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I'd say they're not too closely related, as the two were already bitter with each other before that point. Google Voice was rejected from the iOS app store: Jul

I'd say they're not too closely related, as the two were already bitter with each other before that point. Google Voice was rejected from the iOS app store: July 2009 Multi-touch on android SDK commenced around: November 2009, sure they could have been developing it earlier, however in the following January google launched the nexus one with multitouch, which would have needed more than the short development time from July 09. I.E. they're both as guilty as each other.

zmmmmm 15y ago
> sure they could have been developing it earlier, Actually there is evidence they had developed it much earlier. Some people examining the source tree found it was basically present in the G1 but commented out. They were even able to enable it with some crazy hacks - more info: http://openhandsetmagazine.com/2009/01/the-story-of-multitouch-on-android-g1/ http://openhandsetmagazine.com/2009/01/the-story-of-multitou... > the following January google launched the nexus one with multitouch No I'm pretty sure the Nexus launched without multitouch; it was enabled in a release (2.1 update 1, a couple of months after launch). Again, an indication that even as late as January 2010 Google was still holding back - whether it was out of fear or through some hope of reconciliation - no idea. But I suspect the latter. Android was still small enough at that point that getting barred from the iPhone wholesale would have been horrible. I think we're more or less agreeing here. I guess my only point is that to talk about any one incident in the chain in isolation is highly misleading.