Half the juice of the iPod touch is Apple's wildly successful distribution channel, iTunes/App Store. Games are huge on that device. Android's app offerings, e

Half the juice of the iPod touch is Apple's wildly successful distribution channel, iTunes/App Store. Games are huge on that device. Android's app offerings, especially in gaming, aren't nearly as mature. There's also more junk in their store (though obviously the App Store has its share of junk, too). So absent phone functionality, I'm not sure how exciting a phone-less Android device could be, except for geek noodling and hackery. I'd buy one for that, but I'm hardly the mainstream audience they'd need for success. Meanwhile, the iPad is very satisfying for web browsing alone. It just feels good to directly interact with a large region of content. The apps are again a big part of its power, but more power comes from its satisfying physical UI. It's an idea worth stealing, but competitors will need to make their OS integration airtight to truly challenge the iPad.