Jonathan Ive being groomed to take over for Jobs one fateful day?

You've probably heard of Jonathan Ive: darling of the technology and industrial design worlds, and El Jobso's handsome, mountain of a right hand man in product design since the CEO's second coming at Apple. You might also know him as the dude that birthed the iMac, titanium Power Book and MacBook (Pro), iPod, iPhone, and just about every decent-looking Apple product in the last decade. Well, he's also apparently the guy the most people seem to be pontificating -- whether officially or not -- as Jobs's successor, according to the Times. Of course, there's another obvious, prominent theory about why the ever tight-lipped Apple hasn't done as most publicly traded companies and made a formal contingency plan for succession of the CEO gig: Jobs is immortal. As if you didn't already know that. There can be only one!

[Danny gdam @ Dec 8th 2007 9:16PM]

Steve Jobs is a witch!

[rob @ Dec 8th 2007 9:17PM]

NOOOOOO!!!!!!! This was supposed to be me!!!!

[roole @ Dec 8th 2007 9:19PM]

Steve Jobs' sense of style with a British accent?

AAPL = $400.

[oki @ Dec 8th 2007 11:41PM]

I agree.. ha , if jobs were ever to resign or moved off ceo i was gonna sell off but this guy seems like he could qualify

[sburko @ Dec 8th 2007 9:23PM]

As much as I loathe Jobs and apple, I admire the man for bringing apple back from the sh*tter.

[JeremyT @ Dec 8th 2007 9:26PM]

I take it you are still mad that Apple lowered the price of the iPhone?

/sarcasm :P

[Ellianth @ Dec 8th 2007 10:36PM]

Didn't Microsoft bring them back?

[bjrcboy @ Dec 8th 2007 11:51PM]

Microsoft helped to keep apple afloat so they couldnt be called a "monopoly" so to say. Apple did good when it first started, then jobs left and Apple went to hell. Steve Jobs came back and saved Apple.

[MattyG @ Dec 9th 2007 7:15AM]

Microsoft gave them money/brought shares as a part of a cross licensing deal to do with patent violations, I think Apple were ok financially at this time

[Greg @ Dec 10th 2007 1:04PM]

Yeah, but Apple is really moving away from MS. I don't use a single MS product. Not only do I get along great, but I save a lot of money.

[Radioheaddickie @ Dec 8th 2007 9:32PM]

He is a sexy bitch

[Ireland @ Dec 8th 2007 9:42PM]

Nothing against gay people, but I still hope you're female :P

[Ireland @ Dec 8th 2007 9:42PM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOONhFutsrg You're welcome ;)

[Eric @ Dec 8th 2007 10:14PM]

That intro news guy really fidgeted a lot. Made me nervous... calm down dude! Stop twitching.

[Ireland @ Dec 8th 2007 10:54PM]

I believe it was John Snow - and he's "a bit" of a legend in the U.K.

[inward9 @ Dec 8th 2007 11:37PM]

Thanks for the link Ireland. Haven't seen an interview with Ive before. Though why would the "bit of a legend" ask him a question about batteries?

[mushrooshi @ Dec 8th 2007 9:43PM]

Black Shirt...
Jeans...
New Balanace...

Huh? Chottomate...

[John P @ Dec 8th 2007 9:43PM]

Jobs: "You dont want to buy an iPhone? Let me introduce you to Johnny "The iGoon" Ives. He'll change your mind."

[TQ @ Dec 8th 2007 9:46PM]

He has the haircut down...

[Matt @ Dec 8th 2007 9:50PM]

I've never heard of Johnathan Ive. In fact, I clicked this post because I thought it was some kind of grammatical error.

[Ireland @ Dec 8th 2007 10:51PM]

How could an unknown name be a grammatical error?

[imacmatt09 @ Dec 8th 2007 11:53PM]

@ ireland

I've. Ive. One is a last name, one is used when describing something you did.

[o29 @ Dec 9th 2007 12:41AM]

I think he meant that he thought "Ive" was supposed to be "I've."

[o29 @ Dec 9th 2007 12:43AM]

Er sorry, I'm a bit late.

[Ireland @ Dec 9th 2007 2:35PM]

LOL, my bad.

[TheAxMan @ Dec 8th 2007 10:07PM]

A technology company headed by a design dude? Seems like a bad choice in the long run.

[Jon Doe @ Dec 8th 2007 10:16PM]

Umm what do you think Jobs is?

[tr0n @ Dec 8th 2007 10:18PM]

Agreed, the guy is a shy one too.

[Jeremy W @ Dec 8th 2007 10:18PM]

What exactly do you think Steve Jobs' background is? I'll give you a hint: it's not technology.

[Jon Doe @ Dec 8th 2007 10:15PM]

Does Jon have a thin fetish like Jobs?
That alone as limited what the Mac can do and have for years.

[Jeff @ Dec 8th 2007 10:37PM]

But thin is awesome. There are many people would pay a premium for thin.

[Jon Doe @ Dec 8th 2007 10:57PM]

Yah and has cost laptop users REAL expansion by putting in the dinkier Express card and also cost them a DL DVD burner in their first gen MBP. Never mind the fact that such a thin system also leads to ventlation problems which I can guarantee you is part of the reason for Apple's various logic board recalls in the past. See 12" PowerBook as a prime example. A damn quarter of an inch ain't going to kill the ascetic of a laptop it will kill its functionality.

[wickedpheonix @ Dec 8th 2007 10:24PM]

If there HAS to be one....

and I mean REALLY has to be a successor... that's not a bad choice.

[Josh @ Dec 9th 2007 2:03AM]

as in REALLY REALLY has to be one.

[RedBull Runner @ Dec 9th 2007 3:18AM]

He looks like a damn bodyguard.

Jobs: "Hey, John, go make sure bill gates doesn't wake up today, I'm having a press conference."
John: "Ok, Want me to make sure he doesnt wake up... EVER?"
Jobs: "nah, I need him tomorrow. We're goin fishing. He's the bait"

[Pretol @ Dec 9th 2007 2:01PM]

Jobs won't live forever ya know

[John P. @ Dec 8th 2007 10:35PM]

If it came true, it just might be the most powerful position held by a designer since Adolf Hitler. hmm.

[Ellianth @ Dec 8th 2007 10:40PM]

Umm.. how? Owning Apple is power?

[Ireland @ Dec 8th 2007 10:59PM]

Who said anything about ownership?
Besides if you did "own" Apple, yes that would be "considered" powerful.

[John P. @ Dec 8th 2007 11:10PM]

Ireland, maybe Ellianth meant "owning" like how Bubba owns the new guy in the cell block in prison. LOL

[�tef_ @ Dec 9th 2007 1:59PM]

Godwin's Law... Never fails.

[Matt @ Dec 8th 2007 10:37PM]

Ummm, "handsome long-time mountain" of a man? What?

[Matt @ Dec 8th 2007 11:29PM]

I thought it was "Johnathan, I've".

Still never heard of him until now.

[Jake @ Dec 8th 2007 10:59PM]

he's completed step one to being steve jobs: engadget writes articles about him that sound more like they want to make out with him than to report on tech news.

[juju @ Dec 8th 2007 11:09PM]

u tickle me with ur funny truths

[roole @ Dec 8th 2007 11:10PM]

And pathetic sods like you with (obviously) a bit too much time on their hands hang out in threads like these wasting time complaining that others are wasting your time!

[inward9 @ Dec 8th 2007 11:38PM]

@roole, you realize that you are complaining about their complaints...

[roole @ Dec 8th 2007 11:47PM]

Your point being....?

[Ryan Block @ Dec 8th 2007 11:51PM]

Someone needs to tune their sense of irony.

[Liam @ Dec 9th 2007 9:56AM]

I think we all know the reason why Ryan posted this tenuous 'story'; man-pecs. They've at least doubled in size since I last saw a picture of this guy.