Jobs Wanted To Destroy Android

hype7 writes "It's clear Steve Jobs didn't pull any punches from the interviews for his forthcoming biography. In the latest release from the book, hosted over at AP, 'Isaacson wrote that Jobs was livid in January 2010 when HTC introduced an Android phone that boasted many of the popular features of the iPhone. Apple sued, and Jobs told Isaacson in an expletive-laced rant that Google's actions amounted to "grand theft." ... "I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this." ... In a subsequent meeting with Schmidt at a Palo Alto, Calif., cafe, Jobs told Schmidt that he wasn't interested in settling the lawsuit, the book says. "I don't want your money. If you offer me $5 billion, I won't want it. I've got plenty of money. I want you to stop using our ideas in Android, that's all I want." The meeting, Isaacson wrote, resolved nothing.'"

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Android dong a good job of destroying itself

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Apple has nothing to worry about. We were waiting for an iPhone 5, then after the disappointment of only the 4s announcement, we bought my wife an Samsumg galaxy 2, where she previously had a iphone 3. So, we used it for about a week, liked the larger screen, but were appalled with the low quality of the Android interface. Nothing on Android looks or works quite right. Basically, Android pretty much feels like it was coded at gunpoint. There does not seem be any attention to any details in Android, it pretty much feels like "programmer art" in games.
So, we ended up returning the Samsung, paying the $35 restocking fee, and buying an iPhone 4. It just works.