Comment by rarepostinlurkr
11 years ago
Almost exactly a year after they bought Android, Schmidt joined the Apple board of directors.
The iPhone certainly was in development some time prior to its announcement.
11 years ago
Almost exactly a year after they bought Android, Schmidt joined the Apple board of directors.
The iPhone certainly was in development some time prior to its announcement.
Schmidt joined the Apple board August 29th 2006: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/08/29Google-CEO-Dr-Eric...
Public iPhone announcement was January 9th 2007: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09Apple-Reinvents-th...
Even with a conspiracy angle, a three month head start isn't much.