Jobs and Schmidt chum up over coffee at ex-Googler’s café

Is it just me, or do you guys see Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt as the mobile worlds essential “white knight?” He seems to know how to say the right things and gives respect where its due. In a recent interview during his tour in Korea, Schmidt has several pleasing things to say about their rival Apple: Apple is actually a very good partner.

Two top tech executives are currently visiting Asia, but though Eric Schmidt’s trip to North Korea is confusing observers of the authoritarian regime and Google alike, the reasons for Apple CEO Tim Cook’s China sojourn are much more obvious. Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Miao Wei, minister of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, yesterday.

Google’s TOP SEKRET Google Zeitgeist event for partners took place this week in Arizona. The company has released a series of videos from the event, featuring such speakers as Eric Schmidt and current Google CEO Larry Page. Topics consisted of “The World” and exploration, Google’s strong areas. Needless to say, we weren’t there.

According to Reuters, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt told a group of reporters in Japan that the company, in essence, has not submitted a native Google Maps app to Apple as of yet. He stated that Google and Apple do talk “daily”, however. Just what the two companies talk about daily is anyone’s guess.

Samsung’s mobile chief Shin Jong-kyun will meet with Google’s Eric Schmidt on Thursday to discuss Samsung’s patents battle with Apple, The Korea Times is reporting. “I will meet Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on Thursday in Seoul,” Shin Jong-kyun is quoted as saying at a launch event held in Seoul for the unveiling of the Galaxy Note II. The paper reports that

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While Google’s Eric Schmidt may have once served on the board of directors at Apple, that apparently hasn’t affected his impartiality.

Stephen Colbert has been promoting his new book recently, and as part of this he stopped by Google’s New York office to sit down with chairman Eric Schmidt and participate in the company’s Authors@Google speaker series.

In a recent interview, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt clearly identifies Android and iOS as the only two top competitors when it comes to the mobile market and even calls it as the industries “defining contest.” With a small jab, Schmidt also claims that Google and Android are currently winning the battle and points out that there are four times more Android phones than iPhones and w