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Interesting parallels with the iPhone development.[1] Tony Fadell was credited with creating the iPod and tasked with porting it to a phone with Apple's P1 pro
by paulgerhardt 3y ago
Interesting parallels with the iPhone development.[1]
Tony Fadell was credited with creating the iPod and tasked with porting it to a phone with Apple's P1 project. Jobs picked Scott Forstall to lead a competing clean slate effort (P2). Jobs ultimately went with the P2 design and Fadell later came on to market it - later crediting himself as the creator of the iPhone.
McEnroe:Forstall::Woodland:Fadell
[1] https://sonnydickson.com/2017/01/11/how-apple-picked-what-came-to-be-the-iphone/ https://sonnydickson.com/2017/01/11/how-apple-picked-what-ca...
- umeshunni 3y agoThe story of the alternate P1 design for the iPhone is fascinating and something I didn't know about before this. I found another article with some more details: https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/11/14240918/apple-interview-ipod-iphone-prototype-tony-fadell https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/11/14240918/apple-interview-...
- paulgerhardt 3y agoThere are two origin stories. The Verge article tells Tony's. The CHM interview tells Scott's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiuVggWNqSA&t=1467s&ab_channel=ComputerHistoryMuseum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiuVggWNqSA&t=1467s&ab_chann... Given the iPhone hardware came from skunkworks iPad team (and not iPod) and the software came from the Mac team (and not iPod) I personally take Tony's claims of inventing the iPhone with a grain of salt and opportunistic when Scott was later forced out over the unrelated Apple Maps launch issues. But you should judge for yourself. It's probably not clear cut.