

Schmidt also expresses frustration with patent wars; disdain for Windows Phone








Eric Schmidt
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II. Former CEO Addresses Criticism, Says Microsoft is no Threat






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By othercents on 12/5/2012 3:03:54 PM , Rating: 1
This is somewhat a chicken and egg thing going on since based on the 2006 prototype drawing we don't see the UI only a mockup of one possible device. The speculation was that it would be similar to RIM, but one of the complaints of RIM was that it wasn't touchscreen vs the Windows Mobile Phone. So RIM like with a touchscreen would be the optimal description. Was Apple making a platform that would work with many device designs?

Now, how much could have Eric given to his designers that wasn't already common knowledge? Remember Sony already had the Nishibori Design in 2006 and there were other designs from Nokia including the N95 unveiled in 2006. Eric didn't join the board until August 2006 and Google might have prototypes that predate that time of a similar design. Even then does Apple own all rectangle with round edge smartphone designs? Other than physical design are all the other aspects of iPhone that similar because Eric saw a prototype or just smart development? IE. Bounce graphic?

Did Eric actually attend those meetings where iPhone design and prototype was being discussed? Per Steve Jobs, Eric was excusing himself when there was a conflict of interest.

Based on statements from Eric they new beforehand that there would be conflicts:

There are also probably documented cases where prior to introducing anything iPhone related to the board Eric excused himself, but we don't have this information. All we know is that Eric has not been personally sued for stealing aspects of the iPhone design and would be if there was a direct case. If he did steal designs then wouldn't multitouch be the one aspect he would steal? This design didn't come until the 2.0 version of Android and would definitely be one stolen portion of iOS that came after iPhone was released.

The rest?? I don't know, but there isn't enough evidence.


