Google chairwoman Eric Schmidt would wish to be chief operating officer of Apple , think Apple should never have ditched Google Maps , and believes that the patent wars is “ a disaster for us all ” .
During aninterviewwith AllThingsD ’s Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg , Schmidt bring out that render the choice of being chief operating officer for Apple , Amazon or Facebook , he would pick out Apple because Apple has the most cash . He also emphasized that having been on Apple ’s board , he ’ll “ always have a easygoing spot for them ” , and revealed that he was “ very good friend and very unaired to Steve Jobs , and we miss him dearly . ”
Schmidt was n’t completely full of praise for Apple , however . When test about Apple ’s decision to trench Google Maps for its own Maps he enjoin : “ Apple should have save our maps . ”
“ Apple decided a long clock time ago to do their own single-valued function … [ now they ’ve ] discovered that maps are really hard , ” he added .
Schmidt did n’t enlarge on the takings ofGoogle Mapson the iPhone , beyond emphasizing what he said latterly , aboutApple having to sanction such an app . He said : “ Do n’t need to pre - announce mathematical product , but if we made one , they would have to approve it . They have n’t approved all of our apps in the past , ” he noted .
Patents
Beyond Maps , the other area where Google and Apple are sharing headlines is the patent of invention state of war . When quizzed about news that Google subsidiary company Motorola is being examined by the FTC for not share ‘ standards - essential patents ’ , Schmidt said : “ I ca n’t talk about it because I do n’t bed the detail and because it in reality just get me too overturned . ”
He went on to expound : ” patent of invention wars are a disaster for all of us . Everyone can find prior artistry for everything . So the new illusion is to get judge to block devices country by country . It ’s spoilt for institution , it ’s spoilt for pick . ”
“ We are now spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fight these fight against patent of invention trolls , and we ’re acquire , ” he added .
When instigate about theApple versus Samsung case , where a jury found Samsung hangdog of copying Apple , Schmidt said : “ I do n’t live enough about it . I roll in the hay that Samsung is very disturbed . It ’s better if I do n’t comment on the panel ’s decision . ”
“ The world does n’t need more ape products ; it require innovative products , ” he total .
When call into question about whether Motorola – produce by Google in the first place this year – would gain from its direct connection with Google , perhaps resulting in a “ Pure Google speech sound ” . Schmidt emphasized : “ We ’re not get to give Motorola an advantage of over Samsung . ”
Schmidt went on to talk about “ the Android - Apple political platform combat ” , claiming that Google is beating Apple . “ Apple has thousands of developers build up for it . Google ’s platform , Android , is even heavy , ” he said .
“ Four times more Android phones than Apple phones . 500 million earpiece already in role . Doing 1.3 million activations a day . We ’ll be at 1 billion mobile equipment in a class , ” he added .
This battle is good for consumers , Schmidt claims : “ The benefactive role is you all , the customer , globally . This is wonderful . ”
And the battle rages on : the smartphone manufacture is amaze the PC industry , allot to Schmidt : “ liken this to the PC industry . Phone user population is six billion , one billion smartphone users . Much magnanimous than the microcomputer diligence — maybe a billion , 1.5 billion installed . ”
“ Every month , quarter , year , the growth pace of mobile acceptation exceeds everyone ’s expectations . The phones become so utilitarian that it ’s good enough for normal hoi polloi in lieu of a personal computer , for twenty-four hour period - to - daylight events . Years ago , people like myself , we missed that , ” Schmidt said .
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