How would you describe the current state of the Android platform? [closed]

Question

Since the release of Android (over a year ago?), it's momentum seems to have slowed. I'm wondering of your perceptions of adoption and viability in the "long run".

I believe Apple will "lighten up" a bit with real competition and with other platforms appearing to open their platform more to developers, do you feel that Android will be buried before it can mature?

Answer 1

I think that ugliness of the G1 is a big issue for a lot of users. Even if it's not 'ugly' for everyone, it's still a long way from competition - even BlackBerry IMHO :) And if users are not adopting quickly, the interest in the Market is not that great, developers don't feel so much urge to develop cool stuff...

Also, as Grant pointed out the fact that you can't sell anything doesn't help.

I'd wait a bit more, until:
- more phones officially supporting Android are released
- Android Market starts fully working