Android and its Market: So Close Yet So Far (blog.appboy.com)

5 points by michaelmayer 16y ago ↗ HN

It is no longer a secret that out of all the many mobile operating systems out there, such as Windows Mobile, Symbian, Maemo, WebOS, Android, and iPhone, only two really understand where the future of mobile lays. Have you figured it out yet? There is a pattern among the former four members of that list that is in complete contrast to the latter two.

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albertini 16y ago ↗

Android is a way better and more functional than an iPhone. Unfortunately it is still not enough popular to make on app development as much as for IPhone... :/

dreemteem 16y ago ↗

This situation grinds my gears. I love my HTC Hero, and it's great to be able to show off the many ways it beats an iPhone.

But for AAA paid apps, the iPhone wins hands down.

ironic 16y ago ↗

iPhone is a toy. Android is a great tool - for fun, for business or anything other.

ZeroGravitas 16y ago ↗

It seems when you hit saturation point for apps an obvious next step would be for some of the competing apps to throw in with each other either simply by merging, or working from a common code base by factoring out shared functionality.

How well does Android support these open source development methods?