We knew that plenty of Palm employees left once HP acquired the company, but now we know the latest one to jump ship: Peter Skillman, Palm’s Vice President of Design. Also known as the man who designed the Pre.
It’s sad to see yet another high-ranking individual leave Palm and HP so soon after Mark Hurd’s resignation, but as TechCrunch‘s MG Siegler remarks: This “should hardly be surprising, given [...]rumours of a mass exodus of executives from Palm as the HP deal neared completion.” [TechCrunch]
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 4:17 PMooooh wonder where he’s headed…
Android would be smart to start snapping more and more of these guys up – maybe not hardware design guys so much – but deff the software guys.
combine palm interface style and look with android… *drools*
olearymo
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 9:11 AMyeah, he didn’t design WEBOS… he designed the Pre. You know, the only thing about the Pre that users really hate is the actual hardware.
So… good riddance.