CE-Oh no he didn’t! Stephen Elop says ‘Apple created Android,’ the conditions necessary for its existence

Nokia’s freshman CEO is speaking at the Open Mobile Summit right now. As expected, he’s covering the same ol’ ground, explaining why Nokia ditched Symbian and MeeGo to build the “third ecosystem” with Microsoft — you know, after totally dominating the high-end smartphone market just three years ago. He’s also being credited with the following quote: “Apple created Android, or at least created the conditions necessary for Android to come into being” We’re on to you, Mr. Elop. It’s a classic diversionary tactic. Get the one and two smartphone / tablet OS vendors squabbling and then execute a flanking maneuver while nobody’s watching. Why else would the Nokia CEO make such an emotive claim? Unless it’s true? CE-Oh no he didn’t! Stephen Elop says ‘Apple created Android,’ the conditions necessary for its existence originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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