Project Purple: Scott Forstall Tells All About the iPhone's Creation [Apple]
Aug 3, 2012 4:52 PM The Apple vs. Samsung case has been druging up all kinds of secrets. Today, in his testimony, Senior VP of iOS Software Scott Forstall had some interesting things to say about the iPhone's secretive development back in 2004. Tasked with building a super-team by Steve Jobs, Forstall carefully selected the individuals best suited to create the software for the innovative phone, but he had to work under a number of pretty wild restrictions. First, Forstall was not allowed to hire from outside Apple; all members of the iPhone team, then called "Project Purple" were to be selected from within the company. As if that wasn't enough, Forstall couldn't even tell them what they'd be doing. According to his testimony, the pitch to potential team members went a little something like this: "We're starting another project. It's so secret I cannot tell you what the project is... You are going to have to give up nights and weekends probab...