Android woes

The Apple iPhone App Store is giving Google a for its money on Android. Android started great, with Google behind it and also supported by operators and OEMs. The first signs of "after all it may not be so great", appeared when Google released the top 50 winners(pdf) of the Android contest - the applications were at best mediocre.

This week Google committed a major faux pas when an email that was intended only for the top 50 winners went to everyone that had submitted the application. What is irritating to Android developers is that the new version of the SDK is being made available only to a select few - talk of Android being an "open platform".

At this time, I feel iPhone is miles ahead of Android. What do you think?

Thank you very much,


RamP!