1. Afourtrackmind's Avatar
    The free advertising alone would make it worth it. And really beautiful bb10.

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    12-11-13 12:22 PM
  2. BergerKing's Avatar
    12-11-13 12:34 PM
  3. propeller10's Avatar
    This won't change anything. Most people do not even know who he is.
    12-14-13 05:47 AM
  4. amazinglygraceless's Avatar
    OK, I've read the link in post #2 as well as a few other details on this man and I am not seeing what exactly he would bring to BlackBerry. Maybe the OP can detail why he thinks this would be a good hire.
    Laura Knotek likes this.
    12-15-13 01:46 PM
  5. Afourtrackmind's Avatar
    He is responsible for OSX and IOS.

    He is the reason they are beautiful. He would be an unbelievable asset to BB10 and making it great. Forstall might be a ****, but he's very good.


    Wikipedia -
    "Forstall joined Steve Jobs's NeXT in 1992 and stayed when it was purchased by Apple in 1997. Forstall was then placed in charge of designing user interfaces for a reinvigorated Macintosh line. In 2000, Forstall became a leading designer of the Mac's new Aqua user interface, known for its water-themed visual cues such as translucent icons and reflections, making him a rising star in the company. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in January 2003.[1][3]
    In 2005, when Jobs began planning the iPhone, he had a choice to either "shrink the Mac, which would be an epic feat of engineering, or enlarge the iPod". Jobs favored the former approach but pitted the Macintosh and iPod teams, led by Forstall and Tony Fadell, respectively, against each other in an internal competition. Forstall won that fierce competition to create iOS, and that strengthened his position in the company since all hardware executives required the support of Forstall's software engineers in order to add features. Forstall was also responsible for creating a software developer's kit for programmers to build iPhone apps, as well as an App Store within iTunes.[1]
    In 2006, Forstall became responsible for Mac OS X releases after Avadis Tevanian stepped down as the company's Chief Software Technology Officer and before being named Senior Vice President of iPhone Software.[4][5][6] [6][7][1] Forstall received credit as he "ran the iOS mobile software team like clockwork and was widely respected for his ability to perform under pressure".[7]
    He has spoken publicly at Apple Worldwide Developers Conferences, including talks about Mac OS X Leopard in 2006 and iPhone software development in 2008, later after the release of the iPhone 2.0 and 3G versions, and on January 27, 2010, at Apple's 2010 iPad keynote. At WWDC 2011, Forstall introduced iOS 5. Forstall also appears in the iOS 5 video, narrating about three-quarters of the clip, and in almost every major Apple iOS special event. At the "Let's talk iPhone" event launching the iPhone 4S, he took the stage to demonstrate the phone's Siri voice recognition technology, which was originally developed at SRI International.[1][8]"
    02-12-14 09:52 PM

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