'Father of the iPod' Tony Fadell joins Arm's board
Nest and iPod co-designer Tony Fadell has joined the board of processor designer Arm, which works with Apple on the M- and iPhone A-series chips.
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Tony Fadell
William Gallagher
Apple's iPod is the other device that saved Apple, and set the table for the iPhone
It was the iMac that saved Apple Computer, but it was the iPod that made the company into a consumer technology hit — and it lasted for an amazing 21 years.
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Apple considered edge-to-edge iPod nano display years before iPhone X
Apple considered an all-screen iPad nano more than a decade before it launched an iPhone with an edge-to-edge display — and years before even the first iPhone was released.
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Mike Peterson
Apple's iPod was one of the biggest risks the company ever took
Tony Fadell says that the iconic iPod was a giant risk for Apple to take, but Steve Jobs had promised that Apple would "go the distance" on the product's lineup and future.
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First iPod went from conception to shipping product in ten months
Apple's development of the world-changing iPod was extremely rapid, details from former Apple SVP Tony Fadell reveal, with the claim Apple took less than ten months from first being contacted by Apple and the company shipping its first units to customers.
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Malcolm Owen
Exclusive: New trailer for the documentary film about Apple's 'General Magic' spin-off
The new documentary about the Apple veterans who created a smartphone-like device in the early 1990s at spinoff General Magic has a new preview clip, and you can see it here first.
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Stephen Silver
'General Magic' tells story of Apple vets who created a smartphone, 15 years too early
Andy Hertzfeld, Joanna Hoffman, Bill Atkinson and Tony Fadell are among the once-and-future Apple luminaries who were part of General Magic, the subject of a compelling new documentary.
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Apple should do more to combat smartphone addiction, insists iPod-Father Tony Fadell
Apple needs to examine the problem of smartphone addiction, former Apple executive and 'father of the iPod' Tony Fadell believes, suggesting the iPhone producer should come up with a way to combat unhealthy levels of device usage.
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Tony Fadell-backed Keyssa partners with Foxconn, Samsung on fast new wireless data tech
A startup backed by iPod creator and Nest founder Tony Fadell is reportedly partnering with Samsung Electronics, Apple manufacturer Hon Hai/Foxconn, and other firms on a new short-range wireless data standard that could in some cases bypass the need for Wi-Fi or USB.
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Roger Fingas
Mike Wuerthele
Daniel Eran Dilger
AppleInsider Staff
Sam Oliver
Neil Hughes
