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* acquired Android

addicted on April 12, 2025 [–]

They acquired the Android company years before the iPhone existed.

It was supposed to be a BlackBerry/Blackjack killer at the time.

And then the iPhone was revealed and Google immediately changed Android’s direction to become a touch OS.

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