Still, Google largely kept Apple happy by keeping key iPhone features, like pinch zoom, out of Android. While Google was developing Android, the relationship between the two companies slowly became contentious. In fact, during the original iPhone presentation, Schmidt was the first person on stage after Steve Jobs, and he joked that the two companies were so close they could merge into “AppleGoo.' At the time, Google CEO Eric Schmidt was a member of Apple’s board of directors. Google was a major launch partner for the first iPhone-the company provided Google Maps, Search, and YouTube for Apple’s mobile operating system. Android 2.1, update 1-the start of an endless war
