If this leads to greater similarity between Mac OS and iOS interfaces ("define" & "look up") then I am all for it. If not, what's the point?
Well that was bad timing, John Browett just got $1.7 million from his stock disbursement not even a week ago. They couldn't fire him quicker?
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/2...st-disbursement-of-signing-bonus-apple-stock/
Not as of today it's not!pretty sure we won't see Ive working on iOS 7 but rather the version after. iOS 7 is still probably under the guidance of Scott.
Well that was bad timing, John Browett just got $1.7 million from his stock disbursement not even a week ago. They couldn't fire him quicker?
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/2...st-disbursement-of-signing-bonus-apple-stock/
Strange thing I noticed at the last keynote .
Bertrand Serlet was in the second row.
Browett being at Apple in the first place was a strange move - his (non) interpretation on customer service at Dixons/PC World was painfully known here in the UK.
Apple ships every year.
It ships whatever is ready. And what's ready is usually great. With each upgrade there's a significant step taken towards a visionary goal.
But sometimes the product just isn't ready. And when that happens, Apple still ships. But they are forced to ship a half-baked product.
If I am right, iOS6 was exactly such a miss.
There was no structural progress in iOS6. I suspect the software was not ready in time. For whatever reason, the release is just iOS5 warmed over with some tweaks. Instead, the release became about secondary features like Maps and Passbook.
But of course, Maps is still a work in progress, and passbook, while significant, is still an ambition more than a product.
Missing the target is bad, shifting focus onto a feature that is incomplete is unforgivable. This was a double fail. And the blame rests with Forstall.
Forstall might be obnoxious and difficult to work with, but if iOS6 was a masterpiece, his job would be secure.
It wasn't. And consequently Forstall handed his rivals the excuse they wanted.
Uh. No. You got it all wrong except for the 5-10 years bit.
Google won't provide map and vector data nor license for turn-by-turn without some major kickbacks. Can't blame them cuz the companies Google licensed from before wouldn't either. It takes major effort to gather that data. And if it wern't for Google's self-driving car research, not only would Android not had built in turn-by-turn, but Google Maps would be behind Yahoo Maps, Mapquest, AND Bing Maps since they all had a head start.
TeleAtlas was not the only map provider to Google. It depended on area. The US was primarily Navteq.
Apple had to do something about Maps. Google had demands. Apple wouldn't budge. Whether or not the ask list was reasonable or not, we'll probably never know. And unless we know, it's dumb to try to pin the blame on either company.
Wow, and I just made a long post last week about how Scott is behind everything I don't currently like at Apple.
Glad to see Tim is reading my posts and taking my advice!![]()
I have seen many posts from our UK forum friend's dismay that John Browett was appointed Apple Retail Chief. It sounds like that they were on to something early in his position at Apple.
Today I have more respect for Tim Cook as a CEO
I didn't like Scott Forstall. I hope/believe iOS will become even greater without him at the helm.