Where was Scott Forstall or Jony Ive yesterday?

[ChrisTX]

I was a little surprised that neither of these 2 made an appearance yesterday either in person or in video. Moreso Scott than Jony but still surprised none the less. Any thoughts on this?

 

[Ayemerica]

I was a little surprised that neither of these 2 made an appearance yesterday either in person or in video. Moreso Scott than Jony but still surprised none the less. Any thoughts on this?

Designing the new iTV and "New" iPhone. But seriously I don't know, I wish Ive would have introduced the new iPad.

 

[gtgrad95]

Jony I've?

 

[whtrbt7]

Jony is busy knighting

 

[jabingla2810]

Scott is a software guy.

No point getting him up to explain the new iPhone lock screen camera shortcut. And I don't know how good is Japanese is so he wouldn't be able to show off Japanese Siri.

Johnny has only done one or two bits at keynotes, and it makes for uncomfortable viewing. He is a genius, don't get me wrong, but he isn't a marketing guy. He's a hardware guy and there wasn't any new hardware to talk about either.

Sure they could have got Scott to talk about iPhoto, but the guy they got who was obviously more involved with it did a great job I thought.

 

[Lukeyy19]

lol did Ive get autocorrected?

Scott Forstall does iOS presentations, there wasn't much to talk about on that front, and i don't recall seeing Jony Ive in a keynote since 2008 apart from in a FaceTime call with Steve. And as he talks about design, and the new iPad is pretty much the same design as the 2nd he had nothing to talk about either.

 

[ChristianVirtual]

Making some overtime for iPad 4

 

[psonice]

Jony I've what?! I hate these things, I've still not found out what happened to that guy who accidentally the bottle!

 

[rdowns]

Why would Ive speak when the device is basically the same form factor?

Why would Forstall speak when iOS was simply a mention in the keynote?

 

[eclipseblur954]

scott = new iOS software
John = new iOS hardware design

 

[chriscrk]

As many have pointed out, Scott is only around for big software stuff... Yesterday, I don't think more than 5 - 10 minutes were spent talking about software.

We can expect him hopefully in the next iPhone presentation If they decide to unveil iOS 6 then...

As for Jony, I only recall seeing him in one keynote, I think it was one where he spoke about the new unibody casing for the Macbook... Not 100% sure though, but it was a few years ago, and tbh it was just a bit awkward. He wasn't very good at it. He's good in the videos though, captivating with his british accent

 

[Moonjumper]

I'm surprised there wasn't a clip of Jony talking about the new screen and the work that went into it. I guess they want to give the people who did do the presentation to have more time to connect with the audience. Maybe their charisma will show through as they get more comfortable on stage.

 

[ZBoater]

This was Cook's time to (try to) shine. He did a decent job. I am sure we'll see the other guys in the future, but this being the biggest event since... well, since you know what, I think it was appropriate Tim take the lion's share of the spotlight.

 

[ChrisTX]

Jony I've?

Haha good call, auto correct on the iPad is great isn't it?

 

[mduser63]

I saw picture on one of the liveblogs (sorry, can't remember which) before the presentation started that showed Scott Forstall standing in a group with Phil Schiller, Eddie Cue, and a couple other people. So he was there, but as has been said, I think he's usually on stage to talk about iOS itself, and other than the very minor 5.1 update, there wasn't anything to say on that front yesterday. I'm sure we'll see him when iOS 6 is announced.