Papermaster is Shredded by Apple

Jason O’Grady from ZDNet has a great article on Mark Papermaster, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering, losing his job due to “Antennagate”. Papermaster has worked at Apple since April 2009 after leaving IBM.

 

This is what O’Grady had to say:

Speculation abounds that he’s the first casualty of the iPhone 4’s problematic antenna design, but neither Apple nor Papermaster have given a reason for the departure. One could reasonably assume that he may have been asked to resign for the design flaw in Apple’s golden goose — the iPhone 4.

It’s suspect antenna design has been a publicity disaster for Apple — dubbed “Antennagate” –and has lead to rumors that its successor (the iPhone 5) is being to rushed to market and that it could come as soon as in January 2011 — six months earlier than the traditional summer time frame for iPhone launches.

 

Someone had to pay for “Antennagate” and it looks like Papermaster is the first. It also looks like Apple is trying to sweep iPhone 4 under the proverbial rug and get iPhone 5 out ASAP.

 

Could we see a new iPhone by the holiday season? Will we see anymore job loss at Apple due to this fiasco?

Read Jason O’Grady’s full article at ZDNet.

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Rumor: Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) Coming this October

Judging by these latest Gingerbread rumors, this fall may be exciting times for Android fans:

 

• Android 3.0 Gingerbread Q4: The new OS will be released in mid- October (around 15 -16th), 2010. First handsets shipping in November/December for the Holiday Season.
• Minimum Hardware Requirements for Android 3.0 devices: 1GHZ CPU, 512MB of RAM, displays from 3.5" and higher. Rumors have also being going around that Android handsets with 2GHz CPU's are coming.
• New 1280×760 Resolution: Available for the devices with displays of 4" and higher.
• Completely Revamped User Interface: The Android 3.0 Gingerbread UX will be similar to the Gallery App on the Nexus One. The same overall feel, light animated transitions,etc. Naively, through all the UI.
• Two Official Flavors of Android: Android's split into 2 branches becomes official. 3.0 for top of the line/high end devices. Cheaper, low-end mass market handsets will keep Android 2.1/2.2

 

The last one is very interesting as Android 2.2 (Froyo) has only just been released by Google, but most manufacturers and operators are yet to push it through themselves. It's believed HTC for example won't update their phone line until October.

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