Google boss shows off iPhone
Speaking at an event in Paris on Tuesday, Schmidt was questioned on whether, as Google’s boss and an Apple board member, he had any insights into future collaboration between the two companies. “What you are really asking is to see my iPhone,” he quipped before producing a handset from his pocket. “iPhone is a powerful new device and is going to be particularly good for the apps that Google is building. You should expect other announcements from the two companies over time,” he said.
The iPhone, which will be launched in the US on 29 June, but which will not be available in the UK until later this year, fully incorporates Google’s search and mapping services. Users can make phone calls directly from Google Maps.
Key to Google’s belief in the potential of the iPhone is Apple’s decision to integrate support for the Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) web-development technique.
Effectively the native language of interactive web technologies ?known as Web 2.0 ?Ajax combines the best elements of software as a service including thin-client computing, web standards and platform independence.
