iPhone Versus Android Only eight months after Steve declared that he had reinvented the phone, Information Week  announced that Google had created the iPhone’s archenemy - the Android operating system. [1]  Android was built by Andy Rubin. The name and logo was copied from the video game, Gauntlet: The Third Encounter ,  made for Steve’s old employer, Atari. Andy liked to play with the  handheld game while he cut his engineering teeth working at Apple. Like  Steve, Andy has a penchant for black sweaters - but without the  turtleneck. He is also is a tyrant perfectionist. “Rubin kept saying the  handset has to be thinner," mumbled one tired Google team member to  Michael Arrington of Washington Post , "so we made it thinner". [2]   However, the stooped engineer lacks the rock-star presence of his old  boss. As Bill did with Windows, Andy would rather ship his idea in many  machines rather than one. He pimps out Android to any device maker that  wants it. Andy’s not fussy ...