“Google loves to characterize Android as open and IOS and iPhone as closed,” Mr Jobs said. “We find this a bit disingenuius and clouding the real difference between our two approaches.”
Jobs calls Android “fragmented”
It was open season on the soon to be released wave of 7-inch tablet devices from competitors, too. Mr. Jobs claimed the 7-inch form factor offers less than half the screen space compared to the iPad’s 9.7-inch display. He added that the iPad offers the smallest screen size possible to offer an acceptable tablet user interface.
“We’re out to win this one,” Mr. Jobs said.
Apple reported Us$4.34 billion in profit on $20.3 billion in revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter. The company sold a record number 3.89 million Macs, 14.1 million iPhones, and 4.19 million iPads during the quarter.
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