The macrumors community has, on occasion, had really unpleasant things to say about Forstall, from assertions that he's creepy to that he's a jerk.
I found him really likeable here.
I found him really likeable here.
Scott Forstall is a rebell like Jobs. Rebels need people like Cook around them to run things smoothly but Rebels make for better CEO's when you are in war with other competitors.It is the responsibility of a CEO to keep people under control. Since Tim Cook was unable to keep Scott Forstall under control yet Steve Jobs was able to, it's proof that Cook is unfit to be CEO.
They basically copied all previous work of multi-touch, here's a TedX talk showcasing multi-touch year PRIOR to the iPhone launch and the guy even says out loud ITS NOT NEW;
And for some reason, Apple seems to get all the credit?
Had he played nice with others he'd still be there, perhaps 2nd in command or even running it.
People still don't understand. Making Forstall take responsibility was Tim Cook's political maneuvre to kill Forstall. If he didn't take responsbility, Tim Cook had an upper hand. If he did take responsibility, it weakens Forstalls position as a person who is unable to deliver, again weakening Forstall.
Pretty smart way to do things.
Yeah that Cook guy has been running the company into the ground. Amazing they're still in business.
That wasn't my point. The iPhone wasn't what made Jobs a legend, there is more to it than that as noted previously, which seemingly becomes convoluted of because of Cooks leadership. And the iPhone as it stands today, Regardless if Jobs were here or not, doesn't negate the iPhone being the best phone on the smart phone market. It's about the product as a core, not because of speculation of where it would be be based on One persons existence or not in a company. It's the best selling phone in the world for a reason.
I'm with you here - and let's not forget that Jobs most trusted designer has way more power in the company now than early years of iPhone development - Ive does a phenomenal job - I LOVE my iPhone 7 and Apple Watch
Autocorrect and word and letter prediction is still abysmal; I have to retype every other word and this frustrates me more than any other failing in the iPhone.
You first need to pinch before separating your fingers to zoom."Pinch tom zoom" always sounds like a misleading name to me. If you just say "zoom" to me I think specifically "zoom in", where as pinching is to zoom out. Anyone else think that?
It's amazing all the revisionist history we get now that Jobs is dead. When he was alive he was PT Barnum, just a good salesman who knew how to command a stage. Now he's a technological genius.Why would that make a difference from where the iPhone started ten years ago? Steve Jobs was part of the iPhone development and even if he was still here, would that make the iPhone any less successful today?
Jobs was a legend, but the iPhone wasn't what made him a legend, it was because he was a visionary and a technological genius.
Cook rushed out Maps? You think this all just happened after Steve died? That's ridiculous! The decision to ditch Google no doubt was approved by Jobs. Also why is everyone assuming Forstall was fired because of Maps? Tim Cook never said that. All signs point to him being fired because he was difficult to work with and didn't get along with the rest of the executive team. Even Tony Fadell when asked about his firing in a BBC interview said Forstall "got what he deserved". So clearly there wasn't a lot of love for him in the upper ranks of Apple. Ben Thompson who writes the blog Stratchery, was an intern at Apple. Interns at Apple get to meet the executive team. He said the person that impressed him the most was Tim Cook. And the least was Scott Forstall because Forstall acted like the smartest man in the room and made sure everyone there knew he was the smartest man in the room. I'll take Craig Federighi any day over Forstall. I doubt we'd have iOS 11 for iPad if Forstall was still running iOS.Forstall was the fall guy for Cook's incompetence. Cook rushed out an alpha maps and when caught red-handed he attempted to foist the blame on a guy who had a bullseye on his back ever since Cook's predecessor passed away.
Also, did you not see the recent WWDC? Or what about the latest rumors of iPhone 8/X? I think Apple is reviving..
It is the responsibility of a CEO to keep people under control. Since Tim Cook was unable to keep Scott Forstall under control yet Steve Jobs was able to, it's proof that Cook is unfit to be CEO.
I guess this explains why third party keyboards are so bad and inaccurate. I wonder if they can replicate this behavior.
I wonder what we would be using today if Steve Jobs was still alive.
He was a true legend.
I always thought the maps deal was blown way out of proportion. They always worked fine for me. Today's Apple maps is my favorite for navigation.
The wheel was pretty useless until someone figured out what it could be used for. And that someone, Apple in this case, is worthy of that credit.And for some reason, Apple seems to get all the credit?
Scott Forstall is a rebell like Jobs. Rebels need people like Cook around them to run things smoothly but Rebels make for better CEO's when you are in war with other competitors.
In choosing Cook Jobs thought either that they were in for a peace time expansion (Cook-like optimizers are great here) or he misjudged Cooks nature. Anyway Cook had his time and expanded Apple massivly, now we need a visionary again.