@fourcheeze – thanks for commenting, and great to get an Android-lovers perspective too.

I think you’re absolutely right (and several people said the same thing): if I’d never known the iPhone, I’d never be wanting for an iPhone.

I’ve always thought that Android stands a chance of being the primary mobile OS, maybe in the next couple of years. My experiences has made me think a bit harder about this, though: I don’t think Android is as good as I maybe thought it would be. I’m sure you’re absolutely right about the rate of improvement, though, and also the fact that each approach will bolster the other.

What is also interesting is that we all assume (well, I do, anyway) that there will be “a winner” somehow. Then I got talking to a bunch of mobile gurus who were saying that they thought that there wouldn’t *be* a primary mobile OS; that we’d always have a mobile market with a huge fragmentation. Which makes things difficult / interesting for developers…