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Google bought Android in August 2005. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc20050817_0949_tc024.htm http://www.businessweek.com/technology/c
by dannyr 16y ago
Google 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?