Intel Lands Veteran of Palm and Apple for Smartphone Effort - Digits - WSJ

So … HP acquired a fledgling mobile device OS and a rapidly-emptying building?…

Bell spent 16 years at Apple, where he helped work on projects that included the development of the iPhone, Intel notes. In 2007 he joined Palm–which just became part of Hewlett-Packard–where Bell became senior vice president in charge of all product development, including leading the effort to create the Palm PRE and the Palm PIXI. Indeed, Bell and Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein–another high-level Apple exec who helped create the iPod–have figured in past stories discussing tensions between Palm and Apple about poaching each others’ employees.

Intel Lands Veteran of Palm and Apple for Smartphone Effort - Digits - WSJ