I don't think you do though. I still think from a ...

2010-03-19T11:56:01.473-04:00

I don't think you do though. I still think from a development standpoint, whatever UI handset and service providers "muck it up" with, it's still Android, and it's still relatively easy to target different screen sizes. It's actually not that difficult to make software that runs on millions of devices.

I'd also still take the (inevitable) innovation that occurs with an open source alternative than Apple's closed system. I think you'll see more and more innovation from the Android side of Mobile Development than you'll see from the Apple side.

Sure, you'll see "cool apps", but not "innovative apps". It's easy to take a service, or website and "make it an iPhone app", but it's increasingly difficult to make something truly different on such a closed system.

The deeper question is: what version of Android? I...

2010-03-19T10:38:07.183-04:00

The deeper question is: what version of Android? It's easy to get marketshare when you offer a free OS on commodity hardware. But when the OS is crippled by corporate molestation/bundled crapware and stuck on crappy phones with a zillion different screen-button configurations, you really dilute the power of the ability to easily write software that runs on millions of devices.

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I don't think you do though. I still think from a ...

The deeper question is: what version of Android? I...