Schmidt joined the Apple board August 29th 2006: http://www.apple.com/pr/library...

		Shooti on Oct 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open so... Schmidt joined the Apple board August 29th 2006: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/08/29Google-CEO-Dr-Eric... Public iPhone announcement was January 9th 2007: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09Apple-Reinvents-th... Even with a conspiracy angle, a three month head start isn't much.