Tony Fadell, often recalled as the father of the iPod, became a part of the search engine giant Google when the latter acquired his start-up Nest in a multi-billion dollar deal. The engineer who helped build the iPod will now be pitted against Sir Jonnathan Ive as Google gears up to launch its new products.

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According to BBC, Fadell is soon to be pitted against Sir Jonathan Ive. Fadell was previously associated to Apple while Ive is currently working on the latest designs being introduced by Apple. On his part, Fadell is responsible for some of  the wearable technology products and competing car designs, soon to be introduced by Google. As the two products clash against each other in the market, the technology community is bound to analyze the work of the stalwarts working behind the scene.

Fadell also told the media that he had already been trying Ive's latest products and said that he appreciated the hardware components placed in the design. He also added that the new devices have some features which will be appreciated by the audience, but in his opinion, there are few that might not go down so well.

He also praised Apple for trying out different combinations on different platforms. While rumors indicate that Fadell was handed over the Glass Project by Google Founder Larry Page as the latter wanted to see some concrete development on the Glass computer. However, Fadell clarified that he offered to take it up willingly, citing a lot of potential in the domain, Engadget reported.

Google has openly acknowledged that the first version of the Glass did not have the required impact. Soon after taking over, Fadell announced a shift in strategy, in which all the existing versions of the Google Glass explorer edition were pulled off the market. He also announced that all the future test versions would be kept in-house strictly.

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