Steve Sakoman | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Computing executive |
| Known for | Apple Newton |
Steve Sakoman is an American computing executive. He retired fromApple Computer in 2005 and is now an independent consultant.
He originally worked atHewlett-Packard as a manufacturing engineer and project manager for the industry's first battery-powered portable MS-DOS PC, theHP 110.
Sakoman moved to Apple Computer in 1984 where he would oversee the hardware groups responsible for theApple II andMac product lines.[1] In 1987 he formed the team behind theApple Newton to realize his vision of the world's firstPDA.[1]
Sakoman left Apple in 1990 before the Newton shipped to set upBe Inc. with former Apple executiveJean-Louis Gassée. At Be, he led development of the originalBeBox, personally developedBeOS's support forBrooktree video-capture devices, and eventually worked as the company'sChief operating officer. During this time, he ran awebcam inside Be's offices using the CodyCam application.
In 1994 he moved toSilicon Graphics as director of Consumer Products & Technologies Group.[2] This included work on theNintendo 64 graphics system. He then returned to Be in 1996.[2]
PalmSource acquired Be in 2001 and Sakoman took on a role there as Chief Products Officer, where he was a key member of the team behindPalm OS 5 andPalm OS 6.[3][1]
Sakoman rejoined Apple in 2003 as Vice-President of Software Technology, reporting toAvie Tevanian.[3]
Sakoman also set up GutenTalk in 2004, a site to discussebooks specially formatted for PDAs and otherhand-held readers.