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Comments on: Apple's iPod chief to step down

The company confirms reports that Tony Fadell, a longtime executive who headed the iPod division, will step down and be replaced by IBM's Mark Papermaster.

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by ijerbell1 November 4, 2008 8:24 AM PST
why did he step down? Or is that just a polite way of saying he got fired?
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by cnet_user_0 November 4, 2008 9:13 AM PST
ijerbell1, you must be a Mac user. Read the article carefully, will ya? It clearly says that he stepped down (along with his wife) to devote more time to family life.
by Bob Baran November 4, 2008 11:53 AM PST
Tony is being groomed...

He and his wife are a anchor points in the Apple culture. This is a natural process. Steve Jobs is bringing him up to speed on the "big picture" by making him a "right hand man".
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