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They won't. They can't. It's important to remember that Apple is a hardware company with a software habit. Google is a software company. While I understand wh

They won't. They can't. It's important to remember that Apple is a hardware company with a software habit. Google is a software company. While I understand why Apple hates Google so much, I think breaking with Google is a mistake. Nobody can beat Google at software; Apple hardware + Google software is a wonderful combination, and if the two companies worked together we'd really see the apex of user experience.

czhiddy 14y ago
The hardware/software split is too simplistic a view. The companies have their various strengths and weaknesses. For example, the graphics stack on iOS embarrasses Android's. It took how many years and how many hardware advances before flagship Android got scrolling as smooth as the first iPhone? Another example: Google released Renderscript in early 2011 (http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/02/introducing-renderscript.html http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/02/introducing-r...) only to deprecate it a little over a year later (https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.1.html#Renderscript https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.1.htm...). We can cherry pick examples all day long, but the bottom line is that each company excels at certain things. It's interesting how Samsung is basically stuck to Google at this point. I'm sure they'd love to switch to their own Bada or Android fork and capture more of the profit, but Samsung is absolutely abysmal at software.
- RyanMcGreal 14y ago
  Google is a data company and its design approach is data-driven; whereas Apple is a design company and its data approach is design-driven.
spullara 14y ago
If only Google hadn't stuck it to them with Android ALL users would be better off. We'd have Google apps on iPhone hardware and UIs. It hurts to think about how much better it could be.
- cheald 14y ago
  It's incredibly myopic to argue that the mobile landscape would be better off without Android providing a compelling competitive force.
- commandar 14y ago
  We'd be better off in a world with no Android, where RIM still hasn't shipped a modern smartphone OS, and with a Windows Mobile/Phone environment that has broken application compatibility twice in the past two years?
- sandGorgon 14y ago
  I'll see your iPhone hardware and raise you Nokia.
- nathan_long 14y ago
  What makes you think that iPhone would be as good as it is if it wasn't fighting for customers who can get other smartphones?
- kbutler 14y ago
  I'm 90% sure this is an example of Poe's Law (that it is impossible to tell the difference between sincere extremism and a parody of extremism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poes_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poes_law). But it is worth remembering the various ideas that iOS "borrowed" from Android (or the improvements Android forced iOS to make) - including decent notifications, wireless syncing, multitasking, etc. Google for more. Apple (and everyone) improves more rapidly with a viable competitor.
acchow 14y ago
False. Apple is a software company. If you've ever had to develop any non-trivial smartphone application, you would see how the iOS SDK is lightyears ahead of Android's. Apple is a software company (who also fuses design and software really well). Google is a computer science company.

czhiddy 14y ago

The hardware/software split is too simplistic a view. The companies have their various strengths and weaknesses. For example, the graphics stack on iOS embarrasses Android's. It took how many years and how many hardware advances before flagship Android got scrolling as smooth as the first iPhone? Another example: Google released Renderscript in early 2011 (http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/02/introducing-renderscript.html http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/02/introducing-r...) only to deprecate it a little over a year later (https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.1.html#Renderscript https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.1.htm...). We can cherry pick examples all day long, but the bottom line is that each company excels at certain things. It's interesting how Samsung is basically stuck to Google at this point. I'm sure they'd love to switch to their own Bada or Android fork and capture more of the profit, but Samsung is absolutely abysmal at software.

RyanMcGreal 14y ago
Google is a data company and its design approach is data-driven; whereas Apple is a design company and its data approach is design-driven.

spullara 14y ago

If only Google hadn't stuck it to them with Android ALL users would be better off. We'd have Google apps on iPhone hardware and UIs. It hurts to think about how much better it could be.

cheald 14y ago
It's incredibly myopic to argue that the mobile landscape would be better off without Android providing a compelling competitive force.
commandar 14y ago
We'd be better off in a world with no Android, where RIM still hasn't shipped a modern smartphone OS, and with a Windows Mobile/Phone environment that has broken application compatibility twice in the past two years?
sandGorgon 14y ago
I'll see your iPhone hardware and raise you Nokia.
nathan_long 14y ago
What makes you think that iPhone would be as good as it is if it wasn't fighting for customers who can get other smartphones?
kbutler 14y ago
I'm 90% sure this is an example of Poe's Law (that it is impossible to tell the difference between sincere extremism and a parody of extremism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poes_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poes_law). But it is worth remembering the various ideas that iOS "borrowed" from Android (or the improvements Android forced iOS to make) - including decent notifications, wireless syncing, multitasking, etc. Google for more. Apple (and everyone) improves more rapidly with a viable competitor.

acchow 14y ago

False. Apple is a software company. If you've ever had to develop any non-trivial smartphone application, you would see how the iOS SDK is lightyears ahead of Android's. Apple is a software company (who also fuses design and software really well). Google is a computer science company.