I'd agree that Java isn't inherently better than Objective C. There are things I like and dislike about both. It's not like comparing Ruby to C. However, you do

I'd agree that Java isn't inherently better than Objective C. There are things I like and dislike about both. It's not like comparing Ruby to C. However, you do get other advantages to using Java. In Android, every app runs in it's own VM, so multi-tasking has always been a no-brainer. I guess Apple solved the sandboxing issues, but it probably wasn't easy, and I wonder what tough decisions they had to make. Plus, it's at least in theory possible to compile any language you like to Java bytecode. So, we could see Ruby or Python apps for Android at some point. That's never going to happen with Apple for about a dozen reasons, the least of which is probably Objective C.