When Apple Unveiled the iPhone, Google Had to 'Start Over' on Android

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When Apple Unveiled the iPhone, Google Had to 'Start Over' on Android
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When Apple released its iPhone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in January 2007, it changed smartphones forever. Competitors who were able to adapt to the new **rmal, like Samsung (http://mashable.com/category/samsung/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), have thrived, while others who moved too slow, like BlackBerry (http://mashable.com/category/blackberry/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and **kia (http://mashable.com/category/**kia/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), have had a tougher time.

Google, owner and operator of the Android (http://mashable.com/category/android/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) platform, was one of the first to recognize just how important the iPhone was, a new book reveals. Google engineer Chris DeSalvo says as soon as Steve Jobs revealed the iPhone to the world, he knew the Android team would need to "start over," according to Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution (http://www.amazon.com/Dogfight-Apple-Google-Started-Revolution-ebook/dp/B00BIV1R98?tag=vglnk-c53-20) by Fred Vogelstein, which was excerpted (http://www.theatlantic.com/tech**logy/archive/2013/12/the-day-google-had-to-start-over-on-android/282479/) in The Atlantic. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2013/12/20/android-iphone-start-over/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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