There were more than 3,000 tablet specific apps on day 1, and there was no competition. New platforms don't automatically lead to a gold rush. There hasn't be

There were more than 3,000 tablet specific apps on day 1, and there was no competition. New platforms don't automatically lead to a gold rush. There hasn't been one for the palm pre. The argument you are making is that normal consumers will pick a more expensive android tablet with very few apps over an iPad 2 with thousands of apps, some of then mind-blowing on the basis that there will surely be a developer gold-rush. Even if there is a developer gold-rush, people will still have to wait a year for then software to be written. I can see enthusiasts doing that by but why on earth would a regular consumer?