Steve Jobs threatened thermonuclear war against Android?

Steve Jobs’ biography titled ‘Steve Jobs’ by Walter Isaacson, coming Monday, reveals the late Apple executive’s disdain and utter hatred for rival Google’s Android operating system, GottaBeMobile.com reported.

At one point, Jobs reportedly said that he is declaring thermonuclear war against Android.

In the book, Jobs revealed, “I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.”

Since then, Apple has indirectly gone after Android and has filed lawsuits alleging infringement of intellectual properties against Google’s partners, such as HTC, Motorola, and Samsung. As a result, Google had announced its intentions to acquire Motorola Mobility and the company’s trove of patents to strengthen Android’s patent portfolio, which can then be used to protect Android licensees. Publicly, partners like HTC, LG, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson all support the move, though various Internet sites are reporting that privately these licensees are concerned that Motorola’s acquisition will give Motorola an unfair advantage over other licensees.

Eric Schmidt had tried to intervene on behalf of Google to settle the dispute, but Jobs was not interested in a monetary settlement, Isaacson reveals in the book. The meeting that Schmidt had with Jobs in a cafe in Palo Alto, California did nothing to resolve the matter, with Jobs saying, “I don’t want your money. If you offer me $5 billion, I won’t want it. I’ve got plenty of money. I want you to stop using our ideas in Android, that’s all I want.

Jobs’ authorized biography also offers a rare glimpse into the private executive’s personal life, detailing his battle with cancer, his quest for alternative treatments, his struggles with religious life because of starving children in the world, and Jobs’ personal relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.

The book, published by Simon & Schuster, will go on sale Monday for a list price of $35.