14 DAY TRIAL // The growing animosity between Apple and Google has prompted Twitter user Bryan Webster to email Steve Jobs telling him, “I hope you have some good WWDC announcements to blow them [Google] out of the water.” According to a screenshot posted over at MacRumors, Apple’s CEO responded with one of his typical terse emails saying, “You won’t bet disappointed.”
Steve Jobs has been very keen on answering fans’ emails lately. Generally, the iconic CEO downplays every email containing references to competition, or talk of Apple losing to another company. The email conversation provided by Bryan Webster reveals that, even though Google has made some terrific announcements lately (GoogleTV, Wireless Android Music Syncing, Admob, and others), Apple is still confident it is going places. In fact, Apple is known to love taking its own route and playing by its own rules. Competition seems to become a misused term at times when Apple and Google are concerned.
A second email response from Steve Jobs, this time provided by a Gizmodo reader, reveals that Apple’s CEO doesn’t believe Android is surpassing iPhone OS in market share, although many believe this is the case. “What are your thoughts on it?” this reader reportedly asked, referring to the battle for a better spot in the smartphone market. “Do you believe Google is surpassing you guys or do you believe something different? What do you plan on doing if Google is surpassing Apple? Any thoughts?” the reader reportedly added. According to the report, Steve Jobs’ reply was, “Not a chance.”
Via a press release issued on April 28, Apple revealed that it would hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on June 7 through June 11, at Moscone West, in San Francisco. The first iPad development sessions and hands-on working labs for iPhone OS 4 were confirmed as part of the five-day conference, as well as Mac OS X core technology labs. However, Mac OS X development has been phased out from the Apple Design Awards (ADAs). On its website, the Mac maker enumerated the sessions offered in support of the five technology tracks. These include Application Frameworks, Internet & Web, Graphics & Media, Developer Tools and Core OS.