I wouldn't go as far as saying WP7 can run better on older or lower end hardware than Android. Remember Android runs pretty well on 500 Mhz ARM11 chips, while W

I wouldn't go as far as saying WP7 can run better on older or lower end hardware than Android. Remember Android runs pretty well on 500 Mhz ARM11 chips, while WP7 has to run on at least 1 Ghz Cortex A8 chip. I don't think that requirement is a coincidence after seeing how slow the Xbox Avatar was moving for example. The problem with Android has always been lack of hardware acceleration, and I agree that Google made a terrible mistake by not supporting it from the very beginning.