>>2) The iTunes app store is a closed ecosystem. This is ultimately bad for the consumer. The Android marketplace is open - see Amazon's replacement/supplemental Android marketplace as proof. This is good for the consumer. Long term advantage: Android
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>That's good for developer. So there are more and more application for iphone.
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>>3) Android can be licensed by just about any manufacturer and thus, Apple is not competing against one manufacturer, but many (HTC, Samsung, Motorola, etc.) Long term advantage: Android.
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>I never see a good design at HTC, Samsung, Motorola ... like Iphone 4.
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>>I equate the iPhone ecosystem to a Socialist system where "big brother" attempts to control everything. This always ultimately fails. The Android ecosystem is open and driven by more capitalistic principals and will be the big, big winner.
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>If you are a developer and want to earn money your choice would be iphone.

Clearly I am an iPhone and Apple fan but I think the landscape is changing. The Android OS, spread across many phone manufacturers, is projected to take the market lead. It probably will.

What is sometimes missed in numbers oriented analysis of Apple is that they are always the innovators, not the followers. The Macintosh may only have 5% of the market but it has driven OS design for 27 years. The iPod took portable music players to a new dimension. Same with the iPhone. The only real competitor was the ugly and unergonomic Blackberry, a device only an accountant could love. The iPad has broken new ground and inspired a new horde of imitators.

I copped to being a fanboy the other day. That was incorrect. I just admire people who do things really, really well. Game changers.