Anyway, as reported in the article, there is concern from FTC USA on the competition fairness between Google and Apple pertaining to Eric's position in those two companies. Related to Android v.s. iPhone, although I believe that there is no direct competition in this case, there is a huge indirect competition. As we know that Google is basically an advertising company, about 98% revenue from ads and Android does not give any cent to Google directly, except from the potential ads revenue via Android-based phones. Moreover, Android is not "own" by Google, but it is an open-source promoted by the OHA. The only matters is that if Android-based phone can eat the iPhone pie to be the main player in the game. To achieve this success, Google is not the player, but it is the OHA (ecosystem) itself. So I think I agree to what Schmidt said that Apple is not the 'primary competitor' for Google. They can even work together like they have shown for the success of Google apps on iPhone, which in turn increase the iPhone popularity in their users.
Anyway, who knows what is happening actually. Lets just see...
For those who are interested with the above article would also be interested with the following site. It details the history of Android, Google and Apple's cooperation and conflict. It is not only a historical timeline of Android but also the evolution of the cellphone (mobile phone):
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