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		rarepostinlurkr on Oct 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open so... 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.

Shooti on Oct 21, 2013 [–]

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.

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