61 Cal.App.4th 881 (1998), a California non-compete clause case":

The iPod-Master is Gone! Long Live the Papermaster!

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Nov 5, 2008 a 12:00 pm

Apple has announced that Tony Fadell, senior VP of the iPod Division, and wife Danielle Lambert, VP of Human Resources, are "reducing their roles within the company as they devote more time to their young family."

Who will succeed Fadell, who is sometimes referred to as the "father of the iPod"?

Mark Papermaster, who readers may remember Apple is accused of stealing away from IBM. Says Steve Jobs: