Phil Shiller: While the primary message is that there are Kindle apps on lots of mobile devices, the secondary message that can’t be missed is that it is easy

Phil Shiller: While the primary message is that there are Kindle apps on lots of mobile devices, the secondary message that can’t be missed is that it is easy to switch from iPhone to Android. Not fun to watch. Steve Jobs: What do you recommend we do? [then suggests as first step to show how better the payment experience is on iOS] The conversation is about a problem identified by Phil Shiller. The problem is that switching from iOS to Android seems easy. Jobs proposes (as a first step) to show how the iOS payment system is superior. This is a nice response to a threat from the competition, but it does not change the basic fact: Apple considers that easy switching to Android is a problem, and something must be done about it. This is consistent with Apple not supporting Android (no Apple app to access iTunes content, etc). Google on the other hand makes apps for iOS, e.g. the books app[1]. When an iOS app is not available (e.g. for music where the app is in the works[2]) users can still use the Web services. [1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-play-books/id400989007 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-play-books/id40098900... [2] http://www.imore.com/google-play-music-all-access-officially-launching-ios http://www.imore.com/google-play-music-all-access-officially...