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First, they copied Apple iPhone and created Android. Now they are going iPad and creating this tablet. Very innovative Google. very.
by kqueue 16y ago
First, they copied Apple iPhone and created Android. Now they are going iPad and creating this tablet. Very innovative Google. very.
- commandar 16y agoGoogle purchased Android Inc. before the iPhone had been announced.
- sandipc 16y agoAndroid has improved upon iOS in certain aspects... I would expect the same of an Android/Chrome OS tablet
- dannyr 16y agoGoogle bought Android in August 2005. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc20050817_0949_tc024.htm http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc200... The IPhone was launched January 2007. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09iphone.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09iphone.html
- tiles 16y agoIt's also worth noting, though, that early Android phones were much more like Blackberry competitors: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/ip-telephony/two-photos-here-of-a-very-early-google-android-prototype/3197 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/ip-telephony/two-photos-here-of-a-... http://gizmodo.com/334909/google-android-prototype-in-the-wild http://gizmodo.com/334909/google-android-prototype-in-the-wi... And once the iPhone was released, the target form factor changed. There's a fair share of Apple inspiration in the industry.
- iamjustlooking 16y agoBut you just compared the acquisition of Android to the launch date of the iPhone. Are you saying that the development and manufacture of the iPhone all took place in 2007?
- dannyr 16y agoNo. But did Google have knowledge of the details of the IPhone before it launched?