If rumors are true then Eric Schmidt had an iPhone prototype in 2007. http://gizmodo.com/5479684/google-ceos-mistress-tell+all-blog-prototype-iphones-and-steve

If rumors are true then Eric Schmidt had an iPhone prototype in 2007. http://gizmodo.com/5479684/google-ceos-mistress-tell+all-blog-prototype-iphones-and-steve-stoned-jesuit-jobs http://gizmodo.com/5479684/google-ceos-mistress-tell+all-blo... I don't think that Schmidt stepped out of board meetings until early demos of the G1 were shown off bearing a resemblance to the iPhone.