Chip Guru Papermaster Loses Signal At Apple 374
ColdWetDog writes "Computerworld reports that Mark Papermaster has left his job as Apple's Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering. He was the senior executive in charge of engineering for the iPhone 4 and thus responsible in some unknown fashion for 'antennagate.' His name may ring bells from previous coverage of his jump from IBM to Apple. From a brief blurb on Daring Fireball: 'From what I've heard, it's clear he was canned. Papermaster was a conspicuous absence at the Antennagate press conference. Inside Apple, he's "the guy responsible for the antenna" — that's a quote from a source back on July 23. (Another quote from the same source: "Apparently the antenna guys used to have a big chip on their shoulder. No more.")'" Update: 08/08 03:01 GMT by KD : Swapped out a registration-required NY Times link for a Computerworld one; corrected the direction of Papermaster's career move.
Tell a fanboy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:*gate (Score:5, Funny)
Watergate-gate?
Re:*gate (Score:5, Funny)
Same reason everyone uses *zilla to describe something big. Its part of modern culture.
The use of *gate is so common now, perhaps the phenomenon should be called gatezilla.
Re:*gate (Score:5, Funny)
It's how new language elements are invented. If somebody ever launches a space probe to a false star, they will call the scandal "Stargate".
Re:Steve Jobs involved? (Score:5, Funny)
I just have to wonder what was in the conversation between Jobs and Papermaster. If Papermaster is the true mastermind of antennagate, may the heavens have mercy on his soul... Jobs would be pissed .
...and...so what? Jobs would have a hissy fit and stamp his feet and cry? He'd throw a bamboo latte at him?
A five-year-old girl could beat up Steve Jobs.
Re:Wait a minute.. (Score:1, Funny)
Yes... no other cell phone but iPhone 4 has that extra problem... oh, except for this one...
Look at page 169 [sprint.com]
oh... and this one too.... Look at page 6 [htc.com]
Do we REALLY have to relive this? IT's MAKE BELIEVE, you gullible clown.You've been hypnotized by Gizmodo, LMAO.
ALL CELL PHONES, ALWAYS will have their antenna detuned by a human's touch, and THEY ALL have a death spot.Sure do. Show me any cell phone, I'll show you how to detune the antenna, and I'll find it's death spot.
But... you go ahead... keep evangelizing against Apple and iPhone 4. Whatever floats your boat, mate.
Re:Apple Vs BP (Score:5, Funny)
They sent him to Russia because there is almost no english language reporting about the Russian oil industry, and out of sight is out of mind.
Specifically, they sent him to Siberia. Isn't that pretty much the ISO-approved punishment for screw-ups?
Re:*gate (Score:4, Funny)
Watergate-gate?
Just wait until a RAM manufacturer botches a major shipment of DDRx:
:)
NAND-gate
Re:Steve Jobs involved? (Score:3, Funny)
Steve Jobs: Ahhh, Mark, thank you for coming.
Mark Papermaster: (gulps) you wanted to see me Steve.
SJ: You know about this Antenna issue.
MP: I hear they've dubbed it "Antennagate".
SJ: (Clenches, Grits teeth) Well we've been working on a solution.
MP: If we just put a tiny bit of plastic around it, we'd eliminate the majority of the problem.
MP: We'd still have excellent reception and eliminate this whole "death grip" thing
SJ: (kicks small kitten) No Mark, I've got a better solution.
MP: (backs away slowly) Umm... Sure Steve.
SJ: You see Mark, I'll fix the problem by ELIMINATING YOU.
MP: You know this wont actually fix the problem.
SJ: SILENCE, minions, take him away.