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I'd be curious as what people thought about this. From what I've read, Android's market share is still very low. However, I suppose that means there are less games/competition.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/132665-mobile-ad-market-shar...

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I'm not sure the Android market is any less saturated. The rough numbers I found show fewer apps per device and a higher attach rate for iPod / iTouch:

iPhone + iPod touch sales: 37,000,000

iTunes Apps: 25,000-35,000

Apps downloaded: 1,000,000,000

Device to App ratio 1,480:1 - 1,057:1

Attach rate: 27

G1 sales: 1,000,000

Android Apps: 2,300

Device to App ratio 434:1

Attach rate: 10-15? (hard to find good data)

http://www.leaderpost.com/Technology/store+BlackBerry+Google...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/163671/ipod_touch_iphone_sale...

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/24/most-g1-owners-love-app...

The thing is, Android is a platform that many companies are currently developing hardware for.

In less than a year's time a ton of android handsets are planned to enter circulation. The iPhone is just Apple.

So I'm guessing we have yet to see Androids peak of popularity.

I hope you're right -- I'd be happy to be developing for a more open system.

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