razorpetti37

November 03, 2011 at 9:50am

Companies in competition frequently work together in the real world. I work for a large industrial manufacturer and we sell some of our components to one of our biggest competitors. Why? Because if they are getting business that we aren't, why not get a peice of that business by selling through the competitor.

In Google's case, they see that Apple has a large market share with the iPhone, so while eating away at their share, why not also penetrate the iPhone customers with software?

Keith E. Whisman

November 02, 2011 at 7:49pm

Google has or at least had deals and contracts with Apple Mobile. Iphones were getting Google Voice Search before Android phones got it. Maps, check. There are quite a few Google Apps in the Iphone App Store. The head of Google was on the Board of Directors at Apple for a while as well. The only person that had a problem with it was Steve Jobs. So with each and every Iphone Sold I'm sure that Google is getting a penny or two. 

Just because they are competitors doesn't mean that they are automatically enemies. Again unless you hold a seance and channel Steve Jobs and ask him what he thinks. But still he dealt with Google because of the IP Google owns.