The iPhone is certainly cool, no doubt about it. Bot, cool apps as cool as the apps for the iPhone? Well, considering what it takes to develop a great application, it seems to me that a developer will naturally want to create apps for the biggest market. I dislike apple, but if I were a developer, I might first try to get something into the app store.
Seems to me, developers will try to port their iPhone apps to Android, as the market grows, if that is possible.
From reading the web, it is clear to me that the Android platform is gaining speed and Apple is not the big dog it once was. Seems to me, as the Android market matures, you will find plenty of "cool as the iPhone" apps on the Android Market.
I think between the time Android flexes its muscles and Apple starts to lose market share, the biggest developments will be creative and clever court battles and settlements.
Then, something far cooler than android or apple will arrive and we will be asking the same questions. A good thing, because if we were immediately satisfied with what is available, nothing cool would develo
I love my Zio. Inexpensive, it is running an old version of the OS, with a fixed monthly data plan that will not exceed sixty bucks and owned by a clueless old fart with strong opinions. For example, lots of people like their phone but they want an app that looks like the app available for ibrand X phone. Whatever ibrand X is. They want other cool features of ibrand x, but for their phone.
People get their new phone and immediately, they want to Root it, not fully understanding what that is. Their OS is not good enough, they want another one, giving their phone very little time to make its bones.
Or they want apps as cool as apps on the iPhone and they are upset that they cant find them. Seems to me, we are never happy; again, a good thing.
I am not criticizing anyone, just observing human nature I suppose.
Cheers,
Bob