It will be interesting to see whether subsequent versions of Android will be able to drive similar adoption rates. I work, lets say on the handset production s

It will be interesting to see whether subsequent versions of Android will be able to drive similar adoption rates. I work, lets say on the handset production side of things, and my impression is that the major driver for Froyo take up from handset vendors was the promise of Flash support. Gingerbread and/or Honeycomb might offer better support for large screen devices (pads), but apart from slightly less bed Flash video support (via Stagevideo) it's not clear that these releases will have the same pull as Froyo. On the fragmentation side of things, I find the debate rather strange and strained. Ignoring that the debate is probably between fanboys rather than developers, those developers have some obvious strategies they can take. They can become or remain Apple specialists and sit in a comfortable, superior but cloistered ecosystem. Alternatively, embrace other platforms in a manner which specifically suits your application, its audience and implementation. The pros and cons are equally obvious for either strategy. I'd say at least if you choose to stay solely on Apple, I think this will definitely remain a strong platform for the near future. However, there's no point resenting that it is likely that the iOS platform (in the handset space) is unlikely to grow much relative to other platforms. But.. of course it may not matter to you.