Apple is more like a closed type of an organisation, where they partner the least with outside players. Their partnerships are actually severely limited, so is their spread. While Google is more open to partnerships and alliances that boosts its chances of spread, survival, speed of reaching the market, lesser mistakes and larger pool of available expertise.
The recent situation where Steve has been bragging about iPhone, iPod sales to be better than Android sales is hardly an indication that he can continue to do better. Android is just a platform to mobile devices open to be sold out through various vendors such as HTC, Samsung etc. Now, how can Apple ever conceive of the idea of being able to stay on top. Very soon Android sales, and inevitably will eclipse iPhone sales; and this is exactly what is bothering Steve. He was being warned about the recent iPhone glitches with its antenna but he pushed the product into the market, which has brought a lot of criticism on how is Apple managing its products and has added to consumer woes. This looks more like it was more out of desperation to stay on top rather than trying to be the best. The recent poor review of their music networking platform called "Ping" is another indication of Steve's desperation to keep looking awesome, inspite of he really got it or not. If Steve doesn't stop learn to hold his breathe for a while he may repeat what happened to Apple a decade ago. Steve has to be able to concede to the fact the Apple is a wholly different company to what Google is. And competing with Google like it is, only will spell ruin for his company.
Sorry, Steve, it really looks like you need to buckle up!
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