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**wheettebott** · 10-22-2011, 07:21 AM

I guess his anger comes from when Google's CEO was on the board of Apple while the iPhone was in development. At the same time Google was also developing Andriod, but that was originally going to be a blackberry clone. Then after the iPhone is released it turns into a touchscreen device. So he probably feels personally betrayed.

Android is and always has been software. Software is scalable. Software evolves to run on varying hardware.

Android was no more a clone of "BlackBerry" as Microsoft Windows is a chicken.

Case in point: Symbian.

Derived from Psions EPOC running on palmtop computers, it eventually powered candybar, slider, flip and touchscree smartphones. From phones like the E71 to the touchscreened SonyEricsson P800, the software evolved with the hardware that was available at the time.

To expect that Android would not scale onto capacitive touchscreened handsets is silly. Palm did it, BlackBerry OS did it. Windows Mobile/Phone 7 did it. Even MeeGo and Symbian did it.

As for Schmidt being on Apple's board of directors, Google bought Android INC in 2005. Eric Schmidt joined the Apple BoD in 2006. The publicly known purchase of Android INC should have made Apple aware that Google were entering the mobile phone business nd that their futures were inevitably going to clash.

10-22-2011, 07:21 AM	#8
wheettebott Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	I guess his anger comes from when Google's CEO was on the board of Apple while the iPhone was in development. At the same time Google was also developing Andriod, but that was originally going to be a blackberry clone. Then after the iPhone is released it turns into a touchscreen device. So he probably feels personally betrayed. Android is and always has been software. Software is scalable. Software evolves to run on varying hardware. Android was no more a clone of "BlackBerry" as Microsoft Windows is a chicken. Case in point: Symbian. Derived from Psions EPOC running on palmtop computers, it eventually powered candybar, slider, flip and touchscree smartphones. From phones like the E71 to the touchscreened SonyEricsson P800, the software evolved with the hardware that was available at the time. To expect that Android would not scale onto capacitive touchscreened handsets is silly. Palm did it, BlackBerry OS did it. Windows Mobile/Phone 7 did it. Even MeeGo and Symbian did it. As for Schmidt being on Apple's board of directors, Google bought Android INC in 2005. Eric Schmidt joined the Apple BoD in 2006. The publicly known purchase of Android INC should have made Apple aware that Google were entering the mobile phone business nd that their futures were inevitably going to clash.
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