Having developed multiple multi-threaded, sensor-, service-, and multimedia-based Android applications, I think he is mostly right when he writes, "I don't think you'll ever see the groundswell the way you have with the iPhone SDK where people from all walks of life with no programming experience developed a desire to learn to write software, but I do think that there will eventually be a good market for Android apps and, therefore, for Android developers."
I would be very hesitant to use a mobile platform that allowed neither background services nor mounting as a drive (w/o risk of bricking the device). Not to mention one that is closed source. But then my apps are targeted at R&D, not mass market. For mass market apps, the iPhone probably has the advantage.
I would be very hesitant to use a mobile platform that allowed neither background services nor mounting as a drive (w/o risk of bricking the device). Not to mention one that is closed source. But then my apps are targeted at R&D, not mass market. For mass market apps, the iPhone probably has the advantage.