If these pictures obtained by Gizmodo are any indication, it appears that the icy relationship between Eric Schmidt and Steve Jobs that the New York Times reported on a few weeks ago is thawing. The two were spotted chatting away in Palo Alto today outside a cafe According to the Gizmodo tipster, two lines uttered by Jobs during the encounter were, "They're going to see it all eventually so who cares how they get it” and "Let's go discuss this somewhere more private" – presumably after the mob started closing in with cameras in hand.

There also appears to be an iPad laying on the table while the two were talking, so Jobs can't be too terribly upset with Schmidt. Or perhaps Schmidt is just begging for his life before Jobs does the flashy thing on him.