Jobs, then Apple's CEO, said he would "spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong," according to the AP's account of his biography, "Steve Jobs," by Walter Isaacson. Jobs died on Oct. 5.
Tension between the two companies escalated as Google used the Android operating system to follow Apple into the burgeoning market for smartphones. The rivalry forced Eric Schmidt, then CEO of Google, to resign from Apple's board in 2009.
The authorized biography, due to be released on Oct. 24, also sheds new light on Jobs's combat against cancer. Jobs regretted the decision to initially refuse surgery for pancreatic cancer, Isaacson told CBS News's "60 Minutes," according to interview excerpts released yesterday.
Putting Off Surgery
Doctors told Jobs that his illness was "curable" through an operation, Jobs said in that address.
Steve Dowling, a spokesman for Apple, declined to comment.
"Steve Jobs" was published by Simon & Schuster, also owned by New York-based CBS.
"Even Steve Jobs used to eat here. "60 Minutes" will broadcast a voice recording of Isaacson interviewing Jobs about his decision to ask Simpson to keep his identity private.
Steve Jobs was no friend to Google's Android operating system as witnessed by numerous lawsuits filed against Android partners this past year.
Things got so heated between Apple and Google that former Google CEO (and current chairman) Eric Schmidt stepped down from his position on Apple's Board of Directors.
According to the Associated Press, which purchased a copy of the book early, Jobs launched into a profanity-laced tirade when speaking to biographer Walter Isaacson about Android:
I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. According to ComScore, Google's Android operating system is installed on 43.7% of smartphones in the U.S. compared to 27.3% for Apple. Likewise, Android's share of the market globally is just under 50% compared to 19% for Apple according to Canalys.
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