According to Mr. Schmidt, the Android effort started before the iPhone effort. Android was founded in 2003 and acquired by Google in 2005. Apple debuted the first iPhone in 2007. When did the “iPhone effort” start? I don’t know, but Mr. Schmidt knows better since he sit on the board of Apple before the iPhone debut. I’d like to quote John Paczkowski:
A wise move, considering what the company’s prototype Android handset looked likebefore the debut of the iPhone, and what the first Android smartphone — the HTC Dream — looked like when it finally arrived at market.
And add “what today’s Android phones look like”.
