Scott Forstall is the current Senior Vice President of iPhone Software and Platform Experience with Apple. He leads a team which develops the iPhone's operating system, focusing on user interface issues and new applications.
Closed, But Open, Platform
Forstall has defended the closed-platform nature of software development for the iPhone. He contended that network security could be compromised in a completely open-platform, but maintained that the iPhone platform is essentially open, given the many applications already available for use.The Unofficial Stanford Blog: Junior Convocation Featuring iPhone's Scott Forstall (September 23, 2007)
Scott Forstall Blogs and Commentaries
- Google Blog Search: Scott Forstall
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Fast Facts
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Current Senior Vice President of iPhone Software and Platform Experience
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Assumed position
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Previous position
Vice President of Platform Experience
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Earned Bachelor's degree in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University in 1991
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Earned Master's degree in Computer Science in 1992, also from Stanford
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Personally recruited his team of developers from within Apple
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Spoke at 2008's Worldwide Developer Conference, where the iPhone 3G was unveiled
