(2008-11-04) Fadell Leaving Apple

Tony Faddell, head of the IPod group, is leaving Apple Computer. He was credited by Fortune as the man behind the idea of a handheld music player (IPod) combined with a digital music store (ITunes).

He'll be replaced by Mark Papermaster from IBM.

At one point Fadell was considered to be on the short list of Steve Jobs successors.