Yes, for me undoubtedly, and for more than a few reasons, I am not a fanboy, but I see the Android platform as having great 'game changing' potential.
They are going to sell a whole heap of these things!
The latest Android handsets do deliver the stability required for a mainstream device.
HTC, Acer, Asus, Dell and Motorola are large manufacturers and they all have a presence on the Android platform.
China and other strong manufacturing countries can finally focus on delivering refined hardware platforms without needing to invest in software to break a Western market.
The ease of access to the SDK and the cheap platforms available for developing applications means that in emerging and developing economies there are a mass of people who want to learn to develop for Android, they will do a lot of the localization tasks for Google for free!
I am not going to dispute that there is a bias towards low cost and free applications on the Android, no doubt as the raft of sub $100 devices arrive, they are going to be bought by people on lower incomes than the average Apple user. The iUniverse is a great place to be, Apple's integrated media platform is definitely an achievement, but to join the party you really need some $$$
It's a numbers game in the end, the growth curve of Android seems to suggest it will dominate the smartphone market in 2011 and beyond, with that will come the revenue potential application developers seek.
They are going to sell a whole heap of these things!
The latest Android handsets do deliver the stability required for a mainstream device.
HTC, Acer, Asus, Dell and Motorola are large manufacturers and they all have a presence on the Android platform.
China and other strong manufacturing countries can finally focus on delivering refined hardware platforms without needing to invest in software to break a Western market.
The ease of access to the SDK and the cheap platforms available for developing applications means that in emerging and developing economies there are a mass of people who want to learn to develop for Android, they will do a lot of the localization tasks for Google for free!
I am not going to dispute that there is a bias towards low cost and free applications on the Android, no doubt as the raft of sub $100 devices arrive, they are going to be bought by people on lower incomes than the average Apple user. The iUniverse is a great place to be, Apple's integrated media platform is definitely an achievement, but to join the party you really need some $$$
It's a numbers game in the end, the growth curve of Android seems to suggest it will dominate the smartphone market in 2011 and beyond, with that will come the revenue potential application developers seek.