> The same is true with Android, as they were under threat of locked out of a smartphone boom by Apple.
Nice theory, except that Google bought Android Inc. in 2005, years before the iPhone was announced.
Nice theory, except that Google bought Android Inc. in 2005, years before the iPhone was announced.
1. https://www.theverge.com/2012/4/25/2974676/this-was-the-orig... 2. https://www.pcworld.com/article/254539/original_android_prot... 3. https://www.theverge.com/2012/4/25/2974843/google-in-2007-a-...
It’s the most successful consumer electronics product in history, but some still are in denial.
Yet at the launch I wasn't impressed ("doesn't solve a problem I have"; clearly I lack vision as it took until iPhone 4 for me to see the light).