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<div><div class="postBody" readability="18"> Cisco Systems has hired the former Apple executive in charge of design and engineering for the iPhone 4--the gadget that sparked a PR headache for Steve Jobs and Co. when its supposedly innovative antenna design proved problematic.
Mark Papermaster, 49, will oversee the creation of chips for Cisco's networking switches, an area of the company's business that accounted for a third of its total revenue in the third quarter, The Wall Street Journal said.
The iPhone "antenna-gate" debacle eventually led to a high-profile press conference at which Apple announced it would provide free "bumper cases" to owners of the device. The cases helped prevent reception problems caused by an unconventional wraparound antenna that could be inadvertently blocked by users' hands.
The saga accounted for a bit of
Mark Papermaster, 49, will oversee the creation of chips for Cisco's networking switches, an area of the company's business that accounted for a third of its total revenue in the third quarter, The Wall Street Journal said.
The iPhone "antenna-gate" debacle eventually led to a high-profile press conference at which Apple announced it would provide free "bumper cases" to owners of the device. The cases helped prevent reception problems caused by an unconventional wraparound antenna that could be inadvertently blocked by users' hands.
The saga accounted for a bit of