Listen. THIS IS NOT AN ANTI GOOGLE/ANDROID THREAD.
Google are FULLY BEHIND open standards, especially HTML5. The problem with a device NOT supporting Flash is that many websites cannot make the switch so easily. That is why Full Flash support is still VERY VERY important in todays web.
MBell, you know this, what I have just said, as fact. Google loves open standards, thats whats so great about them. Apple on the other hand, as a rule, prefer to keep control of EVERYTHING. Thus the reason they do not support flash.
I know you love your iPad, and thats perfectly fine. But you must agree, even if only to give substance to your other points of view, that not supporting flash is bad for Apples consumers.
Just have a think about it. Yes I am sort of attacking Apple for this, and even as some who loves Apple products, you must agree. Anything short of this is extremely fanboyish. Its ok to love a product, and still admit it has downfalls.