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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.'"
I've never really bought into the whole Karma concept, but things like this make you wonder.
Volatile personality, bald head and eager to "fucking kill google."
Are we talking about Apple or Microsoft?
Android preemptively copied the notification drop-down and that is outrageous!
Why hasn't Steve rolled away the stone?
"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
Wait until Apple invents Widgets on the iPhone 5. Then it will really revolutionize the industry.
Steve Jobs: iDead.
Laugh, it's a joke.
Wait, too soon?