In a publicity stunt to create buzz around the upcoming biography written by Walter Isaacson, some stories from the book have been released. One, which was certain to make the rounds on the Internet was Steve Jobs' misplaced belief that Google stole Android from Apple.

It must be noted that Apple invited Eric Schmidt as a board of member. Eric joined Apple BoD in 2006 and left in 2009.

How could that be an idea stolen from Apple and why was Google's entry in mobile space was a surprise for Apple when he was aware that Google bought Android in 2005, two years before Apple launched its first iPhone. So, Jobs' misplaced belief was that Google stole the idea of Apple's iPhone in 2006 when Eric joined Apple's BOD, ignoring the fact that Google already had mobile plans back in 2005. And Rubin was not someone who looked at the iPhone and said 'let's make iPhone clone'. He was the creator of Danger Hiptop, an smartphone, which was released in 2002, far before Apple launched its iPhone.

Phonearena reports, "When Steve Jobs saw Google release Android, he apparently felt it was a great betrayal, and told Isaacson that he felt Android was a "stolen product." Jobs was especially angered with a January 2010 Android device by HTC, which Jobs felt had many of the features of iOS including multitouch."

Apple has been suing company after company for this 'so-called' theft which was a creation of Job's dark mind. According to the book:

I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.

This is coming from someone who once said "We are shameless about stealing great ideas."

It also mentions the 'infamous' Cafe meeting between Steve Jobs and Eric. Steve told Eric:

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.

So, all these attacks on Android is due to that misplaced belief of Mr Jobs who thought Android was stealing from them. Well, I will leave you with this video, which literally says: might is right.

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